Opera Archive
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Death in Venice, 16 October 1989
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Myfanwy Piper
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Cast
Aschenbach: Robert Tear
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
Production Team
Original Director: Stephen Lawless
Co-director: Martha Clarke
Associate Director: John Abulafia
Associate Director: Felix Blaska
Set Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Costume Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant
Associate Lighting Designer: Paul Hastie
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Myfanwy Piper
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Cast
Aschenbach: Robert Tear
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
Production Team
Original Director: Stephen Lawless
Co-director: Martha Clarke
Associate Director: John Abulafia
Associate Director: Felix Blaska
Set Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Costume Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant
Associate Lighting Designer: Paul Hastie