Britten: Death in Venice (DVD) – John Daszak
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Britten: Death in Venice (DVD) – John Daszak
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Artists: John Daszak, Leigh Melrose, Tomasz Borczyk, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Duncan Rock, Chorus & Orchestra of the Teatro Real
Conductor: Alejo Pérez
Director: Willy Decker
Format: NTSC
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Naxos
DVD Release Date: October 12, 2018
Run Time: 152 minutes
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 travelling 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. Willy Decker’s Teatro Real production was described as “one of his most brilliant stage works... a remarkable technical feat” (bachtrack.com).
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