The Turn of the Screw

by Benjamin Britten | 7-17 July
the Arts Centre, Playhouse

Read online reviews from The Age and The Australian.

"The Turn of the Screw is Britten's most perfect opera: part coming-of-age story, part spectral whodunnit. It is terrifying and touching in equal measure." Paul Kildea, Conductor

Between the physical, and the emotional, is where our ghosts lie...
One of the most dramatically appealing English operas, Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw, based on Henry James' original story, is a hauntingly atmospheric tale of good versus evil and natural versus the supernatural as a Governess battles for the souls of two children.

The tension and emotion in this wonderfully impressive theatrical masterpiece are paired with alluring, other-worldly music, evoking the corruption of innocence with astonishing dramatic power. Britten's beautiful and imaginative score, tinged with children's nursery rhymes and arias ranging from soaringly lyrical to highly distressed, evokes the inexorable feeling of a screw tightening as the opera builds towards its terrifying conclusion.

Approximately 2 hours including one 20 minute interval

Sung in English with surtitles
Preview performance on 7 July

 
Discover The Turn of the Screw

The Arts Centre, Playhouse

Monday 28 June, 6pm