Britten: Death in Venice

Adapted from Thomas Mann's 1912 novella, 'Death in Venice' was Benjamin Britten's last opera. The simple narrative of a famous but failing novelist becomes a haunting opera-drama filled with musical symbols, disquieting mystery and richly evocative atmospheres of Venice and its strange characters. Willy Decker's Teatro Real production was described as 'one of his most brilliant stage works.'