Bibliograph

Death in Venice, opera in two acts (1973), Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Myfanwy Piper ; based on Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann ; a co-production by the Teatro Real and François Roussillon et Associés with the participation of France Télévisions and NHK ; Willy Decker, stage director ; François Roussillon, film director

Type

Label

Death in Venice, opera in two acts (1973), Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Myfanwy Piper ; based on Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann ; a co-production by the Teatro Real and François Roussillon et Associés with the participation of France Télévisions and NHK ; Willy Decker, stage director ; François Roussillon, film director

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Death in Venice

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

1055858258

Responsibility statement

Benjamin Britten ; libretto by Myfanwy Piper ; based on Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann ; a co-production by the Teatro Real and François Roussillon et Associés with the participation of France Télévisions and NHK ; Willy Decker, stage director ; François Roussillon, film director

Runtime

152

Sub title

opera in two acts (1973)

Summary

"Adapted from Thomas Mann's 1912 novella, Death in Venice was Benjamin' Britten's last opera, the composer insisting on its completion while delaying badly needed heart surgery. The starkly simple narrative of a famous but failing novelist traveling to Venice to seek inspiration only to find unhealthy infatuation and deadly cholera, is given a chamber-like precision and clarity through Britten's score, becoming a haunting drama filled with musical symbols, disquieting mystery and richly evocative atmospheres of Venice and its strange characters"--Container

Technique

live action