Location: Venice
Top Things to do in Venice
The 7 Best Performances in Venice, Veneto
With its gondolas, canals, amazing restaurants, and unforgettable romantic ambiance, Venice is definitely a city for one's bucket list. Waterfront palazzos, palaces, and churches make drifting down the Grand Canal feel like cruising through a painting. To really experience Venice you must go to the opera or to a classical music performance, nibble fresh pasta and pastries, and linger in the exhibit halls of an art gallery. Label lovers will drool over the high-end shopping in Piazza San Marco.
Restaurants in Venice
1. Interpreti Veneziani
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5.0 based on 1,262 reviews
Reviewed By AndrewL416 - Sydney, Australia
Walked into this music hall and was enthralled by the setting. Tickets were easy to get directly from the front desk and had seats (free seating) right up in front. Having the musicians playing up close and to see their passion as they played were an awesome experience.
2. I Musici Veneziani
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5.0 based on 2,678 reviews
The Orchestra I Musici Veneziani was formed in 1996 and owes its prestigious name to the carefully considered selection of some of the most accomplished of Venetian virtuosos. The Orchestra pays tribute to Vivaldi performing the "Four Seasons" and, with Sopranos, Mezzo-Sopranos, Tenors and Baritones internationally acclaimed, performs "Baroque and Opera," the most beautiful arias of the Baroque period. The concerts, enhanced by exquisite 18th costumes and jewerly, are performed in the wonderful Salone Capitolare, on the first floor of the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro in Rialto, where in addition I Musici Veneziani enact the most famous and beloved Opera of the great Giuseppe Verdi: "La Traviata".
Reviewed By ABcZzai - Savannah, United States
If you ever visiting Venice I highly recommended go and enjoy Musici Veneziani, it was Magnificent opera and four seasons of Vivaldi, in conjunction with a such a Romantic city, great wine and great food, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, I really enjoy it, can’t wait to go back and learn more about Italian culture, music, traditions, gastronomy and such unique architecture, colorful and unique decor
3. Venice Music Project
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5.0 based on 70 reviews
Recommended by the New York Times in the article "36 Hours in Venice," Venice Music Project presents its fourth season of concerts, taking you back in time to the era when Venice was a musical center of international prestige. Together, we will discover the great tradition of music in the Veneto, performed with original instruments and performance practices, in the prestigious Palazzo Rota Ivancich, where Hemingway and Liszt were among the many important guests. Our resident orchestra, Venetia Antiqua, will also host prestigious ensembles from around the world. An important part of our mandate is the restoration of the places where we perform and the works of art that they contain, to help the city to remain alive for our own and future generations. This will be possible through our US501c3 non-profit organization, Friends of Venice Music Project, our Italian Associazione Culturale for European donations, and additionally a portion of box office receipts.
Reviewed By kparkerbrooks - London, United Kingdom
Just saw their first performance back - it was absolutely amazing!! The singers have wonderful voices and the musicians were really great.
4. Societa Veneziana di Concerti
5. Collegium Ducale Orchestral Concert
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4.5 based on 28 reviews
Reviewed By MDeleuran
We experienced Collegium Ducale two nights in a row at Palazzo delle Prigioni. The first night we listened to primarily Vivaldi (the entire Four Seasons) and were astonished at the musical talent. The second night we listeded to Opera (a mixture of e.g. Rossini, Bizet, Mozart, Verdi and Offenbach) and were again pleasantly surprised. The first night we paid EUR25 per ticket - and found it to be exceptionally good value for money. When we on the second night told their ticket office that we had been there the night before, we were offered a substantial discount, paying only EUR15 per ticket. The setting is relatively small/intimate and the acoustics splendid. We warmly recommend this!
6. Palazzetto Bru Zane
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4.5 based on 14 reviews
The vocation of the Palazzetto Bru Zane – Centre de musique romantique française is the rediscovery and international promotion of the French musical heritage of the long nineteenth century (1780-1920). Its interests range from chamber music to the orchestral, sacred and operatic repertories, not forgetting the lighter genres characteristic of the ‘esprit français’ of the nineteenth century (chanson, opéra-comique, operetta). The Centre was inaugurated in 2009 and has its headquarters in a Venetian palazzo dating from 1695 which was specially restored for this purpose. It is an emanation of the Fondation Bru. The palazzo (Casino Zane) opens its doors to the public for free guided tours. Every Thursday afternoon, you can admire frescoes of Sebastiano Ricci and Abbondio Stazio’s stuccowork.
Reviewed By didier914
Half an hour visit , but worth to discover this little palace , dedicated to music art and culture . Concert and show possible as well
7. Teatro alle Tese
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1.0 based on 1 reviews
