VENICE GRAN TEATRO LA FENICE SEASON

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1 VENICE GRAN TEATRO LA FENICE SEASON History: The was founded in In the nineteenth century, the theatre staged the world premieres of numerous operas, including Rossini s Tancredi, Sigismondo and Semiramide, Bellini s I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) and Beatrice di Tenda, Donizetti s Belisario (Belisarius), Pia de Tolomei, and Maria de Rudenz, and Verdi s Ernani, Attila, Rigoletto, La traviata and Simon Boccanegra. On 29th January 1996 a devastating malicious fire destroys the theatre, temporarily closed for maintenance work. The fire brigade fights the blaze for the entire night. The world over laments the loss of one of the most beautiful theatres, with its extraordinary acoustics and protagonist, from time immemorial, of the opera, musical and cultural life of Italy and Europe. From the sorrow of the loss comes the desire to reconstruct the historic theatre inspired by the motto the way it was, where it was, drawing on the reconstruction of the church tower of St. Marks. The foundation also runs a second theatre, the Teatro Malibran (formerly known as the Teatro di San Giovanni Grisostomo), which dates back to Picture:

2 Opera Sunday 24 th (7pm), Wednesday 27 th (7pm), Saturday 30 th (3.30pm) November 2019 Tuesday 3 rd (7pm), Saturday 7 th (3.30pm) December 2019 Don Carlo by G. Verdi Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung - Director: Robert Carsen Performers: Alex Esposito, Piero Pretti, Julian Kim, Maria Agresta Saturday 4 th (7pm), Sunday 5 th (3.30pm), Saturday 18 th (7pm), Wednesday 22 nd (7pm), Friday 24 th (7pm), Sunday 26 th (3.30pm), Tuesday 28 th (7pm), Wednesday 29 th (7pm) January 2020 La traviata by G. Verdi Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Stefano Ranzani - Director: Robert Carsen Performers: tba Friday 17 th (7pm), Sunday 19 th (3.30pm), Tuesday 21 st (7pm), Thursday 23 rd (7pm), Saturday 25 th (3.30pm) January 2020 A Hand of Bridge by S. Barber Prince Bluebeard's Castle by B. Bartòk Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Diego Matheuz - Director: Fabio Ceresa Performers: Gidon Saks, Ausrine Stundyte, Manuela Custer

3 Saturday 15 th (7pm), Sunday 16 th (3.30pm), Wednesday 19 th (7pm), Thursday 20 th (7pm), Friday 21 st (7pm), Saturday 22 nd (7pm), Sunday 23 rd (5pm), Tuesday 25 th (7pm) February 2020 L elisir d amore by G. Donizetti Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Jader Bignamini - Director: Bepi Morassi Performers: Celso Albelo, Damiana Mizzi, Marco Filippo Romano, Julian Kim Wednesday 25 th (7pm), Thursday 26 th (7pm), Friday 27 th (7pm), Saturday 28 th (7pm), Sunday 29 th (3.30pm), Tuesday 31 st (7pm) March 2020 Wednesday 1 st (7pm), Thursday 2 nd (7pm), Friday 3 rd (7pm) April 2020 Carmen by G. Bizet Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung - Director: Calixto Bieito Performers: Francesco Meli/Azer Zada, Alessandro Luongo/Luca Micheletti, Varduhi Abrahamyan/Marina Comparato Thursday 23 rd (7pm), Sunday 26 th (3.30pm), Wednesday 29 th (7pm) April 2020 Saturday 2 nd (7pm), Wednesday 6 th (7pm), Friday 8 th (7pm), Tuesday 19 th (7pm), Thursday 21 st (7pm), Saturday 23 rd (3.30pm) May 2020 Rigoletto by G. Verdi Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Daniele Callegari - Director: Damiano Michieletto Performers: Luca Salsi, Ivan Ayon Rivas, Claudia Pavone, Gianfranco Montresor Teatro Malibran Thursday 30 th (7pm) April 2020 Sunday 3 rd (3.30pm), Tuesday 5 th (7pm), Thursday 7 th (7pm), Saturday 9 th (3.30pm) May 2020 Farnace by A. Vivaldi Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Diego Fasolis - Director: Christophe Gayral Performers: Carlo Vistoli, Sonia Prina, Lucia Cirillo, Raffaele Pe, Rosa Bove, Valentino Buzza

4 Friday 22 nd (7pm), Sunday 24 th (3.30pm), Tuesday 26 th (7pm), Thursday 28 th (7pm), Saturday 30 th (3.30pm) May 2020 Faust by C. Gounod Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin - Director: Anton Rechi Performers: Carmela Remigio, Antonio Poli, Alex Esposito, Antonio Noguera, Armando Noguera, Friday 19 th (7pm), Sunday 21 st (5pm), Thursday 25 th (7pm), Saturday 27 th (5pm) June 2020 Wednesday 1 st (7pm), Friday 3 rd (7pm) July 2020 Rinaldo by G. F. Händel Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Andrea Marcon - Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi Performers: Teresa Iervolino, Leonardo Cortellazzi, Carmela Remigio, Andrea Patucelli Friday 26 th (7pm), Sunday 28 th (5pm), Tuesday 30 th (7pm) June 2020 Thursday 2 nd (7pm), Saturday 4 th (5pm) July 2020 Roberto Devereux by G. Donizetti Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Riccardo Frizza - Director: Alfonso Antoniozzi Performers: Roberta Mantegna, Alessandro Luongo, Enea Scala Sunday 23 rd (7pm), Friday 28 th (7pm), Sunday 30 th (7pm) August 2020 Tuesday 1 st (7pm), Wednesday 2 nd (7pm), Saturday 5 th (7pm), Wednesday 9 th (7pm), Sunday 13 th (3.30pm) September 2020 Aida by G. Verdi Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Francesco Ivan Ciampa - Director: Mauro Bolognini Performers: Mattia Denti, Silvia Beltrami, Roberta Mantegna, Pietro Pretti

5 Thursday 27 th (7pm), Saturday 29 th (7pm) August 2020 Thursday 3 rd (7pm), Friday 4 th (7pm), Sunday 6 th (7pm), Tuesday 8 th (7pm), Thursday 10 th (7pm), Saturday 19 th (7pm), Sunday 20 th (3.30pm) September 2020 La traviata by G. Verdi Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Stefano Ranzani - Director: Robert Carsen Performers: Claudia Pavone, René Barbera, Alessandro Luongo Friday 25 th (7pm), Sunday 27 th (7pm) September 2020 Sunday 4 th (3.30pm), Saturday 10 th (7pm), Tuesday 13 th (7pm) October 2020 Il trovatore by G. Verdi Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Daniele Callegari - Director: Lorenzo Mariani Performers: Luca Micheletti, Roberta Mantegna, Piero Pretti Saturday 3 rd (7pm), Thursday 8 th (7pm), Wednesday 14 th (7pm), Friday 16 th (7pm), Sunday 18 th (3.30pm), Wednesday 21 st (7pm), Thursday 22 nd (7pm), Friday 23 rd (7pm), Saturday 24 th (3.30pm) October 2020 Il barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli - Director: Bepi Morassi Performers: Antonio Siragusa, Omar Montanari, Josè Maria Lo Monaco Teatro Malibran Friday 9 th (7pm), Sunday 11 th (3.30pm), Thursday 15 th (7pm), Saturday 17 th (3.30pm), Tuesday 20 th (7pm) October 2020 Prima la musica e poi le parole by A. Salieri Der Schauspieldirektor by W.A. Mozart Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli - Director: Italo Nunziata Performers: Rocio Perez, Valentino Buzza

6 Sunday 11 th (7pm), Thursday 15 th (7pm), Saturday 17 th (7pm), Tuesday 20 th (7pm) October 2020 La cambiale di matrimonio by G. Rossini Orchestra del Conductor: Alvise Casellati - Director: Enzo Dara Performers: tba Concerts Friday 18 th (8pm), Sunday 20 th (5pm) October 2019 Coriolano: Ouverture in C minor Op.62, The Creatures of Prometheus, Op.43: Extracts, Symphony No. 1 by L. van Beethoven Orchestra del Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli Saturday 9 th (8pm), Sunday 10 th (5pm) November 2019 Interlude in C minor for Mozart's Idomeneo by R. Strauss Symphony No. 41 Jupiter by W.A. Mozart Symphony No. 6 Pastoral by L. van Beethoven Orchestra del Conductor: Marco Angius Thursday 5 th (8pm), Friday 6 th (8pm) December 2019 Symphony No. 9 By G. Mahler Orchestra del Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung Friday 20 th (8pm), Sunday 22 nd (5pm) December 2019 Symphony No. 4 Italian, Symphony No. 5 Reformation by F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy Orchestra del Conductor: Claus Peter Flor

7 Friday 10 th (8pm), Sunday 12 th (5pm) January 2020 Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 7 by L. van Beethoven Orchestra del Conductor: Daniel Cohen Saturday 29 th (8pm) February 2020 Sunday 1 st (5pm) March 2020 Symphony No. 9 by L. van Beethoven Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Harmut Haenchen Soloists: Laura Aikin, Anke Vondung, Brenden Gunnell Thomas Johannes Mayer Saturday 7 th (8pm), Sunday 8 th (5pm) March 2020 Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor Piano Concerto No. 3 by L. van Beethoven Orchestra del Conductor and piano: Rudolf Buchbinder Friday 10 th (8pm), Saturday 11 th (5pm) April 2020 Symphony No. 3 by G. Mahler Orchestra e Coro del Piccoli Cantori Veneziani Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung - Alto: Sara Mingardo Sunday 10 th (8pm) May 2020 Jesus, meine Freude BWV 227 by J.S. Bach Requiem by A. Schnittke Orchestra e Coro del Conductor: Claudio Marino Moretti Saturday 6 th (8pm), Sunday 7 th (5pm) June 2020 Orchestral Suite No. 1 BWV 1066, Orchestral Suite No. 3 BWV 1068 by J. S. Bach Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 36 by L. van Beethoven Orchestra del Conductor: Ton Koopman

8 Monday 15 th (8pm) June 2020 Symphony No. 8 in G major Op. 88 by A. Dvořák Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 by J. Brahms Staatskapelle Dresden Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung