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An operatic ghost story - or is it? The Turn of the Screw at Opera Holland Park

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“Hats off to Steuart Bedford for leading a magnificent musical performance”
Reviewed at Holland Park Theatre, London on 1 July 2014
Britten, The Turn of the Screw
Steuart Bedford, Conductor
Annilese Miskimmon, Director
Leslie Travers, Set Designer
Robin Tritschler, The Prologue
Ellie Laugharne, Governess
Diana Montague, Mrs Grose
Rosie Lomas, Flora
Dominic Lynch, Miles
Brenden Gunnell, Peter Quint
Elin Pritchard, Miss Jessel
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