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Tango at Caffè Florian
Florian
(
041 520 56 41;
www.caffeflorian.com
;
Piazza San Marco 56/59; drinks €6.50-16;
10am-midnight Thu-Tue; San Marco)
maintains rituals established c 1720:
white-jacketed waiters serve cappuccino on silver trays, and the orchestra
strikes up a tango as sunsets illuminate San Marco's mosaics. Piazza seating
during concerts costs €6 extra, but dreamy-eyed romantics hardly notice.
Among Italy's first bars to welcome women and revolutionaries, Florian's
radical-chic reputation persists with its art installations.
Arias at Musica a Palazzo
Hang onto your
prosecco:
at
Musica a Palazzo
(
340 971 72 72;
www.musicapalazzo.com
; Palazzo Barbarigo-Minotto, Fondamenta Barbarigo o Duodo 2504; tick-
ets incl beverage €60; doors open 8pm; Santa Maria del Giglio)
, the soprano's high
notes imperil glassware. During 1½ hours of selected arias from Verdi or
Rossini, the drama progresses from receiving-room overtures to parlour duets
overlooking the Grand Canal, followed by second acts in the Tiepolo-ceilinged
dining room and bedroom grand finales.
History at Museo della Musica
Housed in the restored neoclassical Chiesa di San Maurizio,
Museo della
Musica
(
041 241 18 40;
http://www.interpretiveneziani.com/en/museo-della-musica
. php;
Campo San Maurizio 2761; admission free; 10am-7pm; Santa Maria del Giglio)
presents
a collection of rare 17th- to 19th-century instruments, accompanied by in-
formative panels on the life and times of Venice's Antonio Vivaldi. The mu-
seum is funded by Interpreti Veneziani.
