List of theatres and opera houses in Venice

This ushered in a period in which they throve until the decline in opera and theatre with the advent of television.

Recently there has been a revival due to tourism and events such as the International Theatre Festival of the Biennale di Venezia.

[1] All the main Venetian theatres were owned by important patrician families, combining business with pleasure in a city of crowded and competitive theatrical culture.

When most opera in Europe was still being put on by courts, "economic prospects and a desire for exhibitionistic display", as well a decline in their traditional overseas trading, attracted the best Venetian families to invest in the theatre during the 17th century.

[2] Europe's first dedicated public and commercial opera house was the Teatro Tron from 1637.