London Festival Opera at La Fenice in Venice

La Fenice (The Phoenix) in Venice is one of the most renowned opera houses in the world and has a rich history marked by resilience, artistic innovation and architectural beauty.  London Festival Opera has been honoured to perform at La Fenice as a guest company on two occasion including once as part of the Cavalchina Masked Ball during the Carnival Season.

Opened in 1792 where new works by composers such as Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi had premiers of their operas during the annual Carnival Celebrations.  The theatre suffered a catastrophic fire in 1996 and was completely restored to the original beauty and opened in 2004.