Death in Venice / the Glynedebourne Touring Opera production ; by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the novella by Thomas Mann ; a BBC TV production in association with RM Arts ; stage directors, Stephen Lawless, Martha Clarke ; directed for video by Robin Lough.

Author/creator Britten, Benjamin
Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoWest Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, [2000?]
Description1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorPiper, Myfanwy.
Other author/creatorMann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Tod in Venedig.
Other author/creatorTear, Robert.
Other author/creatorOpie, Alan.
Other author/creatorChance, Michael.
Other author/creatorJenkins, Graeme.
Other author/creatorGlyndebourne Festival Chorus.
Other author/creatorLondon Sinfonietta.
Other author/creatorBritish Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Other author/creatorRM Arts (Firm)
Abstract Describes the grandeur and shabbiness of Venice in the grip of disease. Portrays the moral and physical degeneration of Aschenbach, the writer whose obsessive and self-devouring pursuit of beauty in the form of the boy Tadzio leads him to humiliation and death.
General noteOriginally produced in 1990.
Cast Robert Tear, Alan Opie, Michael Chance ; Glyndebourne Chorus ; London Sinfonietta, conductor, Graeme Jenkins.
Technical detailsDVD.
ISBN0769700446
UPC 032031004498
Publisher numberD0044 Kultur

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