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The Turn of the Screw
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Buxton Opera House
Buxton
, East Midlands, SK17 6XN,
United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Festival: Buxton Festival
Programme
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)
The Turn of the Screw
Performers
Northern Ireland Opera
Fiona Murphy
Soprano
Governess
Andrew Tortise
Tenor
Peter Quint
Giselle Allen
Mezzo-soprano
Miss Jessel
Yvonne Howard
Soprano
Mrs Grose
Lucia Vernon
Soprano
Flora
Thomas Copeland
Boy soprano
Miles
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Read our review
Britten's
Turn of the Screw
at the Buxton Festival
Andrew H. King, 19th July
Henry James’ chilling 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw is a curious story and might be considered a gift to any composer as the basis of an extraordinarily sinister opera libretto.
***11
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Andrew Tortise
Benjamin Britten
Fiona Murphy
Giselle Allen
Lucia Vernon
Northern Ireland Opera
The Turn of the Screw
Thomas Copeland
Yvonne Howard