Death in Venice

Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Myfanwy Piper after Thomas Mann’s novella
Venue and Dates: Glyndebourne
14, 16, 25, 28 October 1989

Then on tour…
Theatre Royal, Plymouth - 03 November 1989
Apollo Theatre, Oxford - 11 November 1989
Mayflower, Southampton - 18 November 1989
Palace Theatre, Manchester - 25 November 1989
Theatre Royal, Norwich - 2 December 1989
TV Broadcast (and DVD recording?)  10 January 1990
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Original Producer: Stephen Lawless
Staff Producer: Martha Clarke
Set and Costume Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant
Associate Lighting Designer: Paul Hastie
Performers:
Aschenbach: Robert Tear / John Graham-Hall (25 Nov, 2 Dec)
Traveller: Alan Opie
Apollo: Michael Chance
English Clerk: Gerald Finley
Hotel Porter: Christopher Ventris
First Gondolier: Gordon Wilson
Glass Maker: Iain Paton
Second Gondolier: Aneirin Huws
German Father: Peter Snipp
Jaschiu’s Father: Jozik Koc
Danish Lady: Heather Lorimer
Strawberry Seller: Linda Clemens
Beggar Woman: Alison Hudson
Ship’s Steward: Graham Stone
Lido Boatman: Jonathan Veira
French Girl: Karen Hoyle
French Mother: Rebecca de Pont Davies
First American: Robert Gibbs
Second American: Duncan MacKenzie
German Mother: Helen Cannell
English Lady: Sally Driscoll
Russian Nanny: Deirdre Crowley
Russian Mother: Penelope Randall-Davis
Russian Father: Charles Kerry
Governess: Jennifer Rose
Tadzio: Paul Zeplichal
Tadzio’s Mother: Caroline Pope
Lace Seller: Elizabeth Rodger
Jaschiu: Tristan Maguire
Newspaper Seller: Susan Arnold
London Sinfonietta
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