THE TURN
OF THE SCREW
BRITTEN
Piper after James
CLASSIC REVIVAL
ENO has consistently championed the work of Benjamin Britten ever
since we premiered Peter Grimes at Sadler’s Wells in 1945. Nine years
later Britten turned Henry James’s Victorian ghost story, The Turn
of the Screw, into a hauntingly atmospheric and ambiguously twisted
tale of domestic abuse and corrupted innocence. Originally produced
by the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, David McVicar’s chilling
production won the South Bank Show Award for Opera when it was
staged at ENO in 2007. It now receives its first revival, conducted
by former ENO Music Director Sir Charles Mackerras and reuniting
the four principal singers of what The Sunday Times hailed as an
‘unbeatable cast’ led by Rebecca Evans and Timothy Robinson.
Oct 22 · 30 & Nov 4 · 9 at 7.30pm | Oct 24 & Nov 7 at 6.30pm
A production of the Mariinsky Theatre, Russia. Original production sponsored
by the Mariinsky Theatre Trust (UK)
Revival supported by the English Opera Group
6 performances. Running time: 2hrs 10mins
Pre-performance talk by Frances Spalding: Oct 30, 5.30pm, London Coliseum, £4
Governess Rebecca Evans; The Prologue/Peter Quint Timothy Robinson; Mrs Grose Ann Murray;
Miss Jessel Cheryl Barker
Conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, Martin Fitzpatrick (Nov 9); Director David McVicar;
Designer Tanya McCallin; Movement Director Andrew George; Lighting Designer Adam Silverman
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