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Death in Venice

Title
Death in Venice [videorecording] / the Glyndebourne 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.
Publication
West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, [2000?], c1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Lawless, Stephen.
  • Clarke, Martha.
  • Lough, Robin.
  • Piper, Myfanwy.
  • Tear, Robert.
  • Opie, Alan.
  • Chance, Michael.
  • Finley, Gerald, 1960-
  • Jenkins, Graeme, 1958-
  • Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
  • Glyndebourne Touring Opera. prf
  • Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. prf
  • London Sinfonietta. prf
  • British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
  • RM Arts (Firm)
  • Kultur International Films.
Description
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Televised operas.
  • Drama.
  • Television adaptations.
  • Filmed operas.
Note
  • Originally produced in 1990.
Credits (note)
  • Stage design, Tobias Hoheisel ; lighting design, Paul Pyant ; videotape editor, St. John O'Rorke, Sally Wade ; producer, Dennis Marks.
Audience (note)
  • MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English.
ISBN
  • 0769700446
  • 9780769700441
LCCN
032031004498
OCLC
  • ocm49794516
  • 49794516
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries