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Orchestra Del Teatro La FeniceCoro del Teatro La Fenice

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Mondo Musica’s Teatro La Fenice series is back! In Venice, where theater culture had flourished since the dawn of opera in the early 1600s, there were many fires in theaters, and there were also constant battles between the nobility and landlords over the management of theaters. The first fire in 1792, the first fire in 1793, and the first fire in 1794. The first fire, however, was not enough and the theater burned down 44 years later in 1836, but was rebuilt the following year in 1837 thanks to the efforts of the aristocratic society that ran it. During the lucky 159 years of its long history, the theater was made safe by the change of lighting from oil to gas in 1844, and it was fortunate not to be damaged during the balloon bomb attack by Austrian troops in 1849, the Austrian attack in 1918, and the Allied bombing in 1945. The building had a long hi