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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.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Sinfonietta, Pioneer Entertainment
Other Authors: Tear, Robert, Opie, Alan, Chance, Michael, Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Long Beach, Calif : Pioneer Entertainment, [1995]
Subjects:
Operas.
Description
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.
Item Description:Videodisc release of the opera performed by the Glyndeboune Festival Chorus and the London Sinfonietta in 1990.
PC 94-059."."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
Format:Extended play CLV.
Production Credits:Conductor, Graeme Jenkins ; directed for video by Robin Lough.