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Singing and stage direction impress in Britten’s The Turn of the Screw in Copenhagen

Clara Cecilie Thomsen (Governess)
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Clara Cecilie Thomsen (Governess), Barbro Cítron (Flora), Milo Wajnman Køie (Miles, Cast A)
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Fredrik Bjellsäter (Peter Quint)
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Johanne Bock (Mrs Grose), Barbro Cítron (Flora), Clara Cecilie Thomsen (Governess)
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Fredrik Bjellsäter, Clara Cecilie Thomsen, Gisela Stille and co-ordinators
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“in front of our eyes, the illusion of a happy home with angelic children is being stripped bare”
Reviewed at The Old Stage, The Royal Theatre, Copenhagen on 6 October 2023
Britten, The Turn of the Screw
Royal Danish Opera
Robert Houssart, Conductor
Anthony Almeida, Director
Rosanna Vize, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Lucy Carter, Lighting Designer
The Royal Danish Orchestra
Clara Cecilie Thomsen, Governess
Fredrik Bjellsäter, Peter Quint, The Prologue
Johanne Bock, Mrs Grose
Gisela Stille, Miss Jessel
Barbro Citron, Flora
Hannibal Skovlund Brockhoff, Miles
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