Composer

Britten, Benjamin

Librettist

Myfanwy Piper after Thomas Mann’s novella

Venue and Dates

Glyndebourne

14, 16, 25, 28 October 1989

Then on tour…   

Theatre Royal, Plymouth - 03 November 1989        

Apollo Theatre, Oxford - 11 November 1989           

Mayflower, Southampton - 18 November 1989

Palace Theatre, Manchester - 25 November 1989Theatre Royal, Norwich - 2 December 1989   

TV Broadcast (and DVD recording?)  10 January 1990  

Conductor

Graeme Jenkins

Production

Original Producer: Stephen Lawless

Staff Producer: Martha Clarke

Set and Costume Designer: Tobias Hoheisel

Lighting Designer: Paul Pyant

Associate Lighting Designer: Paul Hastie

Performers

Aschenbach: Robert Tear / John Graham-Hall (25 Nov, 2 Dec)

Traveller: Alan Opie

Apollo: Michael Chance

English Clerk: Gerald Finley

Hotel Porter: Christopher Ventris

First Gondolier: Gordon Wilson

Glass Maker: Iain Paton

Second Gondolier: Aneirin Huws

German Father: Peter Snipp

Jaschiu's Father: Jozik Koc

Danish Lady: Heather Lorimer

Strawberry Seller: Linda Clemens

Beggar Woman: Alison Hudson

Ship's Steward: Graham Stone

Lido Boatman: Jonathan Veira

French Girl: Karen Hoyle

French Mother: Rebecca de Pont Davies

First American: Robert Gibbs

Second American: Duncan MacKenzie

German Mother: Helen Cannell

English Lady: Sally Driscoll

Russian Nanny: Deirdre Crowley

Russian Mother: Penelope Randall-Davis

Russian Father: Charles Kerry

Governess: Jennifer Rose

Tadzio: Paul Zeplichal

Tadzio's Mother: Caroline Pope

Lace Seller: Elizabeth Rodger

Jaschiu: Tristan Maguire

Newspaper Seller: Susan Arnold

London Sinfonietta

Notes

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