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State Opera

Death in Venice (1980)

Creatives
  • Director Jim Sharman
  • Conductor Myer Fredman
  • Lighting Rory Dempster
  • Set Design Brian Thomson
  • Costume Design Luciana Arrighi
  • Choreographer Ian Spink
Cast
  • Milliner Sylvia Mansfield
  • Gustav von Aschenbach Robert Gard
  • Traveller / Elderly Fop / Old Gondolier / Hotel Manager / Hotel Barber / Leader of the Players / Voice of Dionysus Tom McDonnell
  • Voice of Apollo Anthony Bremner
  • The Polish Mother Basia Bonkowski
  • Tadzio Ian Wilkinson
  • Daughter Laurinda Montague
  • Daughter Katrina Pickering
  • Governess Judy Oliver
  • Jaschiu Mark Reily
  • Hotel Porter Thomas Edmonds
  • Lido Boatman Keith Hempton
  • Hotel Waiter David Brennan
  • Strawberry Seller Heather Ross
  • Guide John McKenzie
  • Stolling Player Amanda Thane
  • Stolling Player William Bamford
  • English Clerk Roger Howell
  • Glass Maker Glenn Winslade
  • Lace Seller Daphne Harris
  • Beggar Woman Ruth Gurner
  • Newspaper Seller Gwenyth Annear
  • German Mother Jennifer Walter
  • Russian Nanny Isabel Veale
  • Acrobat Toni Westwood
  • Acrobat William Paton

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