The Royal Opera - Death in Venice Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
Performance reviews
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Death in VeniceThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 19 |
¡La muerte se divierte! |
19 Dec 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
La decontestualizzazione di Death in Venice |
4 Dec 19 / Le Salon Musical |
Royal crush |
3 Dec 19 / The Critics' Circle |
Mark Padmore and Gerald Finley are otherworldly in Britten masterwork |
2 Dec 19 / OperaWire |
In a rich week of Britten, his glittering final opera overflows with feeling in David McVicar’s impressive new production |
1 Dec 19 / The Observer |
Handsome and revivable but I wasn't moved |
28 Nov 19 / The Spectator |
The new staging of Britten’s final opera is a sell out |
27 Nov 19 / The Article |
Death in Venice a disconcerting but beautiful opera |
26 Nov 19 / Gay Times |
Mark Padmore’s Aschenbach is a rather modern interpretation |
25 Nov 19 / Classical Source |
A fluent and fluid production |
25 Nov 19 / Planet Hugill |
Death in Venice comes home in style to the Royal Opera House |
25 Nov 19 / Financial Times |
Mark Padmore regala un’interpretazione magistrale del ruolo del titolo |
24 Nov 19 / Connessi all'Opera |
There are no weak links |
23 Nov 19 / Metro |
Britten's opera dazzles and glows |
23 Nov 19 / The Guardian |
It's quite a show |
23 Nov 19 / Broadway World |
Great Britten: Death in Venice returns to Covent Garden in superb new staging |
23 Nov 19 / Bachtrack |
David McVicar’s A Death in Venice has no new insights into Britten’s valedictory opera |
23 Nov 19 / Seen and Heard |
An hypnotic Death in Venice at the Royal Opera House |
23 Nov 19 / Opera Today |
Mort à Venise, Triomphe à Londres |
23 Nov 19 / Olyrix |
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Mark Padmore reflects on Britten's Death in Venice
“At the start, one knows ‘bits’ of it,” says tenor Mark Padmore, somewhat wryly.
“At the start, one knows ‘bits’ of it,” says tenor Mark Padmore, somewhat wryly.
Production details
Cast
Padmore, Finley, Dixon, Mead/Scotting, Judson, Evans, Rangwanasha, Furness, Sedgwick
(c) Farnes (d) McVicar
Performance dates
21, 26, 30 November, 3, 6 December 2019
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