In which City is La Fenice Opera House?
"Karabits, Enrico Bronzi, Antonello Manacorda, Anna Winniskaia, Nicola Benedetti, Gloria Campaner, Alessio Allegrini, The Swingles Singers, Marcelo Alvarez, Sting. Philharmonic Orchestra of Fenice The Philharmonic Orchestra of Fenice {Orchestra Filarmonica} was founded in 2007 and is composed by musicians of the Fenice Theater. The inaugural concert was held at Teatro la Fenice of Venice, Italy on the 10th May 2010 and was directed by the master Riccardo Chailly. The Association Orchestra Filarmonica del Gran Teatro la Fenice di Venezia executes its own activity in concordance with Consiglio di Amministrazione della Fondazione Teatro La Fenice, intending the promotion and diffusion of"
"of Spanish orphanages/conservatories in Naples.) The best-known opera house in Venice and one of the most famous in the world is La Fenice, built in 1786. After a disastrous fire in 1996, it was rebuilt and is again open. The theater hosts many of the musical events for the Venice Biennale, a running festival of art, music, architecture, dance, cinema and music. The Biennale was started in the 1890s and has developed a reputation as an important venue for modern composers and contemporary music. Other venues for the Biennale are the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, Teatro alle Tese, and the Teatro"
"Fenice"", like the mythical, immortal bird able to rise out of its own ashes, to symbolise the association's splendid rebirth after its misfortunes. The piece of land between Contrada Santa Maria Zobenigo and Contrada Sant'Angelo was bought for the purpose in 1790 and the private houses on it were demolished. A competition was then announced for the design of the opera house, and the committee of experts selected the work of the architect Giannantonio Selva from the 29 plans submitted. Work began in 1791 and was completed just 18 months later, in April 1792. ""La Fenice"" immediately made its mark"
"In Italy, the Mabetex Group was responsible in the study and project for the refurbishment of the La Fenice theatre, an opera house in Venice, Italy, one of ""the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre"" as well as those in Europe, after it was burned. This project also required the design of all the furniture. In the 1990s Mabetex hired roughly four to five thousand people from Kosovo each year. Once the war ended in 1999, Behgjet Pacolli decided to directly involve Mabetex in Kosovo by investing in critical infrastructure such as banking, insurance, hospitals,"
"halls and festivals, including the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago in the United States; London’s Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in the United Kingdom; Milan’s Teatro alla Scala; Venice’s La Fenice, the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna as well as Florence’s Teatro Comunale; the Vienna State Opera in Austria; the Opéra National (Bastille) and Théâtre de Chatelet, both in Paris, as well as Toulouse’s Théâtre de Capitole and the Marseille Opera in France; Madrid’s Teatro Real and Barcelona’s Grand Teatre del Liceu in Spain;"
"La Fenice was rebuilt in 19th-century style on the basis of a design by architect Aldo Rossi who, in order to obtain details of its design, used still photographs from the opening scenes of Luchino Visconti's film ""Senso"" (1954), which had been filmed in the house. La Fenice reopened on 14 December 2003 with an inaugural concert of Beethoven, Wagner, and Stravinsky. The first staged opera was a production of ""La traviata"", in November 2004. Critical response to the rebuilt La Fenice was mixed. The music critic of the paper ""Il Tempo"", Enrico Cavalotti, was satisfied. He found the colours"
"to his chief rival, Pietro Bianchi. However, Selva's design and finished opera house appears to have been of high quality and the one best suited to the limitations of the physical space it was obliged to inhabit. Construction began in June 1790, and by May 1792 the theatre was completed. It was named ""La Fenice"", in reference to the company's survival, first of the fire, then of the loss of its former quarters. La Fenice was inaugurated on 16 May 1792, with an opera by Giovanni Paisiello entitled ""I giuochi d'Agrigento"" set to a libretto by Alessandro Pepoli. But no"
"house in 1836 and 1996. Unlike the other theaters in the city, whose entrances are in secluded places like ""calli"" and ""campielli"", La Fenice is the only historic Venetian theatre facing onto an open space, Campo San Fantin. It is also the only one to feature a colonnade in neo-classical style in its facade. This bears the theatre's insignia in the centre portraying the phoenix that rises from the flames, carved in 1837 to design by Giambattista Meduna. The facade features two statues in niches representing the muses of tragedy and dance: Melpomene and Terpsichore. Above them are the masks"
"La Fenice and witnessed the fire. Soon afterwards he created glassworks dedicated to the memory of the fire, in his own rendition of how the opera house burned. The book also tells the story of many American and English expatriates who went to live in Venice, from Daniel Curtis, who owned Palazzo Barbaro where Henry James and John Singer Sargent were guests, to the poet Ezra Pound, who lived the last part of his life in Venice with his long-time mistress Olga Rudge. Upon this book's release on September 27, 2005, it entered Amazon.com's Top Ten Bestsellers list and was"
"sooner had the opera house been rebuilt than a legal dispute broke out between the company managing it and the owners, the Venier family. The issue was decided in favor of the Veniers. At the beginning of the 19th century, La Fenice acquired a European reputation. Rossini mounted two major productions there: ""Tancredi"" in 1813 and ""Semiramide"" in 1823. Two of Bellini's operas were given their premieres there: ""I Capuleti e i Montecchi"" in March 1830 and ""Beatrice di Tenda"" in March 1833. Donizetti, fresh from his triumphs at La Scala in Milan and at the Teatro di San Carlo"
"La Fenice, the Salzburg Festival, the Teatro Regio di Torino, and the Teatro di San Carlo among other major theatres. Mingardo has since maintained a busy singing schedule. Her performance credits include appearances at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Bregenzer Festspiele, Carnegie Hall, the Festival de Beaune, the Festival della Valle d'Itria, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, La Monnaie, the Liceu, the Montreux-Vevey Festival, the Lausanne Opera, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Opéra de Montpellier, the Santa Fe Opera, the Schwetzingen Festival, the Semperoper, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, the Teatro Comunale Florence, the Teatro de la"
"La Fenice), Joanna Bruno as Kitty, Gary Glaze as Kodanda, and David Clartworthy as Mr. Scattergood. Menotti directed. Critics seemed to like this version better. The ""Honolulu Star-Bulletin"" said it was ""packed with solid, wonderful, memorable music"" and that John Reardon's performance was ""simply flawless."" The opera was revived in 1981 at the Spoleto Festival USA in honor of the composer's 70th birthday. The production was led by conductor Christian Badea and starred Suzanne Hong as Kitty. It was presented as part of the 2011 festival season by the Santa Fe Opera under conductor George Manahan directed by Ned Canty,"
"Teatro San Benedetto The Teatro San Benedetto was a theatre in Venice, particularly prominent in the operatic life of the city in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It saw the premieres of over 140 operas, including Rossini's ""L'italiana in Algeri"", and was the theatre of choice for the presentation of ""opera seria"" until La Fenice was built in 1792. The small, elegant theatre was first constructed by Michele Grimani on land owned by the Venier family. It was inaugurated on 26 December 1755 with a performance of Gioacchino Cocchi's opera ""Zoe"". In 1766 the ownership of the San Benedetto"
"displeased Verdi wrote, ""Yesterday we heard Ernani with Guasco without a voice and appallingly hoarse."" Guasco was hoarse from shouting all afternoon at the management of La Fenice, where the opera premiered on 9 March 1844. The backstage areas were in chaos, with the sets still not ready and costumes missing. One of his tirades reportedly went on for more than an hour. He was also nervous about taking on a role which he felt was ill-suited to his voice, and as late as three weeks before the premiere, he had tried to withdraw from the production. Nevertheless, the opening"
"they owned and move to Europe to expand his opportunities for a career as an opera singer. Álvarez came to Europe in 1995 and was quickly involved in a whirlwind of activity. He went to Spain and performed the zarzuela ""Marina"" and then moved to Milan in July. A mere seven days after his arrival in Italy, Álvarez won a voice competition in Pavia, and within a month he had landed contracts with the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. His La Fenice debut was in September of that year. The management gave him"
"Teatro Comunale Alighieri The Teatro Comunale Alighieri is an opera house located at 2 Via Mariani in Ravenna, Italy and designed by the Venetian architects, Tommaso Meduna and his brother, Giambattista who had designed the second ""La Fenice"" theatre after the fire of 1836 . The new Teatro Comunale Alighieri was inaugurated on 15 May 1852 with a production of Meyerbeer's ""Robert le diable"", followed by Giovanni Pacini's ""Medea"". It presently offers a program of up to six operas during the season which runs from November to April. For about 125 years following 1723, Ravenna had one main theatre for"
"La Fenice in Venice in 1978, which has been recorded. It was also presented by the Opéra de Nancy in February 1996 as well as at the Teatro Municipale Valli, Reggio Emilia, in March 1997. A revival of both the French and Italian is in process: ""Les martyrs"" was given in a concert performance at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 4 November 2014 sponsored by the specialised recording company, Opera Rara, which recorded the opera using a new critical edition prepared by Dr. Flora Willson of King's College, Cambridge. Presented in partnership with the Orchestra of the Age"
"La finta pazza La finta pazza (""The feigned madwoman"") is an opera composed by Francesco Sacrati to a libretto by Giulio Strozzi. Its premiere in Venice during the Carnival season of 1641 inaugurated the Teatro Novissimo. It became one of the most popular operas of the seventeenth century. On 30 May 1640, the decision was made to create a new opera house in Venice, to compete with the existing three opera houses, the Teatro San Cassiano, the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo, and the Teatro San Moisè. The Teatro Novissimo marked the first time that a building was created specifically"
"of their pleas, the composer refused. As Budden notes, it came to be Venice ""that made an honest woman of Violetta"" when Verdi allowed a performance at the Teatro San Benedetto. Some revisions took place between 1853 and May 1854, mostly affecting acts 2 and 3, but the opera was given again on 6 May 1854 and was a great success, largely due to Maria Spezia-Aldighieri's portrayal of Violetta. ""Then [referring to the La Fenice performances] it was a fiasco; now it has created a furore. Draw your own conclusions!"" reported Piave (who had overseen the production in Verdi's absence)."
"Francesco Cavalli. Many of Antonio Vivaldi's manuscripts are preserved by the Giorgio Cini foundation in the premises of the Antonio Vivaldi Foundation on the tiny island of San Giorgio. The island is home to a number of other musical foundations and is an important site for classical concerts during the year. One of the most important organizations for music research and preservation is the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation. The foundation sponsors the Fenice Archives, and its historical documents facilitated the recent restoration of La Fenice opera house. The city also hosts an annual series of lectures and concerts dedicated"
"LaFenice LaFenice (""The Phoenix"") is a public sculpture by the Architecture and Vision design team, Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler, sited in the Piazza della Memoria of the waterfront in Messina, Sicily in Italy. The sculpture for this memorial square was selected in a city-sponsored competition as part of a larger urban renewal project started in 2003 to revitalize the public spaces between buildings built in the 1930s along the quay. The sculpture was unveiled on June 23, 2011. The sculpture is situated at the intersection of several important axises, connecting the busy port to the city, tracing the boulevard"
"the European City of the Year 2019. Oper Leipzig has become one of the most prominent opera houses in Germany. It was founded in 1693, making it the third oldest opera venue in Europe after La Fenice (Venice, Italy) and the Hamburg State Opera (Hamburg, Germany). Leipzig is also home to the University of Music and Theatre ""Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"". It was during a stay in this city that Friedrich Schiller wrote his poem ""Ode to Joy"". The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, established in 1743, is one of the oldest symphony orchestras in the world. The name Leipzig is derived from"
"Los Angeles Opera The Los Angeles Opera is an American opera company in Los Angeles, California. It is the fourth-largest opera company in the United States. The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, part of the Los Angeles Music Center. Spanish tenor and conductor Plácido Domingo has been General Director of LA Opera since 2003. To date, he has sung 27 different roles with the company including, most recently, the baritone title role of Puccini's ""Gianni Schicchi"" (September 2015) as well as Giorgio Germont in Verdi's ""La Traviata,"" Athanael in Massenet's Thaïs,"" Francesco Foscari in Verdi's ""I due"
"circumference of the upper part of the room, with access from the three doors on the top floor, in the gods bar. «As it was, where it was», the motto for reconstruction of La Fenice, called for the opera house to be rebuilt as it was before the 1996 fire. This principle, however, was seen applying only to the rooms of particular historic and artistic importance. The opportunity was therefore taken to redesign the parts of the building that did not come into this category, resulting in the creation of three new rooms. Donna Leon's debut novel, ""Death at La"
"performances at La Fenice and the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Its US premiere was at the Metropolitan Opera on 2 January 1926 with a stellar cast that included Frances Alda as Ginevra, Beniamino Gigli as Giannetto, and Titta Ruffo as Neri. By 1930, the opera had been seen in more than 40 cities around the world. However, it only ran for 12 performances over two seasons at the Met, and performances after 1930 have become sporadic although the opera has never completely dropped out of the repertoire. It had major revivals in 1987 at Wexford Festival Opera and in 1999"
"2 of Puccini's ""La bohème"" were performed. A private concert to test the acoustics attended by employees, architects, and others involved in the renovation occurred on 6 May 2010. Teatro Colón The Teatro Colón (Spanish: ""Columbus Theatre"") is the main opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic, and is acoustically considered to be amongst the five best concert venues in the world. The other venues are Berlin's Konzerthaus, Vienna's Musikverein, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, and Boston's Symphony Hall. The present Colón replaced an original theatre"
"a great success; at the Fenice, just about nothing"". With its evident popularity, the opera continued to be given into the 1840s. Later in the century, it was given in Paris on 2 February 1862 at the Théâtre-Italien, where Ronconi triumphed, in Piacenza in the autumn of 1876, but after an 1889 revival in Trieste, it disappeared until 1958. 20th Century and beyond Performances of the opera, which were all recorded, were given in Siena (September 1958), as part of the Spoleto Festival in Italy in July 1967, and in Savona in 1987. On 4 June 1978 it was given"
"Teatro Municipal Coliseo Podestá The Teatro Municipal Coliseo Podestá is located on the streets 46 and 47, avenue 10 (#733), City of La Plata, capital of the Buenos Aires Province, en Argentina. Teatro Italian horseshoe by Uruguayan Carlos Zehndorf was originally called Teatro Politeama Olimpo opened on 19 November 1886 with the opera of Gioachino Rossini, The Barber of Seville by tenor Roberto Stagno and Gemma Bellincioni. The following year was bought by Juan José Podestá, who makes it into the headquarters of his representations rioplatense pioneer theater company. Here, operas premiered before of Buenos Aires and acted important figures"
"The premiere, postponed by two days, took place on 24 January 1835. 19th century The opera became ""the rage of Paris"" and was given 17 performances to end the season on 31 March. Herbert Weinstock's chapter on ""I puritani"" devotes four pages to details of performances which followed the premiere in Paris, although the Théâtre-Italien gave it over 200 times up to 1909. In 1835, London saw it in May, La Scala (in what Weinstock thinks as being a ""pirate edition"") in December. In Palermo it was given as ""Elvira e Arturo"" during the following season and La Fenice presented"
"Santa Fe Opera Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. After creating the ""Opera Association of New Mexico"" in 1956, its founding director, John Crosby, oversaw the building of the first opera house on a newly acquired former guest ranch of . The company has presented operas each summer festival season since July 1957, and is internationally known for introducing new operas as well as for its productions of the standard operatic repertoire. Since its inception, Santa Fe Opera has staged 43 American premieres and 15 world premieres, as of 2017."
"Lisbon in 1835, and in Madrid as ""La estranjera"" in January 1850. 20th century and beyond Following its last-known performance in 1875, the opera was first revived in April 1935 at La Scala with other revivals beginning in 1954 in Bellini's hometown of Catania. It was staged again between 1968 (at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo) up to 1972 with Renata Scotto in the title role. Since the 1970s the opera has made several appearances within Europe with Scotto again performing in Venice in 1970 under conductor Ettore Gracis, while in 1969 a concert performance at Carnegie Hall featured Montserrat"
"Paris, Mozart's ""Great Mass in C minor"" in Salzburg, Mozart's ""Requiem"" (Massimo, Palermo), and Pergolesi's ""Stabat Mater"" (Paris, Radio France National Orchestra, conducted by Muti). She also participated in the opening concert of the 2003/04 season at La Scala and has sung with the Turin RAI Symphonic Orchestra and, in a gala alongside Bryn Terfel and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London, as well as a Spanish tour with the Catania Massimo Bellini Philharmonic. In 2011 she sang at the New Year's Concert at La Fenice, at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, at Zurich Opera (""Rigoletto""), at Teatro Massimo Palermo (""Lucia di"
"and sought after stage directors of his generation. He has staged productions among other theaters, in Barcelona, Beijing, Berlin, Bologna, Bregenzer Festspiele, Buenos Aires, Catania, Firenze, Hamburg, Lausanne, Los Angeles, Madrid, München, Milano (La Scala), Montpellier, Napoli, the Metropolitan of New York, Festival d’Orange, Palermo, Paris, Roma, Savonlinna, Stuttgart, Sydney, Tel Aviv, Venezia, Washington, Wien, Zurich, etc…and collaborated with the most important conductors and stage designers of the operatic world. Fluently speaking 5 languages, his operatic repertoire contains more than 100 operas, staged in their original language. In 1991, he was invited to stage La Fanciulla del West at the"