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Best of Britten: Resident evil in The Turn of the Screw

By Sarah Batschelet, 14 November 2014
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Reviewed at Opernhaus, Zurich on 12 November 2014
Programme
Britten, The Turn of the Screw
Performers
Zurich Opera
Constantin Trinks, Conductor
Willy Decker, Director
Wolfgang Gussmann, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Tabitha Tucker, Flora
Layla Claire, Governess
Hedwig Fassbender, Mrs Grose
Giselle Allen, Miss Jessel
Pavol Breslik, Peter Quint, The Prologue
Tom Deazley, Miles
Orchester der Oper Zürich
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Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschelet
Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.