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VeniceOn Tenderness

© La Biennale di Venezia
On Tenderness
Molissa Fenley; David Moodey; Denardo Coleman; Hérica Valladares; La Biennale di Venezia

VeniceHubris

© George Piper Dances
Hubris
Maxine Doyle, Choreography

VeniceBiennale College Choreographers - New Creations

© La Biennale di Venezia
Julia Bentkowska; Julia Litwin; Amine Mazhoud; La Biennale di Venezia
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Biennale Danza: Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna and The Herd/Less

Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna by Soa Ratsifandrihana © Harilay Rabenjamina
Two exceptional works, Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna and The Herd/Less provide an explosive opening to this year's Biennale Danza in Venice.
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La clemenza di Tito at La Fenice: splendid score, sterile stage

Anastasia Bartoli (Vitellia) and Cecilia Molinari (Sesto) © Michele Crosera

Ivor Bolton leads a great cast in a superb musical production of Mozart’s last masterpiece, in a lukewarm new production by Paul Curran.

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Vivaldi’s pasticcio Bajazet given an extravagant staging

Renato Dolcini (Bajazet) © Michele Crosera

Federico Maria Sardelli leads a great cast of specialists in a new production by Fabio Ceresa, perfectly attuned to the Baroque style. 

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Back in the spotlight: Bru Zane gives women composers chance to shine

Augusta Holmès’ La Montagne noire at Oper Dortmund © Björn Hickmann (2024)
With significant works by Louise Farrenc, Augusta Holmès and Clémence de Grandval – including two grand operas – Palazzetto Bru Zane is pioneering rediscovery of French music of the 19th century. 

Teatro La Fenice cancels performance in protest over new director

Beatrice Venezi at a Frattelli d’Italia event in May 2022 © LaPresse (2022)
Musicians at the Venice opera house have erupted in protest over the allegedly politically motivated appointment of Beatrice Venezi, a former advisor to Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government.

Death by omelette: uncovering the lost Bizet

Palazzetto Bru Zane’s staging of Carmen © Marion Kerno
Musicologist Alexandre Dratwicki talks about Palazzetto Bru Zane’s cycle of Georges Bizet performances, of rare works and historical stagings, continuing throughout this year across Europe and Asia.