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The Turn of the Screw
Opens: 11/08/2011 Closes: 28/08/2011
Glyndebourne, East Sussex
Benjamin Britten's adaptation of Henry James' novella stays true to the ambiguities of the original text. A young governess' battle with ghosts and madness, set in an English country house, makes it particularly appropriate for Glyndebourne, where it's the darkest opera of this year's festival.
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The Stage“One of the festival’s finest current productions...” With its visuals moved to the time of the work’s composition in the early fifties, it exerts its dark fascination with palpable power...
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The Telegraph“Britten’s supremely crafted operatic masterpiece...” In a shatteringly powerful performance of such musical and theatrical distinction that I scarcely know where to begin apportioning praise...
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Guardian“Vocally, this revival is extremely strong...” A production which manages to restore some of the Jamesian ambiguities that inspired Britten to arguably his greatest operatic achievement...
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