From February 3 through 21, Carnegie Hall will lead a New York City-wide festival, La Serenissima: Music and Arts from the Venetian Republic, saluting the stunning artistic legacy of the Venetian Republic, the independent, forward-thinking, and influential city-state that stood distinctly apart from Italy and the rest of Europe for a thousand years until 1797 when it was dismantled by Napoleon.

The La Serenissima festival, which will fall during the period of Venice’s fabled Carnevale, will feature more than a dozen Carnegie Hall concerts of vocal masterpieces and virtuoso instrumental music from the time period as well as a wide array of partner events at leading cultural institutions across New York City spanning a multitude of artistic genres.