The Turn of the Screw; Ariadne auf Naxos; Les pêcheurs de perles; Mitsuko Uchida | Classical review
Grand theatre, Leeds; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; Royal Opera House, London; Royal Festival Hall, LondonWhat are the ghosts in The Turn of the Screw? However obvious the question it nags more insistently the closer you get to the story. In the original Henry James tale, the two dead servants who have a malevolent hold over two living children never speak. By contrast, in Britten's chamber opera, shaped into a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, these phantoms are clothed with words and raised to li...
Guardian Music — Grand theatre, Leeds; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; Royal Opera House, London; Royal Festival Hall, LondonWhat are the ghosts in The Turn of the Screw? However obviou... more info