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John Graham-Hall outstanding in ENO's Death in Venice

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Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 14 June 2013
Britten, Death in Venice
Edward Gardner, Conductor
Deborah Warner, Director
Tom Pye, Set Designer
Chloe Obolensky, Costume Designer
John Graham-Hall, Gustav von Aschenbach
Andrew Shore, Traveller/ Elderly fop/ Old gondolier/ Hotel manager/ Hotel barber/ Leader of the players/ Voice of Dionysus
Tim Mead, Voice of Apollo
Sam Zaldivar, Tadzio
Kim Brandstrup, Choreography
Finn Ross, Video
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