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Death in Venice
- Title
- 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.
- Publication
- West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, [2000?], c1990.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moving image | Use in library | MUSDVD1987 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Lawless, Stephen.
- Clarke, Martha.
- Lough, Robin.
- Piper, Myfanwy.
- Tear, Robert.
- Opie, Alan.
- Chance, Michael.
- Finley, Gerald, 1960-
- Jenkins, Graeme, 1958-
- Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Glyndebourne Touring Opera. prf
- Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. prf
- London Sinfonietta. prf
- British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
- RM Arts (Firm)
- Kultur International Films.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Televised operas.
- Drama.
- Television adaptations.
- Filmed operas.
- Note
- Originally produced in 1990.
- Credits (note)
- Stage design, Tobias Hoheisel ; lighting design, Paul Pyant ; videotape editor, St. John O'Rorke, Sally Wade ; producer, Dennis Marks.
- Audience (note)
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Language (note)
- Sung in English.
- ISBN
- 0769700446
- 9780769700441
- LCCN
- 032031004498
- OCLC
- ocm49794516
- 49794516
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries