Article: Renovation of La Scala piques some, but the show goes on at opera's temporary home

Article: La Fenice opens with a daring look back
International Herald Tribune;  January 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... major opera companies, La Fenice included. And following ... Inbal, who served as La Fenice's principal conductor ... Ortombina, currently La Scala's chief artistic official ... week belatedly opened La Fenice's current season. The ...

Article: Director of La Fenice Theater in Coma
AP Online;  February 16, 2005 ;     274 words ... ... director of Venice's La Fenice Theater, was in an irreversible ... Wednesday. Officials at La Fenice said the theater was informed ... Viotti, music director at La Fenice since 2002, has conducted ... including Milan's La Scala and the Metropolitan Opera ...

Article: Rising From the Ashes.(Venice's historic rebuilt opera house, ...
Newsweek International;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... advisers two questions: "When will La Fenice be finished? And how much will it cost ... mayor swore on the smoldering embers that La Fenice, like its namesake phoenix, would rise ... outside of Venice and not be asked about La Fenice," Costa recalls. Everywhere he went ...

Article: Mayor charged over La Fenice fire
The Independent - London;  April 3, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... opera house. Two electricians, rewiring La Fenice at the time of the blaze, face charges ... philosopher who as mayor chairs the board of La Fenice, said: "I am deeply saddened that ... Thus Mr Cacciari and technicians at La Fenice were responsible for the speed with which ...

Article: La Fenice has many friends. But none more unlikely ...
The Independent - London;  January 5, 1997 ;     700+ words ...La Fenice burnt down a month before Woody Allen ... sequence filmed in the square in front of La Fenice ended up on the cutting-room floor ... which was supposed to have been held at La Fenice; instead, Allen tooted his clarinet ...

Article: SONGS OF REST AND UNREST; LA FENICE, FORMED AFTER ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  August 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... association. The women named their new group La Fenice, after the mythical phoenix bird that ... symbolizes the enduring value of art. La Fenice is comprised of Diane Walsh, pianist ... rehearsal. Free. 8 p.m. Thursday: "La Fenice": Beethoven, Cello Sonata No. 4 ...

Article: First opera performance in Venice's La Fenice since ...
AP Worldstream;  November 12, 2004 ;     494 words ... ... 12-2004 Dateline: VENICE, Italy La Fenice Theater has risen from the ashes, like ... city's canals. In December 2003, La Fenice, which means phoenix in Italian, opened ... blaze burned the theater to the ground. La Fenice was being renovated when two electricians ...