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Death in Venice
Title
Death in Venice / Benjamin Britten.
Publication
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [1974]
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 audio file (2 hr., 15 min., 57 sec.))
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Notes
Duration: 2 hr., 15 min., 57 sec.
Recorded live in 1974 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Sung in English.
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Summary
Thomas Mann's celebrated tale of unrequited love and death is given a new perspective in Benjamin Britten's final opera, first performed just a year and a half before this Met broadcast. The composer's long-time companion, tenor Peter Pears, reprises his world-premiere portrayal of Gustav von Aschenbach, the elderly and solitary novelist at the center of the story, who tragically falls in love with the beautiful youth Tadzio (played by a dancer). Pears is joined by two other veterans of the opera's world premiere--John Shirley-Quirk, who plays the seven characters that propel Aschenbach to his destiny, and conductor Steuart Bedford.
Variant and related titles
Met opera on demand OCLC KB.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 20, 2024
Performers
Peter Pears, John Shirley-Quirk ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Steuart Bedford, conductor.
Contents
My mind beats on
Who's that?
Hey there, hey there, you!
Overture: Venice
Ah Serenissima!
We are delighted to greet the Signore
So I am led to Venice once again
The Lido is so charming, is it not?
The wind is from the West
Le belle fragole
Adziù, Adziù!
As one who strives to create beauty
"Aou'! Stangado, aou'!"
Naturally, Signore, I understand
A thousand apologies to the Signore
Beneath a dazzling sky the sea
First the race!
The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me
So, it has come to this
Guardate, Signore!
Do I detect a scent?
And now I cannot let them out of sight
"Kyrie eleison"
Gustav von Aschenbach, what is this path you have taken?
This way for the players, Signori!
La mia nonna always used to tell me
Ah, little Tadziù, Tadziù, we do not laugh like the others
One moment, if you please
So it is true, true, more fearful than I thought
Receive the stranger god
Do what you will with me!
Yes, a very wise decision, if I may say so
Hurrah for the Piazza
Does beauty lead to wisdom, Phaedrus?
The wind still blows from the land
Ah no!
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
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