[Met Performance] CID:315310
New Production
Death in Venice {10} Metropolitan Opera House: 02/7/1994.

(Debuts: Karin von Aroldingen, Jeffrey Edwards, Clare Gormley, Emily Pulley, Anton Pankevich, Gregory Mercer, Eduardo Valdes, Michelle DeYoung, Buck Collins, Victoria Litherland, Marianne Cornetti, Kristine Jepson, Elizabeth Bishop, Kim Brandstrup, David Piper)


Metropolitan Opera House
February 7, 1994
New Production


DEATH IN VENICE {10}
Britten-M. Piper

Gustav von Aschenbach......Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Traveler...................Thomas Allen
Elderly Fop................Thomas Allen
Old Gondolier..............Thomas Allen
Hotel Manager..............Thomas Allen
Hotel Barber...............Thomas Allen
Leader of the Players......Thomas Allen
Voice of Dionysus..........Thomas Allen
Voice of Apollo............Jeffrey Gall
Polish Mother..............Karin von Aroldingen [Debut]
Tadzio.....................Jeffrey Edwards [Debut]
Tadzio's Sister............Katherine Skidmore Daines
Tadzio's Sister............Sarah Elizabeth Mendell
Governess..................Suzanne Laurence
Hotel Porter...............Bernard Fitch
English Clerk..............Bradley Garvin
Strolling Player...........Yvonne Gonzales Redman
Strolling Player...........Paul Groves
Strawberry Seller..........Clare Gormley [Debut]
Jaschiu....................Anton Pankevich [Debut]
Jaschiu's Father...........Richard Byrne
Young Man..................Richard Byrne
Young Man..................Philip Cokorinos
Young Man..................Paul Groves
Young Man..................Gregory Mercer [Debut]
Young Man..................Christopher Schaldenbrand
Young Man..................Eduardo Valdes [Debut]
Ship's Steward.............Steven Combs
Lido Boatman...............Richard Vernon
French Mother..............Kitt Reuter-Foss
French Daughter............Clare Gormley
German Mother..............Michelle DeYoung [Debut]
German Father..............Philip Cokorinos
German Son.................Seth Belliston
American...................Michael Best
American...................Tony Stevenson
Polish Brother.............Buck Collins [Debut]
Polish Brother.............Jonathan Pessolano
Danish Lady................Emily Pulley [Debut]
English Lady...............Victoria Litherland [Debut]
Russian Mother.............Nina Warren
Russian Father.............John Fiorito
Russian Child..............Didier Bramaz
Russian Child..............Jeremy Conner
Russian Child..............Lauren Jean D'Avella
Russian Child..............Daniel Koppel
Russian Nanny..............Marianne Cornetti [Debut]
Waiter.....................Steven Combs
Guide......................Christopher Schaldenbrand
Priest.....................Richard Vernon
Lace Seller................Wendy Hoffman
Glassmaker.................Michael Forest
Beggar.....................Ariel Bybee
Newspaper Seller...........Theresa Cincione
Flower Seller..............Loretta Di Franco
Postcard Seller............Howard Bender
Photographer...............Bradley Garvin
Street Dancer..............Antoinette Peloso
Acrobat, Beach Guard.......Dean Dufford
Acrobat, Beach Guard.......Christopher Stocker
Gondolier..................Philip Creech
Gondolier..................Gregory Mercer
Gondolier..................Eduardo Valdes
Gondolier..................Richard Vernon
Tourist....................Theresa Cincione
Tourist....................Yvonne Gonzales Redman
Tourist....................Heidi Skok
Venetian...................Kristine Jepson [Debut]
Venetian...................Elizabeth Bishop [Debut]
Beggar Boy.................Stephen Hanna
Pickpocket.................David Piper [Debut]

Conductor..................David Atherton

Production.................Colin Graham
Set designer...............Colin Graham
Costume designer...........Charles Knode
Projection Paintings.......John Piper
Projection Photographs.....Mariano Fortuny
Lighting designer..........John B. Read
Choreographer..............Kim Brandstrup [Debut]

Death in Venice received six performances this season.

Production a gift of the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Additional funding from the Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund

[Note: Colin Graham used projections of paintings by John Piper and photographs of Mariano Fortuny in this production.]


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