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Title:
Death in Venice [videorecording] / 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.

Personal Author:
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Call Number:
782.1 BRITTEN

ISBN:
0769700446

Publication Information :
West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, [2000?]

Physical Description:
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:
Originally produced in 1990.

Performer(s):
Robert Tear, Alan Opie, Michael Chance ; Glyndebourne Chorus ; London Sinfonietta, conductor, Graeme Jenkins.

Summary:
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.

Subject Term:
Operas.

Genre Subject Term:
DVDs.

Added Author:
Piper, Myfanwy.
Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Tod in Venedig.
Tear, Robert.
Opie, Alan.
Chance, Michael.
Jenkins, Graeme.

Added Author:
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus.
London Sinfonietta.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
RM Arts (Firm)