The University of Oklahoma is set to present Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” at the Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center on Oct. 16-19, 2025. The production is directed by OU professors Jonathan Shames and Nicole Kenley-Miller. The opera will feature Ilhee Lee (Oct. 16 & 18) and Nicholas Hausman (Oct. 17 & 19) as Prologue/Peter Quint; Rachel Gilliam {…}
The Teatro Carlo Felice is set to present Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw.” Davide Livermore will direct the opera based on Henry James’ work. Riccardo Minasi conducts the production which stars Linda Gennari, Gaia Aprea, Aleph Viola, Virginia Campolucci, Luigi Bignone, and Ludovica Iannetti. Livermore’s production will feature sets by Manuel Zuriaga, costumes by Mariana Fracasso, and lights by {…}
Grand River Opera is set to present “The Turn of the Screw” this October. The opera stars Joseph Adams, Emily Steers, Elizabeth Lepock, Simone Lemieux, Danielle Aprile, Alyssa Bartholomew, Darielle Chomyn, Alessia Vitali, Ken Chamberland, Marcel Van Helden, Jennifer Carter, and Cassandra Amorim. Kate Carver conducts and Anne Meighan directs. Charmaine Fopoussi will be the pianist. The opera will be {…}
IlluminArts is set to present a multimedia production of Britten’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’ at the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami, Florida on Oct. 28 & 31, 2021. The showcase will be directed by Laine Rettmer and will weave together live video, projects, and historic photographs to support the live performance unfolding in front of audience members. The {…}
La Monnaie / De Munt has announced that it will be streaming Britten’s ‘The Turn of the Screw’ on April 29, 2021. The opera will be directed by Andrea Breth and conducted by Ben Glassberg. The opera stars Ed Lyon, Sally Matthews, Thomas Heinen, Henri de Beauffort, Katharinia Bierweiler, Carole Wilson, Julian Hubbard, and Giselle Allen. “In this new production, {…}
(Credit: Visit Brussels) Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has decided to suspend the reopening of theme parks and amateur sports. The country plans to reopen restaurants, bars, gyms, and cinemas on May 1, 2021, pending the epidemiological situation. “It is clear that we have decisive weeks ahead of us,” said De Croo. “As much as we would like it, {…}
“Page to Stage” looks at stories – real-life or fiction, old and new – that have inspired operas, and the ways these narratives have been edited and dramatized to fit a new medium. This second instalment looks at Henry James’ and Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw.” A governess is hired to look after two children by a distant {…}
OperaGlass Works is set to premiere a brand new video production of Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” on Jan. 30, 2021. The showcase, which was filmed at Wilton’s Music Hall, will be streamed exclusively on Marquee.tv. The production was set to premiere at Wilton’s Music Hall back in March 2020, but the production had to be canceled due to {…}
(Credits: Opéra National de Paris official website / © Fazil Berisha / Simon Pauly) La Monnaie has announced an updated 2020-21 season that is expected to begin in February. Here is the look. Opera A semi-staged version of Mozart’s Opera “Der Schauspieldirektor” will feature Mieke de Groote, Achille Ridolfi, Dietrich Henschel, Marie-Aurore D’Awans, Nadine Baboy, Hervé Loka Sombo, Lenneke Ruiten, {…}
(Credit: Staatsoper unter der Linden Facebook page) The Staatsoper unter der Linden in Berlin has announced changes to its 2020-21 season. The productions of Verdi’s “Macbeth,” Wagner’s “Tannhäuser,” and Britten’s “The Turn of The Screw” have been canceled, per an official press release. Instead, the opera house will offer three presentations of the gala concert “Viva Verdi!,” on Oct. 4, {…}
The Teatro Colón de Bogota is set to open Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw” on Sept. 5 and 6, 2019. The Colombian theater is set to present a production, which won the Opera al Parque competition in 2018 by OPERACIVIL. Ramiro Gutiérrez Castro will direct the acclaimed production with Guerrasim Voronkov conducting the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia. The cast {…}