My time was drawing to a close, but I couldn’t leave without experiencing Venice’s magnificent opera house, the Teatro La ...
The floating city of Venice has long lured travelers for its beautiful architecture, rich art history, and iconic gondolas puttering through the lagoon. Among its greatest architectural triumphs ...
“The most resounding fiasco of Donizetti’s career” is Jeremy Commons’s phrase for the reception of this, his 59th opera, at La Fenice, Venice, in 1838. In the canon it comes just before Poliuto, which ...
The Teatro La Fenice is one of Italy's most popular opera houses, and one that has almost faced its demise from not one, but three big fires since opening in 1792. Locals and visitors alike joke ...