Encyclopedia • Cinemas and theatres

Between 1641 and 1645, this theatre was certainly the stage for the most lavishly staged melodramas in all of Venice. Set designer Giacomo Torelli from the Marche region of Italy brought about a real revolution to 17th century theatre design: he…

One of the most prestigious theatres in operation in Venice since the 17th century.

It houses the Videotheque whose name commemorates the great Venetian filmmaker Francesco Pasinetti and offers a city cultural proposal, in the field of auteur cinema, without equal in the city. It is located between the Museum of the History of…

Small theatre space in Mestre since 1970, the first for theatre only, currently no longer in operation.

Venice's first public theatre, located near the Rialto.

The Teatro Toniolo, located in Mestre near Piazza Ferretto, is the point of reference for the theatre season in the mainland.

Considered the place of contemporaneity in Venice, this theatre is open to various artistic disciplines.

The oldest theatre in Venice, it has a troubled history. Throughout the centuries, it has been directed by great personalities, from Carlo Goldoni to Giorgio Gaber. Today it is the Venetian seat of the Teatro Stabile del Veneto.

Atelier della Fenice, with its experimental production centre, gives voice and space to young artistic energies in the Venice area.

Theatre peculiar to Venice, both in terms of structure and activity, afit for intimate and special performances.

The Santi Giovanni e Paolo theater was considered, in the seventeenth century, the most beautiful and comfortable of the Venetian theaters. Built by the Grimani family, it played a crucial role in spreading the Opera in Venice.

The opera house, located near the Grand Canal. Active in Venice from the 17th to the 19th century, it hosted great librettists and composers from Albinoni to Vivaldi and contributed to the spread of the opera genre in Venice.