It's not often one can say a production is improved by viewing on a small screen but, for me, this one was...Graham-Hall is a real stage-animal, convincing us utterly of his descent into obsession...Above all, every colour, timbre and texture of this richly imaginative score comes blazing through under Gardner's baton.

Warner’s production is worthy of this magnificent work, and she has secured disciplined and stylish performances from her cast. Visually it is both stunning and haunting...So much depends on the role of Aschenbach, and here John Graham-Hall does a fine job...Andrew Shore is superb; he manages to give each one an individuality...So is this the best ‘Death in Venice’ on DVD? I suspect it is, for it is very fine.

Edward Gardner’s vital conducting keeps the long score alive, finding a fluidity and organic momentum to tempos that mirrors the delicate visual transformations of Warner’s stage action. He is aided by some superb singing.

Deborah Warner directs this visually stunning but emotionally harrowing ENO production. John Graham-Hall is totally convincing as the ageing writer Aschenbach, struggling with his obsession with the young Tadzio, and Edward Gardner conducts a haunting rendition of the score.

Warner’s production for ENO manages to solve pretty much every problem she faces...the lighting by Jean Kalman is exquisite...[Graham-Hall's] singing is clear, his diction crisp and he outlines every nuance of the role – it’s a subtle tour de force...Gardner's conducting underpins everything with refinement.