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Benjamin Britten composed The Turn of the Screw, his third chamber opera (following The Rape of Lucretia (1946) and Albert Herring (1947)), in response to a commission from the Venice Biennale. However, delays caused by the writing of Gloriana meant that the new chamber opera was postponed and, in the end, not presented at the Biennale but at the Festival of Contemporary Music.
Turn of the screw Libretto . The Turn of the Screw . Music by Benjamin Britten. Cast: FLORA MILES GOVERNESS GROSE QUINT JESSEL (The action takes place in and around Bly a country-house in the East of England, in the middle of the last century. The line 'The ceremony of innocence is drowned' is taken from a poem by W. B. Yeats. The songs, 'Tom ...
2 mag 2024 · Gebaseerd op de intrigerende ghost story van Henry James, componeerde Benjamin Britten met The Turn of the Screw een psychologische thriller in kameroperaformaat. Regisseuse Andrea Breth houdt het mysterie intact en maakt van House Bly een labyrint waarin niet alleen de personages zich verliezen. Samen met dirigent Antonio Méndez draait ze de ...
Britten: The Turn of the Screw. Eric Barry (Prologue/Quint), Emily Workman (Governess), Diana Montague (Mrs Grose), Kathleen Reveille (Miss Jessel), Rosie Lomas (Flora), Dominic Lynch (Miles) Instrumental Ensemble, Lukasz Borowicz. A production of some historic interest…the American singers all have fine voices, and Emily Workman as the ...
The Turn of the Screw (Il giro di vite), op. 54. Opera in un prologo, due atti e sedici scene. Musica: Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Libretto: Myfanwy Piper, dall'omonimo romanzo breve di Henry James. The Journey.
Repertoire Note. Regarded by many as the finest of all his stage-works, The Turn of the Screw, Britten’s final chamber opera, was written in the incredibly short period of just four months in 1954. The work is based on the novel of the same name by Henry James which Britten had known for many years: a tale of good versus evil, natural versus ...
Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten: Directed by Katie Mitchell. With Lisa Milne, Mark Padmore, Diana Montague, Catrin Wyn Davies. The operatic version of the famous story about a governess who fears her two charges are possessed.
