A zestful staging of Britten’s final opera grips Garsington

Paul Nilon is superb as Aschenbach

Deeply thought through Death in Venice by Garsington Opera

Musical splendour of a duff production

In the title role, Paul Nilon presents an astonishingly powerful portrait of physical and moral decline

A production that rises to the challenges of Britten’s opera

This new production of Britten's last major work catches all the score’s febrile anxiety

Powerfully direct

A thrilling, unwavering new production of Britten's final opera

Paul Curran’s production of Britten’s final opera is unforgettable

This production of Death in Venice is unmissable

Death in Venice still asserts its oblique subtlety in explaining the process of creativity

As soon as the music begins the years drop away