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.
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OperaAndrea Breth at La Monnaie
A video portrait
For her legendary, often visceral stagings over the last four decades, she has scaled all heights and plumbed all depths of the human soul. This has earned her cult status and recognition as one of the all-time greats of German theatre. Discover Andrea Breth and her productions at La Monnaie.
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OperaHouse Bly, a labyrinth
Andrea Breth on her staging of 'The Turn of the Screw'
Director Andrea Breth, an icon of the European theatre scene, gives her vision on Britten's chamber opera and clarifies from what angle she approached the piece in her staging.
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The Turn of The Screw
Synopsis
The story of this opera, summarised scene by scene by dramaturge Klaus Bertisch.
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OperaEverything you need to know about
'The Turn of the Screw'
In this introductory video conductor Ben Glassberg explains how Britten translates the titular "screw" in his music, General and Artistic Director Peter de Caluwe lays out how this project came to be, and scenographer Raimund Orfeo Voigt offers insight into the concept behind his ingenious set design.
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Cast
ConductorBEN GLASSBERG
DirectorANDREA BRETH
Artistic collaborationEVA DI DOMENICO
Set designRAIMUND ORFEO VOIGT
CostumesCARLA TETI
Sound designCHRISTOPH MATEKA
LightingALEXANDER KOPPELMANN
DramaturgyKLAUS BERTISCH
PrologueED LYON
GovernessSALLY MATTHEWS
MilesHENRI DE BEAUFFORT*
FloraKATHARINA BIERWEILER**
Mrs. GroseCAROLE WILSON
Miss JesselGISELLE ALLEN
Peter QuintJULIAN HUBBARD
Member of the La Monnaie Children’s Chorus*
Member of the Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe chorus**
La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
ProductionDE MUNT / LA MONNAIE
In coproduction with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the tax shelter of the Belgian federal government
Dates
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Thu 29 Apr 2021
Time
20:30
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