You might also consider attending a performance at La Fenich. It's quite a performance hall. We attended a performance at Vivaldi's Church but it was not the Four Seasons. Vivaldi's place is next door to the Metropole Hotel, where we were staying.
While it's not a performance hall, try to see the Scala Contarini del Bovolo, a very interesting structure with a spiral staircase.
I saw Vivaldi's Four Season in the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and it was incredible, unfortunately traveling to Russia is no longer possible and may never be.
We attended a Vivaldi recital at Chiesa di San Vidal before our Tauck tour started, in spring of 2024. The Tauck hotel for that tour was the Ca'di Dio (an ancient building right on the lagoon that had been scraped of all historic charm, but it did have a nice peaceful courtyard where one could escape the Venice crowds). We took the vaporetto from our hotel to the stop nearest the recital location, had a lovely dinner at a hard-to-find restaurant recommended by Rick Steves, Al Vecio Marangon (they don't take reservations but we dined early before the 9:00 pm recital) then had a short walk across the Ponte dell' Accademia spanning the Grand Canal to the church.
With musical productions like this, there is the danger that the musicians will be bored with the material. We did not find that to be the case, although we might not have been too critical--hey, Vivaldi! Venice!
We felt very safe walking back to a nearby vaporetto stop and riding back to our hotel despite the late hour.
Photographs were not allowed during the performance, but here are photos of the church interior and some of the amazing musical instrument displays in the church.
We considered this the first highlight of our visit to Italy!
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We have not seen this in Venice but have used Classictic.com for similar concerts in Paris and Prague and they have all been outstanding.
You might also consider attending a performance at La Fenich. It's quite a performance hall. We attended a performance at Vivaldi's Church but it was not the Four Seasons. Vivaldi's place is next door to the Metropole Hotel, where we were staying.
While it's not a performance hall, try to see the Scala Contarini del Bovolo, a very interesting structure with a spiral staircase.
Here's some pictures - https://www.mikeandjudytravel.com/2019-2Adriatic-11.htm
LaurieT, we loved it!
I saw Vivaldi's Four Season in the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and it was incredible, unfortunately traveling to Russia is no longer possible and may never be.
We attended a Vivaldi recital at Chiesa di San Vidal before our Tauck tour started, in spring of 2024. The Tauck hotel for that tour was the Ca'di Dio (an ancient building right on the lagoon that had been scraped of all historic charm, but it did have a nice peaceful courtyard where one could escape the Venice crowds). We took the vaporetto from our hotel to the stop nearest the recital location, had a lovely dinner at a hard-to-find restaurant recommended by Rick Steves, Al Vecio Marangon (they don't take reservations but we dined early before the 9:00 pm recital) then had a short walk across the Ponte dell' Accademia spanning the Grand Canal to the church.
With musical productions like this, there is the danger that the musicians will be bored with the material. We did not find that to be the case, although we might not have been too critical--hey, Vivaldi! Venice!
We felt very safe walking back to a nearby vaporetto stop and riding back to our hotel despite the late hour.
Photographs were not allowed during the performance, but here are photos of the church interior and some of the amazing musical instrument displays in the church.
We considered this the first highlight of our visit to Italy!