Teatro La Fenice sas Beatrice Venezi let go for making ‘repeated offensive’ statements
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Teatro La Fenice, the prestigious Venice opera house, has fired its incoming music director after she insinuated its hiring practices were nepotistic, with jobs “practically passed down from father to son”.
After months of controversy over the appointment of Beatrice Venezi, La Fenice Foundation said on Sunday it had decided to “cancel all future collaborations” with the 36-year-old conductor and pianist.
Venezi, who was to become the theatre’s first female music director, said in a newspaper interview that La Fenice’s bosses were afraid because she was young, female and wanted to bring about change.
