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Take an in-depth look at Death in Venice with the following articles and essays.

Prelude


The fall issue features articles on the heart of Aida, our new standing room tickets, celebrating our Ensemble Studio, and an interview with Yoshi Oida, director of Death in Venice.  

Death in Venice House Program


The house program for Death in Venice, on stage at the Four Seasons Centre Oct. 16 to Nov. 5, 2010.

About the Production


Director Yoshi Oida is a renowned Japanese actor in both theatre (many years in Peter Brooks' company) and film, and is a director of a wide range of projects including opera (The Nightingale, Nabucco, Don Giovanni, and Death in Venice). He is also a highly respected teacher and writer and in all his work mingles western and eastern influences, as can be seen in this production of Death in Venice.

Visconti in Venice


Two years before the premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera Death in Venice in 1973, a film by Italian director Luchino Visconti took the art house film world by storm.  

Parlando: The COC Blog


Learn more about acclaimed director Yoshi Oida, see photos from a costume fitting, and learn where in Venice Death in Venice is set.


Alan Oke, seated, as Gustav von Aschenbach in a scene from the Canadian Opera Company production of Death in Venice. Photo: Michael Cooper © 2010

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