La Fenice

Participation of Mabetex Group in 1997 for the project of reconstruction of the Fenice Theatre, after the huge fire. The project also required the design of all furniture. Teatro La Fenice is an opera house in Venice, Italy.

The Teatro La Fenic is one of “the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre” as well as those in Europe. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic premieres at which the works of several of the four major bel canto era composers Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi were performed. Its name reflects its role in permitting an opera company to “rise from the ashes” despite losing the use of three theatres to fire, the first in 1774 after the city’s leading house was destroyed and rebuilt but not opened until 1792; the second fire came in 1836, but rebuilding was completed within a year.