What to do and see in San Marco, Veneto: The Best Concerts & Shows

The Orchestra Virtuosi di Venezia-Orchestra da camera di San Marco had been formed in 2002 under the inspiration of Vivaldi's work. The ensemble and the musical formation have both been chosen to recall the exact situation in which Vivaldi worked and reproposes in its concerts the athmosphere and the genio of the Red Priest' compositions. The Orchestra was born with the intention and the honor of paying tribute to the great composer in the prestigious Ateneo di San Basso, in San Marco square, whose hall has the same dimensions of the Pieta Institue music hall, in which Vivaldi composed.

The Orchestra I Musici Veneziani was formed in 1996 and owes its prestigious name to the carefully considered selection of some of the most accomplished of Venetian virtuosos. The Orchestra pays tribute to Vivaldi performing the "Four Seasons" and, with Sopranos, Mezzo-Sopranos, Tenors and Baritones internationally acclaimed, performs "Baroque and Opera," the most beautiful arias of the Baroque period. The concerts, enhanced by exquisite 18th costumes and jewerly, are performed in the wonderful Salone Capitolare, on the first floor of the Scuola Grande di San Teodoro in Rialto, where in addition I Musici Veneziani enact the most famous and beloved Opera of the great Giuseppe Verdi: "La Traviata".

Few minutes walking from Saint Mark's square, a XV century patrician palace where live an unique event in Venice The event starts at 7.00 pm with a welcome drink waiting the arrivals of all our guests, than a gourmet dinner will be served at the ground floor main hall: all the courses are homemade choosing only fresh and local primary ingredients according to market availability of seasonal products (on demand - at least a day before - are availables vegetarian or gluten free menus). Dinner concluded, the concert will start at the piano nobile. The Season 2017 at Contarini della Porta di Ferro's Palace is composed by two weekly evenings: on Thursdays the Jazz Venice Evening - the Jazz Venice Trio plays "The most beautiful italian songs in their jazz arrangements", an exclusive for VMG's Season 2017; on Fridays the Gala Vivaldi (Antonio Vivaldi Venice Orchestra plays musics by Vivaldi, Tartini, Bach, Mozart, ecc. Venice Music Gourmet is an authentic experience into an experience, a unique situation to enjoy art in the deep in a intime, elegant and convivial location.

This world famous opera house, burned to the ground in 1996, has been rebuilt amongst much scandal and drama: its modern beauty and complex history ensure its place among the most celebrated monuments in Italian history.

Accessible Opera, as though it was in your sitting room, but its a palace in Venice. Stunningly personal. Fun fun fun with 3 light and easy Operas to choose, 7 nights a week. It will make so many people's trip to Venice even more memorable.

The church of Ateneo of San Basso was built in 1076 in honor of San Basso and is one of the oldest churches in Venice. After the fires of 1105 and 1661 the church was built again. The simple elegance and classic admired today is probably attributable to Baldassarre Longhena, who worked at the time at the Basilica of San Marco. In the XIX century the church was robbed of its altar and its decorations and in the years to come was first sold to a private and later transformed into a laboratory for marbles and sculptures. In the fifties of the '900 the building was rebuilt and adapted to the conference room. The Ateneo of San Basso is now deconsecrated former church located in the heart of Venice, Piazzetta dei Leoncini, to the left of the Basilica of San Marco. Since its reopening in 2002 is considered one of the most important cultural centers of the city.