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Britten: Death In Venice / Jenkins, Tear, Opie, Glyndebourne Opera
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Death in Venice was Britten's finaI opera - an extraordinariIy atmospheric and haunting adaptation of Thomas Mann's noveIIa, evoking the grandeur and shabbiness of a Venice in the grip of disease. He eloquently and evocatively describes the moraI and physical degeneration of Aschenbach, the writer whose obsessive pursuit of beauty in the form of a boy leads him into humiliation and death. Robert Tear takes the demanding roIe of Aschenbach opposite Alan Opie, who sings the various baritone parts. To portray the beauty and fascination of the Polish famiIy and Tadzio, Britten made prominent the use of dance, by turning these characters into dancers, choreographed in this production by Martha CIarke. This new production for Glydebourne is directed by Stephen LawIess and conducted by Graeme Jenkins. |
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