Death in Venice
By: Britten ; Piper
Contributors: Piper, Myfanwy, librettist; Pears, Peter, 1910-1986; Shirley-Quirk, John; Bedford, Steuart; Piper, Myfanwy; English Opera Group; English Chamber Orchestra
Publisher: London
Published: 1974
Place of publication: England]
Language: eng
Subjects: Operas; Gustav von Aschenbach (Fictitious character); Drama
Notes: Opera in 2 acts.

Libretto by Myfanwy Piper.

Duration: approximately 2 hr., 24 min.

Automatic sequence.

Notes on the composer and the performers, "An introduction to Death in Venice," by D. Mitchell, and libretto based on T. Mann's Der Tod in Venedig (37 p. : ill., ports.) laid in container.

Peter Pears (Gustav von Aschenbach) ; John Shirley-Quirk (Traveller) ; and supporting soloists ; members of the English Opera Group ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Steuart Bedford, conductor.

"Recorded in The Maltings, Snape, under the supervision of the composer."