"used in the lesson scene have been examined in more detail for their paedophilic innuendos. The line ""The ceremony of innocence is drowned"" sung by Quint and Miss Jessel is taken from the poem ""The Second Coming"" by W. B. Yeats. Notes Cited sources Other sources The Turn of the Screw (opera) The Turn of the Screw is a 20th-century English chamber opera composed by Benjamin Britten with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, ""wife of the artist John Piper, who had been a friend of the composer since 1935 and had provided designs for several of the operas"". The libretto"
"Dartington Festival. He has also directed twentieth century operas, including Benjamin Britten's ""The Turn of the Screw"". In June 2012 he and the pianist Joanna MacGregor revived and reworked their chamber adaptation of Mozart's ""The Magic Flute"" (first presented at the Unicorn Theatre) for the Bath International Music Festival, of which Professor MacGregor was then Artistic Director. He is currently (2018) Director of the Foundation Course in Performance at Drama Centre London, and remains associated with Dartington. Williams' recent work includes directing the British premiere of Vivaldi’s opera ""L'Olimpiade"" at the Bath International Music Festival, also presented at the Eilat"
"2001. In 1976, Britten's ""The Turn of the Screw"" was presented along with a rarity in Cimarosa's one-man piece ""Il maestro di cappella"". Other rare Italian operas of the 18th century were presented in 1979 and subsequent years. Adrian Slack concentrated on mainly Italian opera. There were some exception such as Handel's ""Orlando"", Floyd's ""Of Mice and Men"" and Mozart's ""Zaide"". Spontini's ""La vestale"" was memorable for the incident involving the entire company slipping on a steeply raked, smoothly finished stage, as described by Bernard Levin. Elaine Padmore had been a BBC opera producer and had supervised transmissions of the"
"Tim Albery Tim Bronson Reginald Albery (born 20 May 1952) is an English stage director, best known for his productions of opera. Albery was born in Harpenden, the son of the impresario Donald Albery and grandson of the producer Sir Bronson Albery. After directing drama in the British provinces, he directed his first operatic production, Britten's ""The Turn of the Screw"" for a music festival at Batignano, Italy in 1983. For Opera North, Albery directed operas by Tippett, Mozart and most notably Berlioz: his production of ""Les Troyens"" is described by ""The New Grove Dictionary of Opera"" as ""triumphant"". For"
"poets (""I spent as long choosing the text as writing the music.""), an approach similar to that of Britten in his ""Spring Symphony"". Though the subject-matter is often dark - many of the texts relate to death - the composer aimed ""to fashion something enjoyable to listener and performer alike."" Crosse's first opera, ""Purgatory"" (op.18), is a one-act setting of the play by William Butler Yeats. The opera reflects Crosse's admiration for the music of Benjamin Britten, in particular ""The Turn of the Screw"". It was written in 1966 and premièred at the Cheltenham Music Festival later that year. In"
"Jenkins debuted in 2005 at the Vienna State Opera with Britten's ""Billy Budd"". Jenkins and his wife Joanna have two daughters, Martha and Isabella. They have a home in Dorset. Graeme Jenkins Graeme James Ewers Jenkins (born 1958in London, United Kingdom) is a British conductor, specializing in opera. He read music at the University of Cambridge, and later studied conducting at the Royal College of Music. He worked with Norman Del Mar and Sir David Willcocks, and as an Adrian Boult Conducting Scholar, Jenkins conducted Britten's Albert Herring and The Turn of the Screw. From 1986 to 1991, he was"
"The Turn of the Screw (2009 film) The Turn of the Screw (also known as Ghost Story: The Turn of the Screw) is a British television film based on Henry James's 1898 ghost story of the same name. Commissioned and produced by the BBC, it was first broadcast on 30 December 2009, on BBC One. The novella was adapted for the screen by Sandy Welch, and the film was directed by Tim Fywell. Although generally true to the tone and story of James's work, the film is set in the 1920s—in contrast to the original 1840s setting—and accentuates sexual elements"
"film, calling it a ""misguided adaptation that likes to spell things out for the viewer"". The Turn of the Screw (2009 film) The Turn of the Screw (also known as Ghost Story: The Turn of the Screw) is a British television film based on Henry James's 1898 ghost story of the same name. Commissioned and produced by the BBC, it was first broadcast on 30 December 2009, on BBC One. The novella was adapted for the screen by Sandy Welch, and the film was directed by Tim Fywell. Although generally true to the tone and story of James's work, the"
"The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in ""Collier's Weekly"" magazine (January 27 – April 16, 1898). In October 1898 it appeared in ""The Two Magics"", a book published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. Classified as both gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novella focuses on a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted. In the century following its publication, ""The Turn of the Screw"" became a"
"Owen Wingrave Owen Wingrave, Op. 85, is an opera (originally written for a televised performance) in two acts with music by Benjamin Britten. The libretto is by Myfanwy Piper, after a short story by Henry James. Britten had been aware of the story since his work with Piper on the previous James opera, ""The Turn of the Screw"" in 1954. BBC television commissioned an opera for television from him in 1966 and, in 1968, he and Piper started working on the libretto. The work was completed by August 1970. The premiere was recorded at Snape Maltings in November 1970 and"
"was in the music of his own time. He has had many years of experience in music of the Elizabethan period. English's debut in opera took place with the English Opera Group in 1956 when he sang the evil Peter Quint in Benjamin Britten's ""The Turn of the Screw"" under the composer's direction. He also sang the role in Milan. English received good notices for his interpretations in works by contemporary composers such as Tippett, Richard Rodney Bennett (who had requested him for the title role in ""The Ledge""), Stravinsky, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Henze. He appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival"
"2011. In March 2012 NI Opera toured a new production of ""The Turn of the Screw"" by Benjamin Britten which travelled to the Buxton Festival in July 2012. The cast included Fiona Murphy, Andrew Tortise, Giselle Allen and Yvonne Howard with Nicholas Chalmers conducting. The production was designed by Omagh-born Annemarie Woods, winner of the Ring And European Opera Awards 2011. The production subsequently travelled to Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow in August 2014. 2012 – 2013 season The 2012–13 season was launched in June 2012 and it included five world premieres of works by Northern Irish composers: Brian Irvine, Deirdre"
"Graeme Jenkins Graeme James Ewers Jenkins (born 1958in London, United Kingdom) is a British conductor, specializing in opera. He read music at the University of Cambridge, and later studied conducting at the Royal College of Music. He worked with Norman Del Mar and Sir David Willcocks, and as an Adrian Boult Conducting Scholar, Jenkins conducted Britten's Albert Herring and The Turn of the Screw. From 1986 to 1991, he was music director of Glyndebourne Touring Opera. Jenkins made his first conducting appearance with the Dallas Opera in 1992, and in 1994, became the company's music director. In Dallas, he became"
"example in the genre, and Britten followed it with ""Albert Herring"" (1947), ""The Turn of the Screw"" (1954) and ""Curlew River"" (1964). Other composers, including Hans Werner Henze, Harrison Birtwistle, Thomas Adès, George Benjamin, William Walton, and Philip Glass have written in this genre. Instrumentation for chamber operas vary: Britten scored ""The Rape of Lucretia"" for eight singers with single strings and wind with piano, harp and percussion. Humphrey Searle's ""The Diary of a Madman"" (1958) is scored for four voices and an orchestra of single strings, woodwind and brass, with two percussionists. An electronic tape is also specified to"
"Opera (Dead Dog in a suitcase), was listed by the Guardian in the top 10 shows of 2015. Between 1995 and 2003 Hazlewood was Music Director of Broomhill Opera and Wilton's Music Hall in London; for whom he conducted, amongst others, Britten's ""The Turn of the Screw"" (director Elijah Moshinsky), Puccini's ""Il Trittico"" (director Simon Callow) and Kurt Weill's ""The Silverlake"" in a new translation by Rory Bremner. In 1999, Hazlewood and theatre director Mark Dornford-May created a new opera company in Cape Town from the townships and villages of South Africa; the mostly black lyric-theatre company DDK (""Dimpho di"
"particularly in physical theatre and devising, has more recently and inevitably led Morag to directing. Directing Morag directed the operas ""The Turn of the Screw"", ""Hansel and Gretel"", and ""Cosi Fan Tutte"" for Frome Festival in collaboration with Bath Philharmonia, as well as directing ""Dido and Aeneas"" at London College of Music. Workshops and Masterclasses Morag’s Cooper Hall Emerging Artists Workshop provides welcome and valuable opportunities for young professional singers to discover, learn about and experience the process of role development, rehearsal, working with an orchestra and performance. These productions create direct and meaningful links with the profession the young"
"out scenes from a holonovel which appears to be based on ""The Turn of the Screw"". Pre-millennium Post-millennium Primary sources Secondary discussion The Turn of the Screw The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format in ""Collier's Weekly"" magazine (January 27 – April 16, 1898). In October 1898 it appeared in ""The Two Magics"", a book published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. Classified as both gothic fiction and a ghost story, the novella focuses on a governess who, caring for two children at a"
"lay clerk of Southwark Cathedral from 1971 until 2003, was also a member of the British Royal Household. Chesshyre was responsible for the granting of arms both to the cathedral itself and to the Bishops suffragan of Kingston, of Woolwich, and of Croydon. Both Alan Young and Jonathan Darbourne, head-choristers between 1999 and 2000 were English National Opera Trebles . Darbourne, in particular, is known for a critically acclaimed performances as Miles in Britten's Turn of the Screw at the World Heritage East London Theatre on Well Street, and as one of the three Child-Spirits in Mozart's Magic Flute at"
"Flora Robson. A film was made based on the novel ""The Turn of the Screw"" and also on this play. The film ""The Innocents"" was released in 1961. The Innocents (play) The Innocents is a play written by William Archibald that premiered on Broadway in 1950 and was revived in 1976. The play is based on ""The Turn of the Screw"" by Henry James. The play is based on the novel ""The Turn of the Screw"" by Henry James. The play takes place in 1880 in the drawing room of an old country house in England. A new governess, Miss"
"Oxford he conducted many operas and concerts, including Britten's War Requiem, Tippett's A Child of Our Time, and the premiere of Stephen Oliver's The Duchess of Malfi for Oxford University Opera Club. He began his operatic career as Chorus Master at Glyndebourne, followed by several years as Head of Music Staff and Resident Conductor with The Australian Opera in Sydney. He returned to London to become Assistant Music Director at English National Opera, where his repertoire included Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Otello, Rigoletto, Carmen, Maria Stuarda, L'Orfeo, Hansel & Gretel, The Turn of the Screw, and all the major Mozart"
"of the fire when the children are in bed, and they don't get more chilling than this bold reimagining of the classic Henry James tale."" The film was commissioned by Stephenson and Jay Hunt, then controller of BBC One. It was directed by Tim Fywell, and produced by Colin Wratten; the executive producer was Jessica Pope. The film is an adaptation of Henry James's 1898 novella ""The Turn of the Screw"". As one of his more popular stories it had already been adapted for films and television many times, although not previously by the BBC. The adaptation was screenwritten by"
"Sylvia O'Brien (soprano) Sylvia O'Brien is a Dublin-born soprano who has sung leading roles with English Touring Opera, including the Governess in Benjamin Britten's ""The Turn of the Screw"", Gabiella (Countess Zedlau) in Strauss' ""Vienna Spirit"" and Costanze in Mozart's ""Die Entführung aus dem Serail"". She has also sung as a soloist with the Irish Chamber Orchestra (Bach's ""St. John Passion"", 2008) and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra (Morton Feldman's, ""Neither"", at the RTÉ Living Music Festival 2006). Sylvia O'Brien was a choral scholar at Trinity College Dublin and sang in the choirs of both the Anglican Christ Church Cathedral"
"The latter production toured to Prague and Brno in the Czech Republic in October 2010. In 2010 Mears was appointed as the Artistic Director of the newly created Northern Ireland Opera. His productions for them have included ""The Medium"", ""Tosca"", which won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Opera in 2012, ""L'Elisir D'Amore"", ""The Flying Dutchman"" (Nominated for Achievement in Opera Award, Theatre Awards UK 2013), ""Macbeth"", ""Salome"" and ""The Turn of the Screw"". In August 2014 his production of ""The Turn of the Screw"" premiered at Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow. His production of Benjamin Britten's ""Noye's Fludde"" for"
"in January 1987 at the Harry De Jur Playhouse in New York City. Conductor Richard Marshall led the performance whose cast included Shawn Roy as Christopher Sly, Robert Trentham as the Lord, and Kathryn Fields as Marion Hackett. Christopher Sly (opera) Christopher Sly is an opera in one act and two scenes and an interlude by composer Dominick Argento. The work uses an English language libretto by John Gay Manlove that is based on William Shakespeare's ""The Taming of the Shrew"". Commissioned by the Mu Phi Epsilon fraternity, the opera was given its world premiere at the Scott Hall Theater"
"the active repertory of performers than baroque works in this form"". Three composers especially identified with the passacaglia are Benjamin Britten, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Paul Hindemith. In his operas, Britten often uses a passacaglia to create the climactic moment of the drama. Examples are found in ""Peter Grimes"", ""Billy Budd"", ""The Turn of the Screw"", ""Death in Venice"", and even in the comic opera ""Albert Herring"". Britten also employed the form in smaller vocal forms, such as the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (1943) and ""The Holy Sonnets of John Donne"" (1945) for voice and piano, as well as"
"Sidney Jones (composer) James Sidney Jones (17 June 1861 – 29 January 1946), usually credited as Sidney Jones, was an English conductor and composer, who was most famous for composing the musical scores for a series of musical comedy hits in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Jones's most famous musical was ""The Geisha"", but several of his pieces were among the most popular shows of the era, enjoying long runs, international tours and revivals. In 1892, after nine years of conducting touring companies of British operettas for Alfred Cellier and George Edwardes, Edwardes engaged Jones to conduct several operettas"
"The Taming of the Shrew (Giannini) The Taming of the Shrew is an opera in three acts by composer Vittorio Giannini. The work uses an English language libretto by Dorothy Fee and the composer which is based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The opera premiered at the Cincinnati Music Hall on January 31, 1953 in a concert performance starring Dorothy Short as Katharina, Robert Kircher as Petruchio, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Thor Johnson. Considered Giannini's most popular work, it was one of three finalists named for the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1953. Giannini began"
"on 31 October 2006. For Christmas 2008 an original three-part ghost story by Mark Gatiss, ""Crooked House"", was produced instead, though Gatiss has cited the original adaptations as a key influence. ""The Turn of the Screw"" (1898), a novella by Henry James (no relation to M. R. James), was adapted as a feature-length drama by Sandy Welch and broadcast on BBC One on 30 December 2009. The BFI released the complete set of ""Ghost Story for Christmas"" films plus related works such as both versions of ""Whistle and I'll Come to You"" on Region 2 DVD in 2012, in five"
"led him to start his career performing as a boy soprano in several works by the composer Benjamin Britten, who formed a close friendship with him at this time. Most notably, Hemmings created the role of Miles in Britten's chamber opera ""Turn of the Screw"" (1954). His intimate, yet innocent, relationship with Britten is described in John Bridcut's book ""Britten's Children"" (2006). Although many commentators identified Britten's relationship with Hemmings as based on an infatuation, throughout his life, Hemmings maintained categorically that Britten's conduct with him was beyond reproach at all times. Hemmings had earlier played the title role in"
"Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera ""Peter Grimes"" (1945), the ""War Requiem"" (1962) and the orchestral showpiece ""The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra"" (1945). Born in Suffolk, the son of a dentist, Britten showed talent from an early age. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and privately with the composer"
"Frank Bridge. Britten first came to public attention with the ""a cappella"" choral work ""A Boy was Born"" in 1934. With the premiere of ""Peter Grimes"" in 1945, he leapt to international fame. Over the next 28 years, he wrote 14 more operas, establishing himself as one of the leading 20th-century composers in the genre. In addition to large-scale operas for Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden, he wrote ""chamber operas"" for small forces, suitable for performance in venues of modest size. Among the best known of these is ""The Turn of the Screw"" (1954). Recurring themes in his operas include"
"Jonathan Dove Jonathan Dove (born 18 July 1959) is an English composer of opera, choral works, plays, films, and orchestral and chamber music. He has arranged a number of operas for English Touring Opera and the City of Birmingham Touring Opera (now Birmingham Opera Company), including in 1990 an 18-player two-evening adaptation of Wagner's ""Der Ring des Nibelungen"" for CBTO. He was Artistic Director of the Spitalfields Festival from 2001 to 2006. Dove was born in London; both his parents were architects. He studied music at the University of Cambridge, under Robin Holloway, and afterwards worked as a freelance arranger"
"his vocal music specifically for his artistic and life partner, tenor Sir Peter Pears. Many regarded Langridge as Pears' true successor because they shared similar vocal qualities and brought uncommon immediacy to the music they performed. He recorded many of his famous roles, including Peter Grimes and the Prologue / Quint in ""The Turn of the Screw"", as well as all the orchestral song cycles for tenor voice. Langridge's association with Harrison Birtwistle began in 1986 when he created the role of Orpheus in his opera ""The Mask of Orpheus"". He also sang The Lawyer in the world premiere recording"