Teatro La Fenice
Teatro La Fenice—“The Phoenix Theatre”—takes its name from a theatre that repeatedly rises again after catastrophe. The building you associate with La Fenice began in 1792, after the city’s leading opera house was destroyed and rebuilt but could not open until 1792. A first major fire struck in 1774, a second arrived in 1836, and rebuilding after that second blaze was completed within a year. Then came the arson disaster of 1996, when the house was destroyed so thoroughly that only the exterior walls remained. La Fenice reopened in November 2004, and that return gave new meaning to the tradition of the Venice New Year’s Concert. Architect Tommaso Meduna shaped the theatre’s Italian theatrical character, and in the 19th century La Fenice became the stage for major premieres by Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi—an achievement that helped define the bel canto era itself.
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