Welsh National Opera - Death In Venice

Welsh National Opera - Death In Venice

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New Theatre Oxford
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Tue 26 Mar 2024
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Opera
2 hours 40 minutes
incl. interval
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New Theatre Oxford

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Tue 26 Mar 2024
24-26 George St, Oxford OX1 2AG, UK
2 hours 40 minutes incl. interval
Tue at 19:30
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In the search for beauty and meaning, the renowned author Gustav von Aschenbach travels to Venice on a whim. In the sultry atmosphere of a cholera epidemic, with the scirocco blowing, he falls in love with Tadzio, a youthful aristocrat who is staying in the same hotel with his family. As Aschenbach projects his loneliness and desire on him, fantasy and imagination intermingle with existence. His obsession progresses to a fever pitch as he becomes increasingly divorced from reality. 

Welsh National Opera - Death In Venice

Inspired by the original Thomas Mann novella, Britten’s magnificently atmospheric opera comes to life in this new production from WNO, creating images of ravishing beauty, as well as exploring the grotesque hidden beneath the search for the sublime. As poetic worlds of the imagination collide with reality, the early 20th century acts as a mirror to our times.

Sung in English, with English subtitles

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New Theatre Oxford

24-26 George St, Oxford OX1 2AG, UK
Oxford Railway Station
The Box Office is open for 90 minutes prior to the performance commencing. See 'What's On' section for performance times
Bar - Pre-show & interval drinks and snacks
Ambassador Lounge - Pre-show & interval table service (Charge applies)
Cloakroom - Coats & small bags (Charge applies)
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There has been a theatre on George Street for almost 185 years. The first theatre was built in 1836, and a second in 1886. In 1908, the Dorrill family took over the venue and finally in 1934, the third Theatre opened; the ‘New Theatre’. Stanley Dorrill masterminded the rebuilding of the theatre as we know it today. He commissioned a new building from the well-known theatre architects William and T.R. Milburn of Sunderland. The Milburns developed the decadent art-deco interior with T.P Bennett and Sons, who also designed the Saville Theatre in London.

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New Theatre Oxford

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Tue 26 Mar 2024
24-26 George St, Oxford OX1 2AG, UK
2 hours 40 minutes incl. interval
Tue at 19:30
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