The Turn of the Screw

A Sacramento Opera premiere!

“A work of intense claustrophobia and astonishing dramatic power.” — Britten-Pears Foundation

Production Sponsors:                                               Drs. John & Lois Crowe

Music by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper after Henry James’s tale
Sung in English with projected English supertitles
Approximate running time: Two hours and fifteen minutes

Friday, February 22, 2008 at 8 pm
Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 2 pm
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Sacramento Community Center Theater
1301 L Street, Sacramento

Conductor, Timm Rolek
Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra

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Artistic Team

Chuck Hudson	Stage Director
Timm Rolek	Conductor
Cast
Quint	Thomas Glenn
Governess	Emily Pulley
Mrs. Grose	Fenlon Lamb
Miss Jessel	Maria Jette
Flora Miles	Antoni Mendezona Brooks Fisher

Links lead to Artist's personal site.

 

Single tickets $15 to $110 (On sale July 16, 2007, 916.264.5181 or tickets.com)
 

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“One of the twentieth century’s enduring masterpieces.” —Leo Phillips, The New Grove Dictionary of Opera

Setting: Bly, a country house, about the middle of the 19th century

A tale of good versus evil, natural versus the supernatural, and possession and exorcism. A revealing story of two children and their young, inexperienced governess, isolated at a remote English estate called Bly; and of an unfolding horror that will leave you questioning whether the events are real or the figments of a neurotic and lurid imagination. Based on the Henry James novella, Benjamin Britten’s musical score is rich in sophistication and complexity—heightening the tension that spirals throughout this masterpiece of psychological terror.

First performed in Venice, La Fenice, September 14, 1954



Photo: Mariinsky Theatre/Natasha Razina