Britten's Death in Venice

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Britten's_Death_in_Venice

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:Death_in_Venice gptkb:Thomas_Mann
gptkbp:commissionedBy	gptkb:Aldeburgh_Festival
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:duration	about 2 hours 30 minutes
gptkbp:finalOperaOf	gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Myfanwy_Piper
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Gustav_von_Aschenbach
gptkbp:notablePerformer	gptkb:Peter_Pears
gptkbp:notableRecording	Decca, 1974, Peter Pears, English Opera Group Orchestra, Steuart Bedford
gptkbp:numberOfActs	2
gptkbp:opusNumber	Op. 88
gptkbp:premiereDate	16 June 1973
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Snape_Maltings,_Aldeburgh
gptkbp:publisher	gptkb:Faber_Music
gptkbp:role	gptkb:soprano
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Venice
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:death beauty homosexuality decay unrequited love cholera epidemic artistic obsession
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Independent_Opera
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Britten's Death in Venice