Venezia: Teatro La Fenice

Country: Italy (Italia)
Region: Veneto
City: Venezia
Location: San Marco, 1965 (Campo San Fantin)

Named after the mythical Arabian bird, Phoenix, which is said to set fire to itself and rise anew from the ashes every 500 years.

Built 1789-1792 by Giovanni Antonio Selva for the "Nobile Società", replacing the Teatro San Benedetto (demolished by a fire on 1774). Auditorium decoration by Francesco Fontanesio. Opened 16 May 1792 with Paisiello's "I giuocchi d'Agrigento". 1808 redecoration of auditorium by Giuseppe Borsato, addition of an "Imperial Box" in honour of Napoleon I. 1836 destruction of the auditorium by a fire. 1836-1837 rebuilding to Selva's plans by Tommaso Meduna and Giambattista Meduna. Auditorium decoration by Sebastiano Santi in Empire style. Re-opened 26 December 1837. 1848 destruction of the "Imperial Box" by rebels (restored 1849). 1854 redecoration of the auditorium in Baroque style by the Meduna brothers. 1878 modernization of stagehouse by Cadorin. 1937 modernization of stage technology and redecoration of the auditorium and foyers by Eugene Miozzi. 1996 completely destroyed by a fire during construction works. After years of half-hearted attempts to rebuild the theatre, accompanied by a series of political and financial scandals, finally reconstructed until 2003. Re-opened for concerts and other events on 14 Dec 2003 with a gala concert. Re-opening for a regular opera season planned for 2004/2005.

Notable world premieres:

  • Gioacchino Rossini: Tancredi (6 Feb 1813)
  • Gioacchino Rossini: Semiramide (3 Feb 1823)
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer: Il Crociato in Egitto (1824)
  • Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi (11 Mar 1830)
  • Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda (16 Mar 1833)
  • Gaetano Donizetti: Belisario (4 Feb 1836)
  • Gaetano Donizetti: Maria di Rudenz 30 Jan (1838)
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani (9 Mar 1844)
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Attila (17 Mar 1846)
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (11 Mar 1851)
  • Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata (6 Mar 1853)
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (12 Mar 1857)
  • Ruggero Leoncvallo: La Bohème (6 May 1897)
  • Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari: Gli amanti sposi (19 Feb 1925)
  • Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (11 Sep 1951)
  • Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw (14 Sep 1954)
  • Sergei Prokofiev: L'angelo di fuoco (staged, 29 Sep 1955)
  • Luigi Nono: Intolleranza 1960 (13 Apr 1961)
  • Bruno Maderna: Hyperion (6 Sep 1964)

Links: www.teatrolafenice.it, Wikipedia

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "La facciata del Teatro nuovo detto La Fenice (stampa pubblicata da Giuseppe Sardi il 26 maggio 1792). - The facade of the new opera house called La Fenice (print published by Giuseppe Sardi 26h May 1792)"
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Type: modern postcard reproduction of a 18th century engraving
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
Not sent.

Massa: Teatro Guglielmi / Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Picture: painted curtain of the Teatro Guglielmi in Massa; motif: triumph of P. A. Guglielmi after the performance of his opera 'La lanterna di Diogene' at La Fenice in 1791, painted by Annibale Gatti
Front Text: "Sipario del Teatro Guglielmi in Massa"
Reverse Text: "Sipario del Teatro Guglielmi in Massa. Trionfo del Maestro Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi per la rappresentazione dell'opera 'La lanterna di Diogene' - Venezia 1791 (esguito dal Professore Annibale Gatti)."
Publisher: Ed. ditta Romualdo Zannoni & C., Massa; 96988
Size: Classic
Sent: from Massa to Rovigno d'Istria (= Rovinj, Croatia), 1920

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Giovanni Pividor, La sala del Teatro la Fenice dopo il restauro del 1854, con i nuovi devori di Giambattista Meduna e col sipario di Eugenio Moretti Larese (il doge Domenico Michiel all'assedio di Tiro) - Giovanni Pividor, The auditorium of Teatro La Fenice after restoration in 1854, with new decorations by Giambattista Meduna and curtain by Eugenio Moretti Larese (Doge Domenico Michiel at the siege of Tyre)"
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Type: modern postcard reproduction of a 19th century engraving
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Front Text: "Venezia, Teatro La Fenice, Il Ridotto"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Front Text: "Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venezia - Prospetto (dal palcoscenico)"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Front Text: "Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venezia - Scalone del foyet"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Front Text: "Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venezia - Sala del Selva"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Front Text: "Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venezia - Sala del Matscheg"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Maria Callas, 1950, Venezia, Teatro La Fenice, foto Giacomelli, Venezia"
Publisher: Marsilio; 978-88-910-1108-4
Type: c. 2020 postcard of a 1950 photograph
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Maria Callas, 1954, Venezia, Teatro La Fenice, foto Giacomelli, Venezia"
Publisher: Marsilio; 978-88-910-1107-7
Type: c. 2020 postcard of a 1954 photograph
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Maria Callas a una finestra del Teatro La Fenice, fine anni Cinquanta"
Publisher: Teatro La Fenice
Type: c. 2020 postcard of a late 1950s photograph
Size: 12.0 x 17.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Picture: left: entrance from the canal
Reverse Text: "Venezia - Teatro 'La Fenice' .- Ingresso d'acqua; Venedig - Theater 'La Fenice' - Eintritt auf dem Kanal; Venice - Theatre 'La Fenice' - Entry on the Canal; Venise - Théâtre 'La Fenice' - Entrée au Canal"
Publisher: Ediz. G. Gerlin, Venezia; 014
Size: Modern
Sent: to Vitry-sur-Seine (France) [stamp and postmark removed]

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Venezia - Interno del Teatro 'La Fenice' - Intérieur du Theatre 'La Fenice' - Interior of Theatre 'La Fenice' - Inneres des Theater 'La Fenice'" [sic!]
Publisher: Ediz. Ardo, Venezia; 110
Size: Modern
Sent: from Venezia to Trieste, 1962

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Venezia - Teatro 'La Fenice' - Theatre 'La Fenice' - 'La Fenice' Theatre - Das Theater 'La Fenice'"
Publisher: SAR; 256
Size: Modern
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Venezia - Il Teatro 'La Fenice'"
Publisher: Azienda Autonoma Soggiorno Turismo, Venezia
Size: Modern
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Front Text: "Venezia"
Reverse Text: "Venezia, Teatro La Fenice"
Publisher: Florentia Minor, Fiesole
Size: Modern
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Venezia, Ingresso Teatro La Fenice, Entrée du Théâtre La Fenice, Entrance of the Theatre La Fenice, Eingang des Theaters La Fenice"
Publisher: Ediz. Ardo, Venezia; 26156
Size: Modern
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Picture: during the 1996 fire
Front Text: "La Fenice"
Reverse Text: "Venezia, 29 Gennaio 1996, Ore 23.30, Il terribile incendio che ha devastato Il 'Gran Teatro La Fenice' - Venice, Genuary 29, 1996. H. 11.30 pm. The terrible fire which destroied the 'Gran Teatro La Fenice'" [sic!]
Publisher: Vision Foto Grafia, Venezia; Serie speciale 'La Fenice'
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Picture: during the 1996 fire
Reverse Text: "Venezia - Gran Teatro La Fenice - costruito nel 1792 (Arch. Selva) - ricostruito nel 1837 dopo l'incendio - importanti restauri nel 1854 (Arch. Meduna) - distrutta dalle fiamme nel 1996"
Publisher: Filippi Editore
Size: 16.4 x 12.1 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Picture: during the 1996 fire
Reverse Text: "Venezia - Gran Teatro La Fenice - costruito nel 1792 (Arch. Selva) - ricostruito nel 1837 dopo l'incendio - importanti restauri nel 1854 (Arch. Meduna) - distrutta dalle fiamme nel 1996"
Publisher: Filippi Editore
Size: 16.4 x 12.1 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Picture: left: painting of the 1836 fire (?), middle: auditorium, right: score by Luciano Berio, extreme right: Luciano Berio, right below: Luciano Berio's signature
Front Text: "Komm in meine Nähe, auch wenn Du ein Messer hast, um mich zu verwunden. - Aus 'Coro'" [text from Berio's 'Coro']
Reverse Text: "Benefizkonzerte zum Wiederaufbau der Oper von Venedig 'La Fenice' in der Kölner Philharmonie" [benefit concerts for the rebuilding of the opera of Venezia, 'La Fenice', at the Köln Philharmonie], plus concert schedule (featuring Berio's 'Coro') and ticket information
Publisher: Pickup Advertising - WDR Köln
Type: Advertisement Card
Size: Modern
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Picture: after the 2003 reconstruction
Reverse Text: "Venezia, Teatro La Fenice"
Publisher: Marsilio; 978-88-910-1031-5
Size: 12.0 x 17.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "La facciata del Teatro La Fenice, rimasta indenne dall'incendio del 1996. The facade of Teatro La Fenice that survived the fire in 1996 unscathed."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 12.0 x 17.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Picture: after the 2003 reconstruction; view from the stage to the auditorium
Reverse Text: "Il Teatro riconstruito. Scorcio della sala con la buca dell'orchestra. The Theatre reconstructed. View of the auditorium with the orchestra pit"
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 16.8 x 11.9 cm
Sent: from Padova to Ravensburg (Germany), 2004

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "'Fenice III', 2004 - Venice/Italy"
Publisher: Fondazione Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Il Teatro ricostruito. La sala con il palcoscenico. - The Theatre reconstructed. The auditorium with stage."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
Not sent.

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Il Teatro ricostruito. L'emblema della fenice, sormontante l'arco scenico. - The Theatre reconstructed. The emblem of the phoenix on the proscenium arch."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Il Teatro ricostruito. Il soffitto della sala. - The Theatre reconstructed. The auditorium ceiling."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 12.0 x 17.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Il Teatro ricostruito. Scorcio della sala, vista dal Palco Reale. - The Theatre reconstructed. View of the auditorium from the Royal Box."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 12.0 x 17.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Il Teatro ricostruito. Il Palco Reale. - The Theatre reconstructed. The Royal Box."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 12.0 x 17.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Il Teatro ricostruito. La sala vista dal palcoscenico. - The Theatre reconstructed. View of the auditorium from the stage."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
Not sent.

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Il Teatro ricostruito. Il decoro dei palchi. - The Theatre reconstructed. Decoration of the boxes."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 12.0 x 17.0 cm
Not sent.

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Venezia, Gran Teatro La Fenice"
Publisher: Marsilio; 978-88-910-1039-1
Size: 12.0 x 17.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Il Teatro ricostruito. Il foyer. - The Theatre reconstructed. The foyer."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 12.0 x 17.0 cm
Not sent.

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "Il Teatro ricostruito. Sala Apollinea, detta Sala Dante. - The Theatre reconstructed. Sala Apollinea, called Sala Dante."
Publisher: L'Artegrafica
Size: 17.0 x 12.0 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Front Text: "10° anniversario della Riapertura - Teatro La Fenice di Venezia"
Postmark: "PT - Venezia Filatelica - 9.11.2013 - Giorno di emissione - 10° Anniversario Riapertura - Teatro La Fenice"
Publisher: Poste Italiane - Filatelia; 1060006699
Type: Maximum Card (Italy, 9 Nov 2013)
Detail:
Venezia: Teatro La Fenice

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Advertisement Flyer
Publisher: Fondazione Teatro La Fenice, Venezia
Size: 8.0 x 8.0 cm

Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Publisher: Teatro La Fenice, Veneziam
Size: Modern
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Front Text: "Gran Teatro La Fenice"
Publisher: Zacaria's, Calle della Fenice, Venezia
Size: 12.0 x 17.5 cm
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Folded Greeting Card
Front Text: "Gran Teatro La Fenice"
Publisher: Zacaria's, Venezia
Size: 14.5 x 14.5 cm (folded)
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Venezia: Teatro La Fenice Reverse Text: "A Night at the Fenice"
Publisher: lisalorenz.redbubble.com
Size: Modern
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