The aging poet Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice where he falls in love with the beauty of the young Polish boy Tadzio. But an invisible danger looms and there are rumours that cholera has afflicted the town’s lagoon.
Benjamin Britten created one of his most dense and unfathomable works with his final opera in 1973, which will be performed at the Vienna Volksoper, in a staging by David McVicar.
Cast
- Stage direction
- David McVicar
- Regiemitarbeit
- Greg Eldridge
- Stage and costume design
- Vicki Mortimer
- Choreography
- Lynne Page
- Choreographische Mitarbeit
- Gareth Mole
- Lighting design
- Paule Constable
- Choir director
- Holger Kristen
- Dramaturgy
- Magdalena Hoisbauer
Photos and Videos
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