28 Feb 2006

Death in Venice, Frankfurt Opera

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/1b38f0a0-a800-11da-85bc-0000779e2340.html

britten_small.gifBy Shirley Apthorp [Financial Times, 28 February 2006]

It comes as a shock. The familiar Venice skyline appears inverted, the Piazza San Marco's towers now spears descending heavily to envelop the stage in blackness. Frankfurt Opera's new Death in Venice will be remembered for its closing image, if at all.