Overview
- After a second demonstration in Venice, the RSU of La Fenice reiterated its call to revoke Beatrice Venezi’s appointment, citing an inadequate professional profile for the role.
- Union sources told LaPresse that over a thousand people joined a protest organized by the Sale Dock collective with several unions, while UGL did not take part.
- Sovrintendente Nicola Colabianchi and Culture undersecretary Gianmarco Mazzi rejected rumors of Venezi or Colabianchi moving to Trieste’s Teatro Verdi, despite expressions of interest from a Fials Cisal representative there.
- UGL publicly defended Venezi, condemning what it called illegitimate personal targeting and insisting that artistic merit and creative freedom be respected.
- Venezi has not engaged publicly on the dispute, continuing to conduct abroad at Buenos Aires’ Teatro Colón, with her 2026 involvement at La Fenice limited to one opera with five performances.