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18 hrs agoLiked by Gillian Longworth McGuire

My wife and I spent the month of April in Venice. Had a great time. We went to Musica a Palazzo twice and LOVED both operas (Traviata and Barber of Seville). The palazzo is very unique & intimate! For example, the “orchestra” consists of three musicians! If you go though, read the instructions carefully & note that, like most places in Venice, the location isn’t the easiest to find 🙄☺️

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That is great advice! I am always telling people to allow for twice as much time as you think it's going to take to get anywhere in Venice.

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20 hrs ago·edited 20 hrs agoAuthor

I received this super useful comment from a reader:

The Museo della Musica is not free! it is 2 euros. But it is very much worth going. Insider tip is that if you buy concert tickets from the museo there is a good chance they will give a discount. Plus the museo sells a lot of cd's with music written by famous venetians through the centuries.

Another very important thing that I didn't see is the vivaldi church (Pieta) has a tour and it is very much worth checking out if

a fan of the baroque.

Also, sometimes the sunday morning service in San Marco has good church music.

Lastly, the dei Frari church has a whole chapel devoted to Monteverdi (plus it has regular church music concerts.)

Monteverdi was the founder of modern music. He was the first to put together

instruments playing together with singers. Without him there is no opera, no bach, no beatles and no taylor swift. He is WAY

more important than vivaldi (who i love and have listened to all of his concerts.) He famously became the music master of

San Marco when, during his job interview, he put singers on every single balcony of the church and had them sing this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJIwFO9A1f8

He was a master of theatricality and drama- the caravaggio of music.

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