Top Venice Music Tours

Set out on a gondola ride in Venice’s Grand Canal with this small-group tour. Glide along narrow canals and see the city from a different perspective in the seat of a gondola. The ride includes a serenade by local musicians performing traditional Italian songs. Sit back and relax while a gondolier takes care of the navigating.

Travelers will discover Venice together with a professional opera singer. The tour starts from San Marco because just before the place where the columns are, Otello once arrived exactly like Shakespeare and Giuseppe Verdi. We start talking about Othello and Verdi's music and shortly afterwards I will perform some tracks from Otello together with my colleagues Soprano and Tenore accompanied by a pianist. Travelers will have this experience before seeing a play at the Teatro La Fenice or at Musica a Palazzo / Palazzo Barbarigo.

Hear about the stories about the cross-dressing in cat masks, exploring the places of cruising from middle ages through the later centuries up to the tolerant attitude of nowadays Venice. Take a trip over the centuries through the gay history of Venice, which is as labyrinthine as the city’s convoluted system of canals. Travel back to Middle Ages, when the practice of sodomy was deemed a sin. Learn about the history of Rolandina, a transgender who was burned at stake, as several other men of all social statuses have being condemned for their same-sex relations in the following centuries. Visit the city as a European tourists did during their discovery trip "Grand Tour" in the 17th century and how Thomas Mann and Frederick Rolfe made Venice a place of homosexual imagery during Belle Epoque. Learn about the fascist attempt to “clean up” the city, while following the location of a music video by a gay-icon as Madonna and checking out how is gay life nowadays in the floating city.

Our competent team of musicologists and musicians is ready to immerse visitors in the world of music. During the visit, the guide tells an illustrated story with audio recordings, but also with live demonstrations on original instruments of the time. The interaction between the guide and his group is the basis of this journey. Do not hesitate to contact our reservations office to establish the final details. These theme visits are always open to discussion, so don't hesitate to tell us about your wishes!