Going on a tour by gondola through the canals of Venice is not cheap but it is surely very evocative.
We are going to list some general prices for you:
Daytime hire (of course with the gondolier)
50 minutes, six persons at the most per gondola EURO 73,00
For every 25 minutes exceeding the first 50 EURO 37,00
From h.8,00 p.m. to 8,00 a.m.
Hire service and tour by night
50 minutes, six persons at the most per gondola EURO 91,00
For every 25 minutes exceeding the first 50 EURO 47,00
If necessary you can get on a gondola also by using it as a ferry-boat (as lots of Venetians do) in order to reach the opposite side of the Canal Grande. The price is of about 1€. The most famous ferry-crossings are the ones between the Frari and St. Samuele and between St. Fosca and Rialto Market.
From 26 january 2008
One thousand years of history represented by nearly two thousand works (1700, exactly) which will be collected in an exhibition-catalogue composed of 750 pages and weighing 4 kilos which, on request, can be sent home. The items, exhibited along 3000 square metres, will come from institutions spread all over the world and include extraordinary works of art such as the 24 carat gold bust of Marco Aurelio, weighing about kg 1,6, coming from Avenches in Switzerland, or the Sarcophagus Ludovisi from Palazzo in Rome, the Sarcophagus of Portinaccio which is made of white marble and represents a clash between the Romans and the Barbarians, the Amalasunta from Florence, the Missorium called ‘’Achilles’ or Scipio’s Plate’ as well as the Cameo called ‘of Licinio’s triumph’.
These are only some of the works of Rome and the Barbarians, namely a colossal and new exhibition presented yesterday at the Palazzo Farnese in Rome and ready to make its own debut on 26th January. Far from being a stereotyped event
The production by Pier Luigi Pizzi (direction, set and costumes) of Thaïs by Jules Massenet, which was performed at the Malibran in 2002 conducted by the late Marcello Viotti, will return to La Fenice (ninth appointment of the season) with five performances on 21, 23, 25, 27 and 30 October 2007. The opera will be conducted by Emmanual Villaume, choreography by Georghe Iancu, lighting by Sergio Rossi. The main performers include Darina Takova (Thaïs), Simone Alberghini (Athanaël), Kostyantyn Andreyev (Nicias), Nicolas Courjal (Palémon), Christine Buffle (Crobyle) and Elodie Méchain (Myrtale).
Salammbô, Hérodiade, Dalila, Carmen, Manon… are just some of the female portrayals of sensual exotismism, both irresistible and ‘damned’ that were offered to the French public in both opera and literature during the second half of the nineteenth century. In the figure of man who is led to ruin, the subjects of sensual and immoral exotism, the conflict between the flesh and the spirit, the divergence between mystic aspiration and material seduction all find their uplifting outlet in moral admonition and the perfect incarnation of widespread and ‘forbidden’ sexual fantasies in the femme fatale.
from october, 18 to november, 21, 2007
The BLM Foundation carries on and renovates its attention to young artists, which is part
of its mission; for this reason, for a hundred years it has been assigning ateliers to the most eligible ones.
Since few years the ateliers are located at the Giudecca, at the Santi Cosma e Damiano compound, waiting for the restoration of Palazzo Carminati.
This year, for the first time, the artists selected in 2007 have the possibility to exhibit their works inside the Gallery of Piazza San Marco, within an exhibition conceived precisely for them.
Curated by Milovan Farronato, the show will be promoted through the publication of a special issue of Mousse Magazine, which will substitute the catalogue. The artists are:
Sharing project experiences… like collecting postcards from non-virtual friends in an ongoing existential dialogue.
Seven young artists and a collective shared the studios of the Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa for 12 months inside the Complesso Cosma e Damiano at the Giudecca. Each with their own space, yet brought together by the opportunity to
The church can quite rightly be called “Tintoretto’s church”: this great artist spent most of his life in the surroundings, he was buried here and his teleri full of pathos transfigure the interior.
It was built in the 14th century but was renovated in the 15th century so in its tripartite façade in terracotta feature transition elements from Romanesque to Gothic and from Gothic to Renaissance style.
The interior, with its basilical plan with three naves, boasts (from the right nave) St. John the Baptist between St. Peter, St. Mark, St. Jerome, and St. Paul by Cima da Conegliano, and the mystic Presentation of Mary at the Temple by Tintoretto.
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The typical aperitif in Venice is the spritz, made of carbonated water, white wine, lemon peel or olive and as you prefer, bitter Campari, Cynar or Aperol.
This beverage is very common also in Hungary, (frocs), Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and also in Romania, all the territories of ex-Austro-Hungarian kingdom (1867-1918). The story tells us that the Austrians used to drink the venetian wine with water, because it was too strong for them, so the Venetians, added a bit of liquor to give to this drink a new taste.
The Austrians called it“spritz” that means injection.
The aperitif-time is from 5 p.m., but someone drink spritz in the morning before lunch. Spritz is a very strong beverage, so you take care when you drink it.
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Friday 12 October, 8 p.m.
Teatro alle Tese – Arsenale
Luigi No
no, La fabbrica illuminata for soprano and four-track magnetic tape (1964); texts by workers at the Italsider plant in Genoa, trade union contracts, Giuliano Scabia, and Cesare Pavese (17’)
Luigi Nono, Djamila Boupachà for soprano (1962 – 4’) from Canti di vita e d’amore
Luigi Nono, …sofferte onde serene… for piano and two-track magnetic tape (1976 – 14′)
Luigi Nono, A floresta é jovem e cheja de vida for soprano, three actors’ voices, clarinet in B flat major, magnetic plates and tapes (1965-1966 – 39′); edition curated by Maurizio Pisati and Veniero Rizzardi; texts edited by Giovanni Pirelli
piano Maurizio Pollini
soprano Barbara Hannigan
The great sensibility and attention with which Maurizio Pollini has involved himself in contemporary music projects, personally throwing himself into its spread and promotion, find an emblematic light in the long friendship and intense collaboration that have always drawn him to the Venetian maestro. Increasingly concentrating on whole cycles and projects, Maurizio Pollini accepted the invitation from the Biennale di Venezia to pay homage to the late maestro, arranging an evening that includes some major achievements of Luigi Nono’s (1924-1990) work.
Tuesday 9 October, 8 p.m. – Teatro Piccolo Arsenale
Metropolis (Germany 1927, b/w,140’, o.v.) directed by Fritz Lang
music by Martín Matalon for 16 musicians and electronics (1995 – 140′) Italian premiere
conductor Martín Matalon
musikFabrik
A milestone in the history of cinema and a masterpiece by the German film-maker, Fritz Lang, Metropolis (1927) has become the prototype for many science-fiction films (Blade Runner, Brazil, Star Wars) but its has also inspired theatre, literature, cartoons and rock music… The cinematographic expressionism of Lang finds its acme here in the masterly images of a city of the future – apparently inspired by the skyline of New York – the result of “special effects” that were totally new for their time. Nineteen months of work, 600,000 metres of film (edited, cut and re-assembled several times, to the extent that it has become almost impossible to reconstruct the original)
On the 14th of December 2003 a moved and enthusiastic crowd entered again Venice’s most famous and favourite theatre: the Teatro della Fenice, finally risen up from its ashes. The building had been entirely destroyed (only the bearing walls had survived, with a huge chasm in the middle) by an arson in January 1996 and was rebuilt, in its original style, in 8 years. The tragic night of 29th January 1996 the fire-brigade tried all night to put the fire off as it risked expanding to the surrounding buildings, while a large number of Venetians, desperate and hypnotized by the flames rising high towards the sky, stood in the water raining down from the only helicopter. Unfortunately, nothing was saved (only the side-wall remained): they only managed to prevent the surrounding area from catching fire. Today’s theatre is perfectly identical to the previous one.
More informations about Theatre La Fenice in our Venice Guide.
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28 october 2007
Stra – Venice
Sport, Solidarity and green. These will be just some of the musts of the 22nd edition of the Venicemarathon – Casinò of Venice Trop
hy – which will take place next 28th October and that presents several novelties. The first one among all is the OPEN SPORT, a project organized in cooperation with CONI inside San Giuliano’s Park which will give the opportunity to the public of the marathon to know and practice different sport activities.
Course overview Start is located in Stra (a small country town about 25 km west of Venice), at the beginning of “Riviera del Brenta”, the beautiful riverside area where rich and noble Venetians built their vacation mansions in the 18th century. The finish is in the historic centre of Venice, on the embankment named Riva Sette Martiri, in a scenic position facing the lagoon.
