DK Travel : Venice : Performing arts

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Ai Musicanti

The top-class orchestra and singers perform opera highlights by Verdi and Rossini, music by Vivaldi and Mozart, and Italian folk music.
Auditorium Santa Margherita

This converted cinema regularly stages live ethnic and other music, free of charge. The day’s programme is generally posted on the door.
Bacaro Jazz

An enthusiastic multilingual welcome is extended to all visitors in this lively wine bar that never seems to close. It boasts almost non-stop service, an extended “happy hour” from 4–7pm and a delicious assortment of Spanish-style tapas snack meals to accompany the wine.
Cantina Vecia Carbonera

However late in the evening, you can turn up here and count on live music, a good glass of wine and a crusty crostino topped with anchovies or cheese. On summer evenings locals row up to the waterside entrance.
Casinò Municipale, Palazzo Vendramin-Calergi

A magnificent start to an exciting evening – a special ACTV launch from Piazzale Roma transports hopeful clients down the Grand Canal to the landing stage of the beautiful Renaissance palace, alias City Casino, for a glittering night at the tables or the slot machines. It is also a short walk from the San Marcuola ferry stop.
Centrale

A thoughtful use of candles and soft music helps to create a pleasant and welcoming ambience to this lounge bar and restaurant. They serve imaginative and sometimes somewhat innovative Mediterranean cuisine each evening until 2am.
Chamber Music

While listening to the uplifting notes of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons , or a masterpiece from Bach or Benedetto Marcello take a moment to unwind and relax from the day’s sightseeing. The Church of San Vidal was rebuilt around 1700 and has a spacious interior.
Chet Bar

One of the many lively music bars that can be found in Campo S Margherita. Chet Bar is a popular joint and is, as the name clearly indicates, dedicated to that great trumpet player Chet Baker.
Concerts in Costume

Youthful but expert singers and musicians perform comic operas at the Scuola dei Carmini (see Scuola Grande dei Carmini). It makes for a memorable evening.
Death in Venice (1971)

Visconti’s film starring Dirk Bogarde is now as classic as the Thomas Mann novel on which it is based (see Death in Venice, Thomas Mann).