La Fenice, Venice: the €12 visit, opera seats from €20, and the Vivaldi concerts compared

💡 The Short Version: A daytime visit is €12, with a free audio guide and the Maria Callas exhibition, bought at the theatre’s desk in Campo San Fantin with no booking needed. The hours change daily. Opera seats for 2026/27 run from €20 for a listening-only seat to €230, and the season’s productions are dated below. The Vivaldi and Baroque concerts are separate: the Four Seasons concertad is from €35 and the Palazzo Zaguri concertad from €32. GetYourGuide’s official La Fenice visit ticketad is the same €12.

The visit

The Teatro La Fenice opened on 16 May 1792, and the theatre says it has risen twice from its ashes. The visit goes through the stucco and gold of its halls with a free audio guide, and the permanent exhibition on Maria Callas’s Venetian years is included. FestFenice runs the visits.

The auditorium of Teatro La Fenice. Photo: Andreas Praefcke, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

• No booking is needed. Tickets are sold at the theatre’s ticket office, Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1965, which is open daily 10:00 to 17:00. An online pre-purchase is optional through Venezia Unica.
• The audio guide comes in ten languages, while stock lasts, and one piece of ID is left to receive it.
• Hours change day by day. Visits start at 9:30, and the last entry moves with the theatre’s programme. The FestFenice schedule lists each day, and rehearsals or technical needs can change it at the last minute.
• Photos are allowed for non-commercial use when rehearsals are not in progress. Wedding and Carnival-dress photoshoots are not allowed.

GetYourGuide’s La Fenice Opera House Entry Ticket with Audio Guidead is sold by Venezia Unica by Vela Spa, the city’s ticketing company, is labelled an official ticket and costs €12, the same as the theatre’s desk.

Opera and ballet in 2026/27

The season’s opera and symphonic sales opened on 11 September 2026. The Fenice’s box office is the same desk in Campo San Fantin, with Venezia Unica offices at Santa Lucia station, Rialto and the Square. The productions at La Fenice, from the theatre’s season brochure:

Hänsel und Gretel (19 to 27 February 2027), Nozze istriane and Partenope are at the Teatro Malibran, the company’s second house. There are also dance programmes in December and January.

The seat prices for Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Norma:

Fedora, Jenůfa and Adriana Lecouvreur are priced differently: the stalls are €320 on Fedora’s opening night, 13 November 2026, and €165 to €200 on other nights.

• Doors open 45 minutes before the performance.
• Dress: the theatre asks for dress that suits the building. Vests and shorts are not admitted, and casual dress suits afternoon performances.
• Cloakroom: umbrellas, cases, bags and bulky items must be left there.
• Phones and cameras are not allowed in the hall.
• High water: performances are suspended when the tide is forecast above 140 cm.

Concerts compared

The concerts sold to visitors as “Vivaldi” are run by private ensembles, not by La Fenice. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.

The Four Seasons is played in period costume and the listing says it is likely to sell out. The Palazzo Zaguri concert is Baroque music, and the listing says it is wheelchair accessible and likely to sell out. The Traveling Opera moves the audience through three rooms of the palazzo, one for each act, and includes a glass of wine at the interval. Cancel each up to 24 hours ahead for a full refund.

What to see

1. The theatre’s halls, on the daytime visit, with the audio guide.
2. The Maria Callas exhibition, included in the ticket.
3. An opera, if the season matches your dates: the cheapest seats are the listening-only ones.
4. A Baroque concert, for an evening without an opera.

What to skip: the Traveling Opera at €95, unless an opera in a palazzo is the evening you want. The Fenice’s own cheapest seat is €20.

Getting there

The theatre is in Campo San Fantin, near the Square. By vaporetto, line 1 stops at Rialto, Sant’Angelo, San Samuele and San Marco, and line 2 at Rialto and San Marco. What to book before you go to Venice has the closed days for every sight. Best museums in Venice and the Doge’s Palace are the daytime sights nearby, and Venice in one or two days fits an evening performance in. To stay nearby, see hotels near St Mark’s Square and where to stay in Venice.

The front of La Fenice on Campo San Fantin. Photo: Dimitris Kamaras, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.