{"id":71326,"date":"2018-11-04T12:04:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T11:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/storia-opera-venezia\/"},"modified":"2019-04-16T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T07:51:10","slug":"history-of-opera-in-venice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Opera in Venice"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1554376253458{margin-left: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

HISTORY OF OPERA IN VENICE<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Opera in the palaces<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1554376010350{border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #c59c26 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

In the Baroque era, Venetian Palaces were places where music was an integral part of parties and receptions. The Cantate or allegorical serenades were performed together with Opera although with a commemorative purpose: <\/span><\/span>Monteverdi <\/b><\/span><\/span>himself wrote the famous <\/span><\/span>Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda <\/b><\/span><\/span>performed in 1624 at Palazzo Mocenigo. Six years later, in the same palazzo, <\/span><\/span>Proserpina Rapita <\/b><\/span><\/span>by Monteverdi, with the text by Giulio Strozzi, was performed. Opera performances in the palaces were only for a selected audience and limited to the friends of the noble family who arranged the event.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”75738″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”128px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-md-offset-7 vc_col-md-5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The first public mucical theatre was created<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”75772″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1554374341198{border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #c59c26 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

In 1636 an extraordinary fact bound to change the history of opera occurred in Venice: the Tron family obtained the permission from the Council of Ten to rebuild the San Cassian Theatre (burnt in a fire). It was no longer a theatre for comedies and the family was allowed to turn it into an opera house.
\nThe theatre was rebuilt in less than a year and inaugurated in 1637: for the first time in the history of the music drama a public opera house with fee was created.
\nIt was so successful that soon other 16 Theatres were built and during the following century Venice boasted its enviable primacy for being the City of Opera par excellence in all Europe.
\nBetween the opening of San Cassiano Theatre and the opening of the last theatre of the century, the San Giovanni Grisostomo in 1678, more than 150 operas were performed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Francesco Cavalli <\/b><\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>Crespi<\/b><\/span><\/span>, as well as <\/span><\/span>Monteverdi<\/b><\/span><\/span>, are some of the most important composers in Venice. They had the privilege to launch a new formula of opera, then improved in the future by other composers, whose structural units harmonized the librettist\u2019s and the composer\u2019s contribution. Moreover, in the Seventeenth century in Venice, the da capo aria consolidated the dynamic relationship between the audience and the singers and the figure of the leading lady emerged. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”128px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The young Rossini at Teatro S. Mois\u00e8<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1554374325779{border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #c59c26 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The Teatro S. Mois\u00e9 was one of the theatres where operas were performed for the first time, a small but very elegant theatre offering high quality music seasons. Here operas by <\/span><\/span>Cavalli, Vivaldi, Albinoni, Galuppi <\/b><\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>Rossini<\/b><\/span><\/span> were performed.<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/b><\/span><\/span>The young Gioacchino Rossini had his debut when he was eighteen years old at the Teatro S. Mois\u00e9 with <\/span><\/span>La cambiale di matrimonio [The Bill of Marriage] <\/b><\/span><\/span>and, after the great success of this opera, he was applauded for <\/span><\/span>L\u2019Inganno felice; La Scala di seta; L\u2019Occasione fa il ladro<\/b><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>Il Signor Bruschino<\/b><\/span><\/span>.
\nIn 1818 the Teatro S. Mois\u00e9 was closed and sold.
\n<\/span><\/span>\u201cHad the King-Emperor Napoleon himself thought to honour Venice with his presence, the excitement of his arrival could have done nothing to tear the people away from Rossini\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/span> (Stendhal, Life of Rossini).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”75777″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”128px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-md-offset-7 vc_col-md-5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The teatro La Fenice<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”75788″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Foto: Pietro Tessarin<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1500200680272{border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #c59c26 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

There were seven opera houses in Venice in the seventeenth century and in 1773 the greatest of these was S. Benedetto then destroyed in a fire. The judicial dispute between the Venier family (owner of the land on which it was built) and the association owner of the theatre followed the rebuilding and led the latter, after they failed the lawsuit, to rebuild a larger and more sumptuous theatre: the Teatro La Fenice.
\nThe theatre was inaugurated in 1790 and, until 1836, the premieres of a lot of masterpieces like <\/span><\/span>Tancredi <\/b><\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>Semiramide <\/b><\/span><\/span>by <\/span><\/span>Rossini<\/b><\/span><\/span>, <\/span><\/span>I Capuleti e i Montecchi<\/b><\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>Beatrice di Tenda<\/b><\/span><\/span> by <\/span><\/span>Bellini, Belisario, Pia de\u2019 Tolomei <\/b><\/span><\/span>e<\/span><\/span> Maria di Rudenz<\/b><\/span><\/span> by <\/span><\/span>Donizetti <\/b><\/span><\/span>were first performed.
\nIn 1836 the best Veneto theatre was devastated in a fire.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The structure of the Teatro La Fenice changed during the reconstruction and became even more elegant and beautiful. The theatre will always be considered one of the best Italian and European theatres.
\nThe Teatro La Fenice contributed to write the history of melodrama by hosting the highest number of premieres by Verdi, after the Teatro La Scala.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the twentieth century the Teatro underwent a lot of restoration projects and in 1987 was rebuilt after a devastating fire.
\nDuring the twentieth century a lot of very important premieres like <\/span><\/span>La carriera di un libertino<\/b><\/span><\/span> by <\/span><\/span>Igor Stravinskij, L\u2019Angelo di fuoco<\/b><\/span><\/span> by <\/span><\/span>Serghei Prokofiev, Il Giro di vite<\/b><\/span><\/span> by <\/span><\/span>Benjamin Britten, Intolleranza 1960<\/b><\/span><\/span> by <\/span><\/span>Luigi Nono <\/b><\/span><\/span>were here performed<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”128px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Giuseppe Verdi opera’s in Venice<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1554374325779{border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #c59c26 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Giuseppe Verdi wrote five operas commissioned by the Teatro La Fenice: <\/span>Ernani, Attila, Rigoletto, La Traviata <\/b><\/span>and<\/span> Simon Boccanegra.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Ernani<\/b><\/span><\/span>, whose libretto was written by the Venetian Francesco Maria, was performed on the 10<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/sup> March 1844 and had a good success in spite of severe Austrian police censorship.
\n<\/span><\/span>Attila, <\/b><\/span><\/span>performed on the 17<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/sup> March 1846, thrilled the Venetian audience because it told the story of the foundation of the city itself: \u201c<\/span><\/span>It had such a delightful success during the first evening, and became fanaticism during the second\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span>(G. Verdi).
\n<\/span><\/span>Rigoletto, <\/b><\/span><\/span>performed on the 11<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/sup> March 1851, was Giuseppe Verdi\u2019s great success. For this reason he was called \u201ca genius\u201d by the press.
\nThe premiere of <\/span><\/span>La Traviata <\/b><\/span><\/span>was a complete failure though, probably because the performers were not up to the expectations and the libretto was pretty indecent. The opera, inspired by <\/span><\/span>The Lady with the Camellias<\/i><\/span><\/span> by Dumas fils, was performed on the 6<\/span><\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/sup> March 1853: \u201c<\/span><\/span>La Traviata last night, fiasco. Is it my fault or the fault of the singers? Time will tell!\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span>(G. Verdi)
\nWhen the opera was performed once again a year later, it was a great success. The last Verdi\u2019s Venetian premiere was <\/span><\/span>Simon Boccanegra<\/b><\/span><\/span>, performed at La Fenice in March 1857. Like the Traviata, the premiere was not really successful. <\/span><\/span>\u201cIt was a fiasco just like the Traviata\u201d <\/i><\/span><\/span>(G. Verdi) but the applauses were three times as much during the second performance and made it a great success. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Patrizia di Paolo<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_single_image image=”75783″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”128px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1554376253458{margin-left: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text] HISTORY OF OPERA IN VENICE [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text] Opera in the palaces [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1554376010350{border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #c59c26 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text] In the Baroque era, Venetian Palaces were places where…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101015,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-71326","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nHistory of Opera in Venice - Musica Palazzo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History of Opera in Venice - Musica Palazzo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1554376253458{margin-left: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text] HISTORY OF OPERA IN VENICE [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text] Opera in the palaces [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1554376010350{border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #c59c26 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text] In the Baroque era, Venetian Palaces were places where...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Musica Palazzo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-04-16T07:51:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/\",\"name\":\"History of Opera in Venice - Musica Palazzo\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-04T11:04:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-16T07:51:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"History of Opera in Venice\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Musica Palazzo\",\"description\":\"Associazione Culturale Music at the Palace\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"History of Opera in Venice - Musica Palazzo","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"History of Opera in Venice - Musica Palazzo","og_description":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1554376253458{margin-left: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text] HISTORY OF OPERA IN VENICE [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text] Opera in the palaces [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1554376010350{border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 8px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #c59c26 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;}” offset=”vc_col-lg-5 vc_col-md-6″][vc_column_text] In the Baroque era, Venetian Palaces were places where...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/","og_site_name":"Musica Palazzo","article_modified_time":"2019-04-16T07:51:10+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/","url":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/","name":"History of Opera in Venice - Musica Palazzo","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-11-04T11:04:31+00:00","dateModified":"2019-04-16T07:51:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/history-of-opera-in-venice\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"History of Opera in Venice"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/","name":"Musica Palazzo","description":"Associazione Culturale Music at the Palace","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71326"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76269,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71326\/revisions\/76269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicapalazzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}