Grand, LeedsJust when you think that The Turn of the Screw is director-proof, the one Britten opera that can resist any indignity heaped upon it, along comes a production that makes you think again. It's not that Alessandro Talevi's version for Opera North is short on ideas, or that some of those ideas aren't viable; it's simply that the way in which they are realised is confused, both visually and dramatically.The problems begin with Madeleine Boyd's set. More or less naturalistic and dominated...
Guardian Music — Grand, LeedsJust when you think that The Turn of the Screw is director-proof, the one Britten opera that can resist any indignity heaped upon it, along comes a production... more info