Death in Venice

by Benjamin Britten

Death in Venice

by Benjamin Britten
https://www.stuttgarter-ballett.de/ Stuttgarter Ballett Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Revival
Death in Venice
Sun 9. Feb / 18:00
Opernhaus / Introduction at foyer 1st floor (in German) 17:15
https://www.stuttgarter-ballett.de/ Stuttgarter Ballett Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Death in Venice
Wed 12. Feb / 19:00
Opernhaus / Introduction at foyer 1st floor (in German) 18:15
https://www.stuttgarter-ballett.de/ Stuttgarter Ballett Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Death in Venice
Tue 18. Feb / 19:00
Opernhaus / Introduction at foyer 1st floor (in German) 18:15
https://www.stuttgarter-ballett.de/ Stuttgarter Ballett Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Death in Venice
Fri 28. Feb / 19:00
Opernhaus / Introduction at foyer 1st floor (in German) 18:15
https://www.stuttgarter-ballett.de/ Stuttgarter Ballett Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Death in Venice
Sat 8. Mar / 19:00
Opernhaus / Introduction at foyer 1st floor (in German) 18:15
https://www.stuttgarter-ballett.de/ Stuttgarter Ballett Oberer Schloßgarten 6, 70173 Stuttgart

Death in Venice
Tue 18. Mar / 19:00
Opernhaus / Introduction at foyer 1st floor (in German) 18:15
Further dates
Death in Venice
Musikalische Leitung
Duncan Ward
Regie und Choreographie
Demis Volpi
Bühne und Kostüme
Katharina Schlipf
Gustav von Aschenbach
Matthias Klink
Reisender / Ältlicher Geck / Alter Gondoliere / Hotelmanager / Coiffeur des Hauses / Anführer der Straßensänger / Stimme des Dionysos
Paweł Konik
Stimme des Apollon
Matthias Rexroth
Apollon (Tänzer)
N.N.
Hotelportier
Leopold Bier
Hotelkellner / Restaurantkellner
N.N.
Erdbeerverkäuferin / Straßensängerin
Alma Ruoqi Sun
Glasbläser / Straßensänger
Alberto Robert
Englischer Angestellter im Reisebüro
Andrew Bogard
Spitzenverkäuferin
Lucia Tumminelli
Co-production of State Opera Stuttgart and Stuttgart Ballet.

The writer Gustav von Aschenbach is in the midst of a mid-life crisis. His longing for something foreign drives him to Venice. There he encounters beauty, youth per se, in the form of an adolescent boy. Torn between desire and artistic asceticism, he loses his connection to reality and, ultimately, life. Benjamin Britten set Thomas Mann's famous novella to music in 1973 with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper. Demis Volpi, at that time resident choreographer of the Stuttgart Ballet, masterfully directed and choreographed the opera in 2017 and created an award-winning version. A co-production of the Stuttgart State Opera and the Stuttgart Ballet, additionally utilizing students from the John Cranko School, the singers and dancers come seamlessly together on stage to create a rollercoaster of emotions.

Further productions this season

The Nutcracker

Ballet by Edward Clug after E.T.A. Hoffmann

Romeo and Juliet

Ballet by John Cranko after William Shakespeare