Ambushed from Behind: Death in Venice at Deutsche Oper Berlin
Deutsche Oper Berlin presents 'Ambushed from Behind: Death in Venice' on February 25th, 2017 in Berlin.In this adaptation of Thomas Mann's eponymous novella, the English composer Benjamin Britten has created a work comprising an old view of 400 years of operatic history. The score is formed by a calm and stringent reduction to the bare bones of music. Britten's musical language has found a high concentration in Death…