Venice Day 3

The Venetians want everyone to know where the giudei live(d)

Casa Israelitica di Riposo in the Venice ghetto

The campo of the Venice ghetto

Gam Gam restaurant in the Venice ghetto - the images on the wall are Torah excerpts

I Musici Venezia recital at Scuola Grande di San Teodoro
Today we revisited the Venice ghetto. We first enjoyed il pranzo at Gam Gam, with an assortment of Israeli mezes. There seems to be more life in the ghetto than on our last visit; certainly more shops selling the usual tourist mementos. We walked from the ghetto to the Rialto, where we boarded the vaporetto for the hotel to change for the evening recital at I Musici Veneziani. The venue for the recital was Scuola Grande di San Teodoro, a short walk from the San Marco landing. Of course, we stopped for our usual pre-recital booster; this time it was a Bellini and a dolci. What a Bellini! Frothy and beautifully colored.
The recital was in a large auditorium, with a stage on which the musicians and singers performed in 18th century costumes. There was a variety of arias and orchestral pieces, one of which was a beautiful sinfonia from La Diavolessa, an 18th century opera composed by B. Galuppi, a native of Torcello which we will visit on Thursday (Day 5). The baritone was first rate, singing the factotum aria from Il Barbiere, and a duet with a soprano singing Brindisi from La Traviata. All in all, a swell evening.