The Malibran Theater rises above the ancient site of Marco Polo's residence, Ca 'Milion, which was destroyed by a fire around the end of the sixteenth century.
The Grimani family, already owners of the theaters of San Samuele and San Giovanni e Paolo, commissioned this theater to the architect Tommaso Bezzi known as the Stucchino and named it after San Giovanni Grisostomo: the inauguration was held during the carnival of 1678.
It soon became the most important and luxurious stage in Venice, as well as a place for dances and social parties organized by the owners;
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