La Fenice Opera House at Krefeld Adult Education Centre

The La Fenice Opera House (full name: „Gran Teatro La Fenice di Venezia)“) is the largest and best-known opera house in Venice, with a turbulent history. Repeatedly threatened by disasters such as fires, it has always been preserved and has become the home of some of the world’s most famous operas. Lovers of classical opera and the lagoon city of Venice can learn more about La Fenice at a lecture at the Krefeld Adult Education Centre (VHS) on Friday, 1 October 2010—including what the Freemasons had to do with the opera house in Venice.

Freemasonry in Venice: an in-depth lecture using “La Fenice” as an example

On Friday, 1 October, from 7 p.m., expert Dr Beate Hannemann will present background on the Italian opera house La Fenice at the Krefeld Adult Education Centre and highlight several fascinating aspects. When the La Fenice Opera House was founded in Venice, Freemasonry was prohibited there under penalty of law. In her engaging lecture, Dr Hannemann explains how the Freemasons nevertheless managed to create a public forum for themselves in the opera house, where they could communicate their values to the public without censorship, using coded forms. And the Freemasons kept their secret well: it was not until two centuries after the opera house opened that its direct connection to Freemasonry was discovered and proved.

Anyone interested in this fascinating event at the Krefeld Adult Education Centre can contact the centre for further information and register for the lecture about the “La Fenice” Opera House in Venice by telephone.