"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"""The Turn of the Screw"" has also appeared in a number of adaptations, notably the film ""The Innocents"" and Benjamin Britten's opera ""The Turn of the Screw"". The introduction of pulp magazines in the early 1900s created new avenues for ghost stories to be published, and they also began to appear in publications such as ""Good Housekeeping"" and ""The New Yorker"". Oscar Telgmann's opera ""Leo, the Royal Cadet"" (1885) includes ""Judge's Song"" about a ghost at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. Oscar Wilde's comic short story ""The Canterville Ghost"" (1887) has been adapted for film and"
"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"
"swims with Britten. Bridcut makes it clear that Britten was inspired by his love of young boys to write extensively for children, and particularly for boy trebles. Among his finest works are ""The Turn of the Screw"", with the dark relationship between Quint and Miles, and ""Death in Venice"", based on Thomas Mann's novella about the tragic love of a novelist for the beautiful boy Tadzio. Jonathan Keates' review in ""The Daily Telegraph"" sums up the dilemma of writing about Britten's children: ""Nowadays a known homosexual who sought out the company and affection of small boys would probably end up"
"the choreographer Charles Weidman: a verse accompaniment for ""On My Mother's Side"". He also wrote the text for José Limón's ""War Lyrics"". In 1945, Archibald wrote the book and lyrics for ""Carib Song"", which was staged at the Adelphi Theatre with choreography by Katherine Dunham and a score by Baldwin Bergersen. Archibald then went on to write another musical, three plays and the libretto for a ballet opera: ""Bay Harbour"". His first play, ""The Innocents"", based on the Henry James novella ""The Turn of the Screw"", opened on Broadway in 1950. With Truman Capote he wrote the screenplay for the"
"because of her innate musicality, dramatic power and lightning-fast skills and instincts."" Flanigan was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Irish and Pennsylvania Dutch parents. In 1971, at the age of 12, she appeared as Flora in Benjamin Britten's ""The Turn of the Screw"" with the San Francisco Western Opera Theatre. Her portrayal of Flora resulted in being offered a full scholarship to study music, violin and voice in the pre-college program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. While there she studied voice with Alice Taylor. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Music degree from"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"Peter Grimes Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the narrative poem, ""Peter Grimes"", in George Crabbe's book ""The Borough"". The ""borough"" of the opera is a fictional village which shares some similarities with Crabbe's, and later Britten's, own home of Aldeburgh, a town on England's east coast. It was first performed at Sadler's Wells in London on 7 June 1945, conducted by Reginald Goodall, and was the first of Britten's operas to be a critical and popular success. It is still widely performed, both in the UK and internationally, and"
"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"
"at odds with a hostile society. The extent to which this reflected Britten's perception of himself, pacifist and homosexual, in the England of the 1930s, 40s and 50s is debated. Another recurrent theme is the corruption of innocence, most sharply seen in ""The Turn of the Screw"". Over the 28 years between ""Peter Grimes"" and ""Death in Venice"" Britten's musical style changed, as he introduced elements of atonalism – though remaining essentially a tonal composer – and of eastern music, particularly gamelan sounds but also eastern harmonies. In ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"" the orchestral scoring varies to fit the nature"
"Sweep"" (1949) and ""The Turn of the Screw"" (1954) were written for small opera companies. ""Noye's Fludde"" (1958), ""Curlew River"" (1964), ""The Burning Fiery Furnace"" (1966) and ""The Prodigal Son"" (1968) were for church performance, and had their premieres at St Bartholomew's Church, Orford. The secular ""The Golden Vanity"" was intended to be performed in schools. ""Owen Wingrave"", written for television, was first presented live by the Royal Opera at Covent Garden in 1973, two years after its broadcast premiere. Music critics have frequently commented on the recurring theme in Britten's operas from ""Peter Grimes"" onward of the isolated individual"
"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"
"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 Giddens, arrives to look after the orphaned brother (age 12) and sister (age 8), who are ""The Innocents"". The household also employs a cook, Mrs. Grose. The spirits"
"take her away, she pledges her loyalty one last time to Troilus, and stabs herself. Notes Sources Troilus and Cressida (opera) Troilus and Cressida is the first of the two operas by William Walton, and debuted in 1954. The libretto was by Christopher Hassall, his own first opera libretto, based on Geoffrey Chaucer's poem ""Troilus and Criseyde"". Walton dedicated the score to his wife, Susana. The genesis of the opera dated back to the mid-1940s, after the success of Benjamin Britten's first great operatic success, ""Peter Grimes"". Walton intended to counter this work with an opera of his own, and"
"The Rape of Lucretia The Rape of Lucretia (Op. 37) is an opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten, written for Kathleen Ferrier, who performed the title role. Ronald Duncan based his English libretto on André Obey's play """". The opera was first performed at Glyndebourne in England on 12 July 1946. It is the first work to which Britten applied his term ""chamber opera."" The opera debuted in the United States on Broadway at the Ziegfeld Theatre in a production staged by Agnes de Mille which opened on 29 December 1948 and closed on 15 January 1949 after 23"
"Troilus and Cressida (opera) Troilus and Cressida is the first of the two operas by William Walton, and debuted in 1954. The libretto was by Christopher Hassall, his own first opera libretto, based on Geoffrey Chaucer's poem ""Troilus and Criseyde"". Walton dedicated the score to his wife, Susana. The genesis of the opera dated back to the mid-1940s, after the success of Benjamin Britten's first great operatic success, ""Peter Grimes"". Walton intended to counter this work with an opera of his own, and Alice Wimbourne, Walton's companion at the time, suggested the story of Troilus and Cressida as a subject."
"designers, production staff, and orchestra are all students. Directors and music directors are chosen at the end of the Fall semester and the operas themselves are usually in early or mid-April. BOP's most recent Spring production was ""The Turn of the Screw"" by Benjamin Britten. Performances are usually in Alumnae Hall on Pembroke Campus. Every year, BOP puts on an opera for children. Past productions have included a reduction of ""The Magic Flute"", ""Hansel and Gretel"" and a student-written opera, ""The Frog Prince"". The children's opera is only one of the many ways BOP reaches out to the Providence community."
"against the king. The Female Chorus is left in despair at the moral emptiness of this story. But the Male Chorus tells her that all pain is given meaning, and all sin redeemed, in the suffering of Christ. The two end the opera with a prayer. Recordings of ""The Rape of Lucretia"" on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk Notes Sources The Rape of Lucretia The Rape of Lucretia (Op. 37) is an opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten, written for Kathleen Ferrier, who performed the title role. Ronald Duncan based his English libretto on André Obey's play """". The opera was first performed"
"The Betrothed (Scott novel) The Betrothed is an 1825 novel by Sir Walter Scott. It is the first of two ""Tales of the Crusaders"", the second being ""The Talisman"". Parts of the novel were incorporated into Francesco Maria Piave's libretto for Giuseppe Verdi's 1857 opera, ""Aroldo"", itself a re-working of an earlier Verdi opera, ""Stiffelio"". The action takes place in the Welsh Marches during the latter part of the reign of Henry II, after 1187. Eveline, the 16-year-old daughter of Sir Raymond Berenger, is rescued from a Welsh siege by the forces of Damian Lacy. She is betrothed to his"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"composer conducting. Described as one of the most dramatically appealing English operas, the opera in two acts has a prologue and sixteen scenes, each preceded by a variation on the twelve-note 'Screw' theme. Typically of Britten, the music mixes tonality and dissonance, with Britten's recurrent use of a twelve-tone figure being perhaps a nod to the approach of Arnold Schoenberg. Thematically, the play gives a central role to a line borrowed from W. B. Yeats' poem ""The Second Coming"": ""The ceremony of innocence is drowned."" The opera was given its British premiere on 6 October 1954 by the Sadler's Wells"
"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"
"to take his boat out to sea and sink it. Grimes leaves. The next morning, the Borough begins its day anew, as if nothing has happened. There is a report from the coastguard of a ship sinking off the coast. This is dismissed by Auntie as ""one of these rumours."" Notes Cited sources Other sources Peter Grimes Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the narrative poem, ""Peter Grimes"", in George Crabbe's book ""The Borough"". The ""borough"" of the opera is a fictional village which shares some similarities with Crabbe's, and"
"House. In 1954 she sang the ""First Delphic Hymn"" at the Aldeburgh Festival. This inspired Benjamin Britten to include a similar idea in his ""The Turn of the Screw"". Britten created the role of the ghost ""Miss Jessel"" especially for Mandikian. It has been said that Britten made the part so close to Mandikian that it ""sounds like Arda, whoever sings it"". In the 1960s her mother became ill and she went back to look after her. Whilst she was back in Greece a military junta seized power there and Mandikian spoke out against them. She could not sing opera"
"works include Thomas Middleton and Benjamin Britten. For example, in Britten's opera ""The Turn of the Screw"", he used the words of a Latin mnemonic that he had found in a Latin grammar book belonging to Myfanwy Piper's aunt for Miles' ""malo"" song. Jacques Brel wrote a song in 1962 about a Latin mnemonic verse. Some mnemonics have been recited to hymn tunes. Mnemonic rhymes have been considered by teachers to be an effective technique for schoolchildren to learn the complex rules of Latin accidence and syntax. One of the earliest uses of mnemonic verse to teach Latin was the"