Teatro La Fenice (, "The
Phoenix") is an
opera house in
Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre", and in the history of
opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic premieres at which the works of several of the four major
bel canto era composers—
Rossini,
Bellini,
Donizetti, and
Verdi were performed.