Benjamin Britten
The Turn of the Screw
Victorian Opera
Henry James’ gothic novella The Turn of the Screw is brought to life in Bejamin Britten’s opera, where sinister forces may – or may not – be lurking.
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Melbourne / Naarm
Palais Theatre
Lower Esplanade, St Kilda
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Duration
2 hours and 20 minutes, including interval
The Turn of the Screw is an original production by State Opera South Australia. By Arrangement with Origin Theatrical. By permission of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers
Language: Sung in English -
Ticket Price Range
$39 – $155
Henry James’ gothic novella has spooked generations of readers with this chilling tale of a governess, the children in her ward, and sinister forces that may — or may not — be tormenting them.
Benjamin Britten’s 1954 adaptation dials up the suspense and leaves you questioning everything you have just witnessed.
In a haunting production by Stuart Maunder, the scale of this chamber opera is both intimate and immense. Nothing is what it seems in the eerie setting of an English manor home, strikingly conjured by Tony Award-winning designer Roger Kirk.
Conductor and Britten specialist Paul Kildea leads Orchestra Victoria and a star cast, headed by soprano Rachelle Durkin as the terrorised governess and tenor Kanen Breen as the ghostly presence, Peter Quint.
Prepare for a spine-tingling night at opera.
Cast & Creative
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Librettist: Myfanwy Piper
Based on the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
CREATIVE TEAM
Conductor: Paul Kildea
Director: Stuart Maunder
Set & Costume Designer: Roger Kirk
Lighting Designer: Trudy Dalgleish
CAST
Governess: Rachelle Durkin
Prologue / Peter Quint: Kanen Breen
Mrs Grose: Sharon Prero
Miss Jessel: Michaela Cadwgan
Orchestra Victoria