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The darkness drops again: a tense, eerie Turn of the Screw for the Glyndebourne Tour

By Charlotte Valori, 22 October 2014
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“Anthony Gregory gives us a fiery, dandyish Peter Quint”
Reviewed at Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne on 21 October 2014
Programme
Britten, The Turn of the Screw
Performers
Glyndebourne Autumn
Leo McFall, Conductor
Jonathan Kent, Director
Paul Brown, Set Designer
Natalya Romaniw, Governess
Anthony Gregory, Peter Quint, The Prologue
Anne Mason, Mrs Grose
Miranda Keys, Miss Jessel
Thomas Delgado-Little, Miles
Louise Moseley, Flora
Glyndebourne Sinfonia
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Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori
Charlotte Valori read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford. As a classicist, her main interest is Greek tragedy and its reception by later cultures, which has led to a continuing passion for theatre and opera. Charlotte reviews for several online magazines, and won the Bachtrack Opera Award 2015 for Best Written English Review. Follow her on Twitter @operissima.