Opera Archive
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Death in Venice, 20 July 1992
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Myfanwy Piper
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Orchestra: London Philharmonic
Cast
Aschenbach: Robert Tear
Traveller: Alan Opie
Apollo: Michael Chance
English Clerk: Peter Snipp
Hotel Porter: Christopher Ventris
First Gondolier: Timothy Robinson
Glass Maker: Neil Griffiths
Second Gondolier: Karl M Daymond
German Father: Christopher Parke
Jaschiu's Father: Wyn Griffiths
Danish Lady: Sarah L Jennings
Strawberry Seller: Elizabeth Marrion
Beggar Woman: Alison Duguid
Ship's Steward: Henry Waddington
Lido Boatman: Robert Poulton
French Girl: Janet Lax
French Mother: Ruth Peel
First American: Mark Luther
Second American: Mark Milhofer
German Mother: Julie Unwin
English Lady: Philippa Daly
Russian Nanny: Hilary Summers
Russian Mother: Helen Rowe
Russian Father: Martyn Sharp
Governess: Jennifer Rose
Tadzio: Daniel Squire
Tadzio's Mother: Helena Tait
Lace Seller: Lisa Tyrrell
Jaschiu: Daniel Hinchcliffe
Newspaper Seller: Anne O'Byrne
Production Team
Original Director: Stephen Lawless
Associate Director: Kate Brown
Set Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Costume Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant
Choreographer: Ian Spink
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Myfanwy Piper
Conductor: Graeme Jenkins
Orchestra: London Philharmonic
Cast
Aschenbach: Robert Tear
Traveller: Alan Opie
Apollo: Michael Chance
English Clerk: Peter Snipp
Hotel Porter: Christopher Ventris
First Gondolier: Timothy Robinson
Glass Maker: Neil Griffiths
Second Gondolier: Karl M Daymond
German Father: Christopher Parke
Jaschiu's Father: Wyn Griffiths
Danish Lady: Sarah L Jennings
Strawberry Seller: Elizabeth Marrion
Beggar Woman: Alison Duguid
Ship's Steward: Henry Waddington
Lido Boatman: Robert Poulton
French Girl: Janet Lax
French Mother: Ruth Peel
First American: Mark Luther
Second American: Mark Milhofer
German Mother: Julie Unwin
English Lady: Philippa Daly
Russian Nanny: Hilary Summers
Russian Mother: Helen Rowe
Russian Father: Martyn Sharp
Governess: Jennifer Rose
Tadzio: Daniel Squire
Tadzio's Mother: Helena Tait
Lace Seller: Lisa Tyrrell
Jaschiu: Daniel Hinchcliffe
Newspaper Seller: Anne O'Byrne
Production Team
Original Director: Stephen Lawless
Associate Director: Kate Brown
Set Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Costume Designer: Tobias Hoheisel
Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant
Choreographer: Ian Spink