Death in Venice
Author(s):
Benjamin Britten
Company:
Welsh National Opera
Running time:
2h 40min approx
In the search for beauty and meaning, the renowned author Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice on a whim.
In the sultry atmosphere of a cholera epidemic, with the scirocco blowing, he falls in love with Tadzio, a youthful aristocrat who is staying in the same hotel with his family.
As Aschenbach projects his loneliness and desire on him, fantasy and imagination intermingle with existence. His obsession progresses to a fever pitch as he becomes increasingly divorced from reality.