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Britten's powerful urges, transformed into one final dramatic work.
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In 1971, Benjamin Britten was a famous, 62-year-old composer whose heart was full but failing, whose artistic imagination mingled with a sexual attraction for young boys, and who, rather than act on his powerful urges, channeled them into a final dramatic work. That work was Death in Venice, an opera (based on Thomas Mann’s novella) about a famous, aging writer in shaky health, whose artistic imagination mingles with sexual attraction for young boys, and who channels those urges into inspiration, rather than gratification. Tenor Philip Langridge’s portrayal of Aschenbach is almost creepy in its perfection. The discipline of mind yoked to physical urgency, the stress of guilt and tenderness, the awful satisfaction of gazing from afar — Langridge and the conductor Sir Richard Hickox gather this high-tension bouquet of contradictions into an electric performance.
Because the drama it describes rattles within one man, even as the world appears as spectral projections, Death in Venice may be the perfect opera to listen to on recording. The orchestra — that busy, fantastical orchestra — limns the conflicts of the mind and, with incredible effectiveness, Alan Opie’s mercurial baritone voice materializes as the various demons that guide the protagonist towards his inevitable death.
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 1: My mind beats on (Aschenbach)
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5:39 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 1: Who's that? (Aschenbach)
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4:38 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 1: I have always kept a close watch over my development (Aschenbach)
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1:45 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 2: Hey there, hey there, you! (Youths)
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6:52 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 2: Overture
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2:35 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 3: Ah Serenissima! (Aschenbach)
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5:09 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 3: Mysterious gondola (Aschenbach)
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1:30 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 4: We are delighted to greet the Signore (Hotel Manager)
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2:52 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 4: So I am led to Venice once again (Aschenbach)
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3:26 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 4: The Lido is so charming, is it not? (Hotel Guests)
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3:40 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 4: How does such beauty come about? (Aschenbach)
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1:35 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 5: The wind is from the West (Aschenbach)
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2:26 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 5: Le bele fragole (Strawberry Seller)
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2:21 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 5: Ah, how peaceful to contemplate the sea (Aschenbach)
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2:51 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 5: Adziu, Adziu! (Chorus)
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3:30 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 5: As one who strives to create beauty (Aschenbach)
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1:33 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 6: Aou'! Stagando, aou'! (Gondolier)
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4:48 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 6: Naturally Signore, I understand (Hotel Manager)
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3:38 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 6: There you are, Signore, just in time (Hotel Porter)
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1:07 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 6: I am become like one of my early heroes (Aschenbach)
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1:51 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 6: A thousand apologies to the Signore (Hotel Manager)
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3:43 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: Beneath a dazzling sky the sea … (Chorus of Hotel Guests)
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1:17 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: No boy, but Phoebus of the golden hair (Chorus)
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1:57 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: See where Hyacinthus plays (Chorus)
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2:46 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: Phaedrus learned what beauty is (Chorus)
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2:02 |
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25 Total Tracks, 75:31 Total Length
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: First, the race! (Chorus)
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0:51 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: Try your skill (Chorus)
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0:49 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: Young discobolus (Chorus)
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0:53 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: Up and over (Chorus)
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1:08 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: Measure to fight (Chorus)
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1:03 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act I Scene 7: The boy, Tadzio, shall inspire me (Aschenbach)
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4:09 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II: Orchestral Introduction
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2:26 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II: So, it has come to this (Aschenbach)
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2:41 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 8: Guardate, Signore (Hotel Barber)
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2:32 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 9: Do I detect a scent? (Aschenbach)
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4:56 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 9: And now I cannot let them out of sight (Aschenbach)
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2:31 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 9: Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
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6:09 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 9: Gustav von Aschenbach, what is this path you have taken? (Aschenbach)
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1:00 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 10: This way for the players, Signori! (Hotel Porter)
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2:06 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 10: La mia nonna always used to tell me (Leader of the Players)
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2:14 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 10: Fiorir rose in mezo al giasso (Leader of the Players)
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4:28 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 10: One moment, if you please (A Young English Clerk) - Scene 11
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5:29 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 12: So it is true, true, more fearful than I thought (Aschenbach)
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1:44 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 12: So - I didn't speak! (Aschenbach)
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2:57 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 13: Receive the stranger god (Voice of Dionysus)
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3:42 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 14: Do what you will with me! (Aschenbach)
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2:05 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 15: Yes! a very wise decision, if I may say so (Hotel Barber)
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2:31 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 16: Hurrah for the Piazza (Aschenbach)
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4:35 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 16: Does beauty lead to wisdom, Phaedrus? (Aschenbach)
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3:21 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 17: The wind still blows from the land (Hotel Manager)
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4:08 |
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Death in Venice, Op.88: Act II Scene 17: Ah, no! (Aschenbach)
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5:06 |
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26 Total Tracks, 75:34 Total Length
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Credits
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Composers
Benjamin Britten -
Performers
Philip Langridge played Tenor (Vocal) // Alan Opie played Baritone (Vocal) -
Other Details
- Choir:
- BBC Singers
- Conductor:
- Richard Hickox
- Orchestra:
- City of London Sinfonia
- Instruments:
- Baritone (Vocal) //
- Tenor (Vocal) //
- Counter Tenor (Vocal)
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