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Death in Venice

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

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Additional authors
  1. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
  2. Piper, Myfanwy.
  3. Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
  4. Tear, Robert.
  5. Opie, Alan.
  6. Chance, Michael.
  7. Jenkins, Graeme.
  8. Glyndebourne Festival Chorus.
  9. London Sinfonietta.
Description
  1. 2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color; 12 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. Operas
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Stage production for BBC-TV in 1990.
Performer (note)
  1. Robert Tear, Alan Opie, Michael Chance; Glyndebourne Chorus; London Sinfonietta, conductor, Graeme Jenkins.
System details (note)
  1. Laserdisc extended play (CLV)