Opera
The Turn of the Screw
Benjamin Britten
The ceremony of innocence is drowned.— W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming
Nothing is what it seems in Bly, an old English country house. When a new governess arrives, the children entrusted to her care seem to receive visits from the ghosts of the previous governess and her libertine lover. Events become ever more disturbing; the questions become ever more uncomfortable: what horrors occurred here before her arrival? Are the children innocent or not? Do you really see what you see?
Based on an intriguing ghost story by Henry James, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw is a psychological thriller in chamber opera format. The work’s layered and emotionally charged nature is an ideal fit for the director Andrea Breth. Together with the British conductor Ben Glassberg, she turns the screw of your imagination until the tension becomes unbearable.
Cast
ConductorBEN GLASSBERG
DirectorANDREA BRETH
Set designRAIMUND ORFEO VOIGT
CostumesCARLA TETI
LightingALEXANDER KOPPELMANN
DramaturgyKLAUS BERTISCH
PrologueJOHN GRAHAM-HALL
GovernessSALLY MATTHEWS
Mrs. GroseCAROLE WILSON
Miss JesselGISELLE ALLEN
Peter QuintJULIAN HUBBARD
La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
ProductionDE MUNT / LA MONNAIE
Dates
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Tue 19 Jan 2021
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20:00
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Thu 21 Jan 2021
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20:00
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Sat 23 Jan 2021
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20:00
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Tue 26 Jan 2021
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20:00
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Wed 27 Jan 2021
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20:00
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Fri 29 Jan 2021
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20:00
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Sun 31 Jan 2021
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15:00
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Tue 02 Feb 2021
Time
20:00
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