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Death in Venice

Title
Death in Venice / the Glyndebourne Touring Opera production ; by Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the novella by Thomas Mann.
Publication
Long Beach, Calif : Pioneer, [1995], ©1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
  • Piper, Myfanwy.
  • Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
  • Tear, Robert.
  • Opie, Alan.
  • Chance, Michael.
  • Jenkins, Graeme.
  • Glyndebourne Festival Chorus.
  • London Sinfonietta.
Description
2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color; 12 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.
Subject
Note
  • Stage production for BBC-TV in 1990.
Performer (note)
  • Robert Tear, Alan Opie, Michael Chance; Glyndebourne Chorus; London Sinfonietta, conductor, Graeme Jenkins.
System Details (note)
  • Laserdisc extended play (CLV)
OCLC
  • ocm34699759
  • 34699759
  • SCSB-5519908
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries