Venice canals.

Venice is ready for Christmas.



 

 

 

Venice at Christmas time, as many European cities decorates its streets, houses, doors and gardens, with special lights (at night), Christmas trees, and

nativity scenes.
They also decorate their gondolas.

 

Venice in winter : Piazza San Marco, one of the most beautiful squares in Southern Europe.

Venice in winter, the snow is coming, it's time to listen to concerts and operas.

Venice is also well known for its important role in the history of symphonic and operating music.

Antonio Vivaldi was born in Venice.

In the winter season is time to listen to the best operas (La Traviata, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Rigoletto, Duetti D'Amore...) in wonderful places such as Opera House, Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto, and Scuola Grande Dei Carmini. In this last place musicians and singers from the best Italian orchestras and opera houses perform the finest Opera arias enriched by Eighteenth Century costumes and intriguing handcrafted masks. The extraordinary participation of a ballet dancer performing to orchestral pieces turns the show into an unforgettable dream.

There are many ideal locations with refined junction between Music, History and Art to enjoy concerts.

Venice in winter also gives you beauty and happiness.

"If you walk around Venice probably you will hear the gondoliers sing..."

THE BLONDE IN THE GONDOLA

TIZIANO SCARPA

This is a prose version of the most famous Venetian song:

The other evening I took the blonde girl out in a gondola. But

the pleasure made the poor thing drop off to asleep. She slept

on my arm, every now and then I woke her; but the boat's

rocking put her back to sleep. In the sky the moon was half hidden

among the clouds. The lagoon was calm, the wind had

dropped. Only a light breeze ruffled her hair and bared her

breast. Carefully contemplating the features of my treasure,

that little face so smooth, that mouth and that beautiful breast,

I felt a longing in my heart, a stirring, a kind of euphoria that

I can't explain. For a while I respected her sleep, and put up

with it, despite Love in person arousing me. And I very slowly

tried to lie down there with her; but how can you lie relaxed

with a burning fire beside you ? Luckily in the end I got tired

of letting her sleep, and I behaved like a shameless person, but I

had nothing to regret. Because, my God, what beautiful things

I said to her did to her! Seriously, I have never in my life
been so happy.