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Death in Venice is another winner for Opera North

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Reviewed at Leeds Grand Theatre, Leeds on 17 October 2013
Britten, Death in Venice
Richard Farnes, Conductor
Yoshi Oïda, Director
Tom Schenk, Set Designer
Alan Oke, Gustav von Aschenbach
Peter Savidge, Traveller/ Elderly fop/ Old gondolier/ Hotel manager/ Hotel barber/ Leader of the players/ Voice of Dionysus
Christopher Ainslie, Voice of Apollo
Rob Kearley, Revival Director
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