About the opera
- Sung in: Italian
- Subtitles: English
- Opera House: Teatro Malibran, Venice
With Il Bajazet La Fenice continues the rediscovery of Vivaldi’s operas. The story is about the fate of Sultan Bayezid I after being captured by Tamerlane.
Antonio Vivaldi composed the pasticcio Il Bajazet for the Carnival in 1735 with a subtle idea: for the positive characters (Bajazet, Asteria and Idaspe) the wrote arias in the Venetian style, while the villains around Tamerlane sang arias in the Neapolitan style by his younger rivals Johann Adolf Hasse, Riccardo Broschi and Geminiano Giacomelli. What Vivaldi intended as a jab at his rivals proves to be pure musical pleasure for today's listeners.
Ticket information
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Teatro Malibran, Venice
Address:
Campiello del Teatro, 5873, Cannaregio, 30131 Venice Google Maps
How to get there:
from San Marco: Line 1 or 2 directed towards Piazzale Roma
from Piazzale Roma, Ferrovia: line 1 or 2 direction/via Rialto bridge, St Mark Lido
Stops: Line 1 - Rialto bridge, St Angel, St Samuel or St Mark (Vallaresso)
Line 2 - Rialto bridge or St Mark (Vallaresso)
