The Turn of the Screw: Stuart Maunder directs powerful in Adelaide

Von Brian Angus, 01 Mai 2022

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“Stuart Maunder’s production allows for many interpretations”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre, Adelaide, am 30 April 2022

Britten, The Turn of the Screw

State Opera South Australia

Paul Kildea, Musikalische Leitung

Stuart Maunder, Regie

Roger Kirk, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Trudy Dalgleish, Licht

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

Rachelle Durkin, Governess

Kanen Breen, Peter Quint, The Prologue

Elizabeth Campbell, Mrs Grose

Fiona McArdle, Miss Jessel

Max Junge, Miles

Eliza Brill Reed, Flora

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Brian Angus

Brian is a lover of opera, and has enjoyed attending operas for over forty years. Brian has very catholic tastes; favourite classic composers are Richard Wagner and Giuseppe Verdi, contemporary composers John Adams and Jake Heggie, and a curiosity about Stockhausen’s music. He is always seeking opportunities to expand his appreciation of the world of music and opera.