Death in Venice : opera in due atti, op. 88 /
"Apollonian appreciation of beauty leads to a sensous response and to the Dionysiac abyss in Britten's last opera. ... 'Aschenbach is destroyed physically by the plague, spiritually by an ifatuation for the boy Tadizio that is ultimately a betrayal of his lifelong devotion to an order...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Sung in English; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian & Spanish. |
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[Italy] :
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[2010]
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| Summary: | "Apollonian appreciation of beauty leads to a sensous response and to the Dionysiac abyss in Britten's last opera. ... 'Aschenbach is destroyed physically by the plague, spiritually by an ifatuation for the boy Tadizio that is ultimately a betrayal of his lifelong devotion to an ordered beauty, free from the excesses of unbridled passion'"--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the short story by Thomas Mann. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (155 min.) : sound, color ; 4³/₄ in. |
| Format: | DVD, all regions; NTSC. |
| Production Credits: | Pier Luigi Pizzi, stage director, costumes & set design ; Gheorghe Iancu, choreographer ; Vincenzo Raponi, lighting design ; Davide Mancini, video director. |