Opera a la Carte (UK) Opera a la Carte (UK) Opera a la Carte is a UK-based chamber opera company located in London. It was founded in 1993 by its present General Director, Nicholas Heath, who was a member of the chorus of the Royal Opera from 1993 to 2006. Since 1996, its wide range of operas performed runs from "La traviata" to the 2011 season "Rigoletto" taking in the popular Mozart operas such as "Don Giovanni" and "The Marriage of Figaro" and those of Puccini, such as "Tosca" and "La boheme". There are more thrills and spills in a terrific, tiny- budget “Tosca” from
La Fenice La Fenice was rebuilt in 19th-century style on the basis of a design by architect Aldo Rossi who, in order to obtain details of its design, used still photographs from the opening scenes of Luchino Visconti's film "Senso" (1954), which had been filmed in the house. La Fenice reopened on 14 December 2003 with an inaugural concert of Beethoven, Wagner, and Stravinsky. The first staged opera was a production of "La traviata", in November 2004. Critical response to the rebuilt La Fenice was mixed. The music critic of the paper "Il Tempo", Enrico Cavalotti, was satisfied. He found the colours