The Teatro La Fenice was built on the site of the San Benedetto theatre, which burned down in 1773. In this narrow space, surrounded on three sides by canals, the architect had a difficult time the architect struggled to fit the building of the new theatre. It was opened in 1792. With the theatre's stage was inextricably linked to the greatest composers: Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Stravinsky, Prokofiev. The Dane has burned twice, but each time it has been reborn from the ashes, thus justifying its name - Phoenix ("Fenice").
