The Royal Opera - Death in Venice Reviews
29 March 2024
Gerald Finley (Gondolier), Mark Padmore (Aschenbach)
Leo Dixon (Tadzio), Ensemble
Mark Padmore (Aschenbach), Gerald Finley (Elderly Fop)
Leo Dixon (Tadzio), Mark Padmore (Aschenbach)
Mark Padmore (Aschenbach)

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Death in Venice

The Royal Opera


No. 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
Mark Padmore reflects on Britten's Death in Venice
“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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