Britten: Death in Venice

Musically quite impressive, but Marlin Miller’s Aschenbach looks little older than the object of his affections, Alessandro Riga, so the action lacks all plausibility. Michael Tanner
 

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Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:37 pm

COMPOSERS: Britten
LABELS: Dynamic
WORKS: Death in Venice
PERFORMER: Miller, Hendricks, Bitar; La Fenice/Bruno Bartoletti; dir. Pizzi (Venice, 2008)
CATALOGUE NO: 33608

Musically quite impressive, but Marlin Miller’s Aschenbach looks little older than the object of his affections, Alessandro Riga, so the action lacks all plausibility. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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