Arsenale Water Show
Arsenale Water Show 2025
GIACOMO
A love story
An emotional show that will bring to life the adventures of Giacomo Casanova. An emotional journey through his life, capable of entertaining, moving, teasing and surprising the audience through the languages of dance, music and narration, between the classical and the modern, the philological and the dreamlike, Venetian and international. Not a historical tale, but a succession of evocative paintings and images that encapsulate the essence of Casanova as told by Henriette, the only woman he ever loved and never had (they say…).
Double show with the adventures of Casanova!
Friday 21st February 2025, Saturday 22nd February 2025, Sunday 23rd February 2025 and every day from Thursday 27th February to Tuesday 4th March 2025
At 6:45 pm and 9:00 pm
Arsenale di Venezia
The natural stage of the Darsena grande is enriched with a night scenography of dancing fountains, lights and videos created by the combination of art and technology between Antica Proietteria, Viorica Water Show and Moonlight Light Show. Not just digital art, the show will also bring on stage fourteen performers who with their personalities will be able to make the emotional strings of the audience vibrate. The French company Ilotopie returns with their surprising stage machinery designed for the show, inflaming the Venetian waters with energy and creativity. The show is enriched with the intense and refined live interpretation of the actress Silvia Nanni and the extraordinary powerful lyrical voices of the soprano Silvia Celadin and the baritone Alberto Zanetti, who will give life to the different personalities of the protagonists accompanied on the water by the boats of the historical Venetian tradition of the Cavana Tintoretto by Gloria Rogliani.
The text of the show, taken from “Sette Canzoni per Casanova” by Antonella Barina, Venetian poet, playwright and writer, is interpreted not only by the narrative voice, but also by the strong and elegant gesture of body language, with the six dancers and acrobats of the companies Liberi Di Physical Theatre and Elementz Art, who sublimate the bodies between music, gesture and word.
Colophon:
A production of Vela Spa for the 2025 Venice Carnival
Artistic Direction of the Venice Carnival Massimo Checchetto
Show concept and direction by Enrica Crivellaro
Text taken from “Sette canzoni per Casanova” by Antonella Barina
Water Show by Viorica
Video Design by Antica Proietteria
Lighting Design by Moonlight Light Show
Sound Design by Gigi Funcis Dalle Carbonare
Costume Design by Alberto Tenderini
Make Up by Blend | luxury make up & hair style
On stage:
Silvia Nanni, narrator
Alberto Zanetti, baritone
Silvia Celadin, soprano
Ilotopie, performers and stage machines
Liberi Di Physical Theatre, dancers and acrobats
Elementz Art, dancers and acrobats
Cavana Tintoretto di Gloria Rogliani, rowers
TICKETING
All tickets are available clicking here.
They can also be purchased, upon presentation of an identity document, at the Vela Venezia Unica sales points in: Piazzale Roma, Tronchetto, Iat Scalzi, Rialto, Iat Correr Piazza San Marco, Mestre Piazzale Cialdini, Iat Aeroporto, Dolo and Sottomarina. Please note that free places for residents are currently sold out. Any additional places may be put online if available. Please also note that residents of the Municipality of Venice are entitled to dedicated rates in the grandstand sectors.
Tickets are strictly personal, non-transferable, non-refundable and non-changeable.
The entrance ticket can be printed or presented on a smartphone.
This is an outdoor performance, so appropriate clothing for the expected weather conditions is recommended.
Attention: All seats are numbered.
Spectators, when booking, can choose whether to watch the show from the floating docks or from the stands on the dock.
RATES
Piers
1st Category Pier
• Full €45.00
• Reduced under 18 €30.00
• Family €120.00 (2 adults + 2 under 18)
Free admission for children up to three years of age, without occupying a seat, if accompanied by an adult with an admission ticket.
2nd Category Pier
• Full price €40.00
• Reduced price under 18 €25.00
• Family €105.00 (2 adults + 2 under 18)
Free admission is provided for children up to three years of age, without occupying a seat, if accompanied by an adult with an admission ticket.
3rd Category Pier
• Full price €35.00
• Reduced price under 18 €20.00
• Family €95.00 (2 adults + 2 under 18)
Free admission is provided for children up to three years of age, without occupying a seat, if accompanied by an adult with an admission ticket.
Grandstands
Grandstand 1st Category
• Full price €40.00
• Reduced under 18 €25.00
• Family €105.00 (2 adults + 2 under 18)
Free admission is provided for children up to three years of age, without occupying a seat, if accompanied by an adult with an admission ticket.
Grandstand 2nd Category
• Full price €35.00
• Reduced under 18 €20.00
• Family €95.00 (2 adults + 2 under 18)
Free admission is provided for children up to three years of age, without occupying a seat, if accompanied by an adult with an admission ticket.
Rates for residents of the Municipality of Venice
Please note that free places for residents are currently sold out. Any additional places may be put online if available. Please also note that residents of the Municipality of Venice are entitled to dedicated rates in the grandstand sectors.
Grandstand 1st Category
• Full €30.00
• Reduced under 18 €17.00
• Family €75.00 (2 adults + 2 under 18)
Free admission is provided for children up to three years of age, without occupying a seat, if accompanied by an adult with an admission ticket.
Grandstand 2nd Category
• Full price €25.00
• Reduced price Under 18 €14.00
• Family €60.00 (2 adults + 2 Under 18)
Free admission is provided for children up to three years of age, without occupying a seat, if accompanied by an adult with an admission ticket.
Free admission
• children up to three years of age, without occupying a seat, if accompanied by an adult with an admission ticket;
• people with 100% certified disability (admission recommended from Bacini / Arsenale Nord for people with reduced mobility) and their companion. The request must be forwarded to [email protected]
In the event that the show is cancelled due to bad weather, instructions for refunds will follow.
The organizer reserves the right to verify the right to reduced/free admission and to carry out security checks.
Please note that the ticket only gives access to the show that will take place at the Arsenale.
Transport service is not included.
The show includes fire games and loud sound effects. For this reason, access to dogs is strongly discouraged, even small ones. The organization reserves the right to avert them if the situation becomes a disturbance for the public.
HOW TO REACH THE ARSENALE OF VENICE
ON FOOT
Pedestrian entrance via the Celestia – Arsenale Nord walkway and entrance to the Arsenal via Tesa 105.
Access permitted only to spectators already in possession of a ticket for the show. It will not be possible to purchase tickets on site.
SPECIAL CONNECTIONS TO REACH THE ARSENAL
ROUTE CA – SPECIAL ACTV SHUTTLE-BOAT SERVICE FOR SHOW TICKET HOLDERS ONLY
Departures from waterbus stop San Zaccaria “A” to Torre di Porta NuovaArsenale: services from 5:45 pm (for the 6:45 pm show) and from 8:00 pm (for the 9:00 pm show).
From Torre di Porta NuovaArsenale to S. Marco-S. Zaccaria “A”: services at the end of each show.
Permission to board is granted to holders of tickets for the show and the following Actv tickets: € 5.00 return journey tickets valid exclusively for route CA, time-limited travelcards (1, 2, 3, 7 days); Rete Unica season passes, Rete Unica tickets or ticket booklets – for waterborne service – enabled Venezia Unica cards.
ACTV PUBLIC TRANSPORT
The “Bacini – Arsenale Nord” stop, at the entrance of the same name, is served by Actv lines 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2. Check the timetables by clicking here.
