The presence of great talents, such as painters Piazzetta and Giambattista Tiepolo, the urban landscape painter or vedutista Canaletto and the sculptors Corradini and Brustolon, just to name a few, allowed Venice to cultivate a unique aesthetic and sense of luxury. Music has been kept very much alive thanks to creations by composers such as Porpora, Hasse and Vivaldi, performed by world-renowned singers, including the castrato Farinelli and soprano Faustina Bordoni.
In hospitals, poor or orphaned girls received extensive musical education and their virtuosity made them famous throughout Europe. In the city, during Carnival, drama and farce were everywhere, and the passion for gambling was given away free of charge at the reduced price.
Exhibition organized by the Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais, in collaboration with the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Venice, where the exhibition will be presented after Paris (23 February – 9 June 2019).
He sees also the collaboration of the National Conservatory of Paris for music and dance, respectively the Gérard Philipe and La Criée theaters in Saint-Denis and Marseille and the Pavillon Bosio, the Munich High School of Visual Arts, which joined in the happy combinations.
Macha Makeieff, curator, has thus designed spaces that tell a lively story of this dazzling Venice and weave a journey of sensations and surprises: echoes of music, dance and theater and regular late night events for visitors eager to step back into the lagoon.
