Benjamin Britten - The Turn of the Screw, Act 2 (Schwetzinger Festspiele, 1990)

From the Schwetzingen Festival, Germany (1990)
Opera in a prologue and two acts, libretto by Myfanway Piper, based on the novel by Henry James
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Helen Field - Governess
Sam Linay - Miles
Machiko Obata - Flora
Menai Davies - Mrs. Grose
Richard Graeger - Quint, prologue
Phyllis Cannan - Miss Jessel, former Governess
Steuart Bedford - conductor
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[@ninajey7547]

This version of The turn of the screw is my favourite.
Sir Stuart Bedford certainly was the BEST interpreter of Benjamin Britten operas.

[@gerardlewis-fitzgerald7757]

Astounding

[@alfredoechevarrieta7512]

Gracias !!

[@LostHatProductions]

I know the real reason why Miles dies in the end. It’s because the story thinks that’s the only way it could end.

[@andrewkohler3707]

In the Henry James source material, there's the possibility that he was smothered by the governess, and it also sounds like "Peter Quint, you devil!" is addressed to her rather than the ghost.

[@thomaslaubli1886]

Peter Quint and Miss Jessel represent the awakening homosexuality of the children. This is what the governess identifies as evil and wants to exorcise from the children. But in doing so, she destroys the children's lives at the same time.