THE PERFECT ENCAPSULATION OF THE DREAMS – Venice and crucial role in the development of opera

Venice, city of corruption, sickness and decay? Not Only. Venice has also played a crucial role in the development of opera (perhaps more than you might expect). That city has been home to countless opera premieres, and for some of Italian operatic composers (Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi, Gioacchino Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi). Rossini’s Otello is set entirely in Venice. Donizetti and Verdi sought inspiration from the Venetian doges. Not only. The city of Venice often seems like the worlds largest set as it has been featured in numerous films, where cinematic visions of the floating metropolis have revealed a darker side of Venice, as Summertime (played by Katherine Hepburn), Death in Venice (played by Dirk Bogarde), and Fellini’s Casanova (played by Donald Sutherland). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGj5821qMdA