Sunday, February 22, 2009

D.I.V

Death in Venice is an opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten, his last. The opera is based on the novella Death in Venice by Thomas Mann. Myfanwy Piper wrote the English libretto. It was first performed at Snape Maltings near Aldeburgh, England on June 16, 1973.

Death in Venice ist eine Oper in zwei Akten von Benjamin Britten. Das Libretto in englischer Sprache stammt von Myfanwy Piper in Adaption von Thomas Manns bedeutender Novelle Tod in Venedig.

Death in Venice, en français La Mort à Venise, est un opéra en deux actes composé par Benjamin Britten en 1973 et inspiré de la nouvelle éponyme de Thomas Mann, Tod in Venedig.
Le livret est de Myfanwy Piper.


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