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Death in Venice

Title
  1. 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.
Published by
  1. West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, [2000?], c1990.

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Additional authors
  1. Lawless, Stephen.
  2. Clarke, Martha.
  3. Lough, Robin.
  4. Piper, Myfanwy.
  5. Tear, Robert.
  6. Opie, Alan.
  7. Chance, Michael.
  8. Finley, Gerald, 1960-
  9. Jenkins, Graeme, 1958-
  10. Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
  11. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
  12. Glyndebourne Touring Opera. prf
  13. Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. prf
  14. London Sinfonietta. prf
  15. British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
  16. RM Arts (Firm)
  17. Kultur International Films.
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. 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
  1. Aschenbach, Gustav von (Fictitious character)
  2. Televised operas
  3. Aschenbach, Gustav von (Fictitious character) > Drama
  4. Operas > Television adaptations
  5. Drama
  6. Television adaptations
  7. Filmed operas
Genre/Form
  1. Televised operas.
  2. Drama.
  3. Television adaptations.
  4. Filmed operas.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Originally produced in 1990.
Credits (note)
  1. Stage design, Tobias Hoheisel ; lighting design, Paul Pyant ; videotape editor, St. John O'Rorke, Sally Wade ; producer, Dennis Marks.
Audience (note)
  1. MPAA rating: Not rated.
System details (note)
  1. DVD.
Language (note)
  1. Sung in English.