Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Top Tips
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For upcoming openings, concerts, performances and other events, check listings at
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Purchase tickets in advance at the venue website,
www.veniceconnected.com
,
www.musicinvenice.com
, or from
HelloVenezia ticket outlets
(
041 24 24;
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For performance schedules, online ticket sales and concert gift cards, see
Events
Venice Biennale
(June to November) Outlandish openings in pavillions tricked
out like surreal doll-houses. (
Click here
)
Venice International Film Festival
(August to September;
www.labiennale.org/it
/
cinema) Red carpets sizzle with star power, and deserving films actually win.
Carnevale
(January/ February;
www.carnevale.venezia.it
)
Party in costume until
wigs itch and livers twitch (about three weeks).
Venezia Jazz Festival
(July;
www.venetojazz.com
) Jazz greats and the odd pop
star play historical venues, including Piazza San Marco.
Live Music
Teatro La Fenice
Divas hit new highs in this historical jewel-box theatre for under
1000 lucky ticket-holders. (
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)
Interpreti Veneziani
Venice's classical talents go for baroque in Chiesa San Vid-
al. (
Click here
)
Palazetto Bru Zane
Leading interpreters of Romantic music raise the Sebastiano
Ricci-frescoed roof. (
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)
Musica a Palazzo
Operatic dramas unfold in a Grand Canal palace, from
receiving-room overtures to bedroom grand finales. (
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)