| Description |
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Robert Tear (Gustav von Aschenbach) ; Alan Opie (traveller ... [et al.]) ; Michael Chance (Apollo) ; Gerald Finley (English clerk) ; Glyndebourne Chorus ; London Sinfonietta ; Graeme Jenkins, conductor. |
| Credits |
Stage design, Tobias Hoheisel ; lighting design, Paul Pyant ; videotape editor, St. John O'Rorke, Sally Wade ; producer, Dennis Marks. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 1990. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Television adaptations.
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Operas -- Television adaptations. |
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Aschenbach, Gustav von (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Aschenbach, Gustav von (Fictitious character) |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Television adaptations.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Lawless, Stephen, director.
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Clarke, Martha, director.
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Lough, Robin, director.
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Piper, Myfanwy, librettist.
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Tear, Robert, performer.
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Opie, Alan, performer.
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Chance, Michael, performer.
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Finley, Gerald, 1960- performer.
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Jenkins, Graeme, 1958- performer.
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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955.
Tod in Venedig.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Death in Venice.
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Glyndebourne Touring Opera, performer.
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Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, performer.
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London Sinfonietta, performer.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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RM Arts (Firm)
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Kultur International Films.
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| ISBN |
0769700446 |
|
9780769700441 |
| Standard No. |
032031004498 |
| Music No. |
D0044 Kultur |
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