Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto — Attraction in Venice

I saw Verdi's La Traviata there last weekend. It was a stripped down version of the opera, with just 3 musicians and 3 singers in a 2-hour production with 2 10-minute intermissions. It was thus a minimalist production and interpretation. I saw a minimalist production of Carmen at the Met about 40 years ago (time?). Both worked. This production of La Traviata was very special because it was so intimate. There were only a few rows of seating, so there were times when the singers were just a meter or two away. When was the last time you had very good opera singers in your living room? The other great feature was that the 3 acts of the opera were each performed in a different room of the Palazzo, with the production and the audience moving on the intermission. The attached pictures show the set of the second and third acts. In short, the opera, with its beautiful and iconic music, was innovative, intimate, and a lot of fun. A great 2-hour interlude in the fabulous city of Venice--an indelible experience. I highly...

Hard to find but ok in the end, the setting is beautiful and the singing was great. It was hard to see from a few rows back. For each act we moved to a different room which changed things up a bit. You will have to sign up to friends of the Opera at entrance which felt a bit like a scam even though it is...

Ein tolles Erlebnis für Opernfans. Jeder Akt findet in einem anderen wunderschönen Raum des Palazzos statt. Die Oper wird konzertant mit nur drei Musizierenden aufgeführt, die den genau passenden Rahmen für die drei Singenden herzaubern. Wir haben La Traviata gesehen. Man kann auch mitten in der Szenerie sitzen, aber dann sollte man stabile Trommelfelle haben. Die Sopranistin haut einen mit ihrer fulminanten Wucht um, der Tenor stimmt einen gleich zu Beginn perfekt melancholisch-weinerlich-feiernd mit einem der bekannten „Hits“ ein, nur der Bariton hat seine besten Zeiten wohl hinter...