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News … Home News Innocence lost: The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten Benjamin Britten: The Turn of the Screw 27.01.2023 Opera production © Wolf Silveri Skip page navigation Overview About production Dates & Cast Gallery Other productions Return to slider start "Welcome to Bly" - the invitation sounds tempting! A young governess is to take care of the upbringing and well-being of the parentless children Flora and Miles on the picture-perfect country estate of Bly. But are the little creatures really as carefree and clueless as they seem at first glance?  Musical direction Kai Röhrig Scenic direction Florentine Klepper Stage and costume design Selina Schweiger Dramaturgy Heiko Voss   About production An opera in a prologue and two acts by Benjamin Britten based on the novella of the same name by Henry James. The motif of lost innocence occupied the composer Benjamin Britten his entire life. He constantly tried to erect protective walls, dwellings and retreats for innocence in his artistic creations. But the longed-for security came all too seldom. In his opera THE TURN OF THE SCREW, he turns the omens around by deliberately exposing his characters to the unhoused - and this despite the fact that he places the epitome of the domestic idyll on the stage with Bly, the peaceful estate with its strong walls, thick towers and spacious park. But that's just the paint job. Behind the scenes lurks an overpowering danger. And so a nameless horror gradually unfolds before the eyes of the nameless governess. With great musical seductiveness, Britten set Henry James' ambiguous ghost story about the demise of security, the reign of the forbidden, and fascination with the abyss. Dates & Cast Performance dates 27. January 2023, 19.00 28. January 2023, 16.00 30. January 2023, 19.00 31. January 2023, 19.00 Max Schlereth Hall   Cast The Governess: Anna-Maria Husca / Donata Meyer-Kranixfeld Mrs Grose: Julia Maria Eckes / Jessica Mashburn Miss Jessel: Yekaterina Badeso / Anastasia Churakova Flora: Anastasia Fedorenko Miles: Michaela Honauer Prologue / Peter Quint: Niklas Mayer Gallery Skip slider © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri © Wolf Silveri Jump to slider start Other productions Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi 15.12.2024 Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi  The performance of Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi delivered a powerful reinterpretation of the masterpiece. Directed by Alexander von Pfeil, the production centred on the relentless feud between two rival clans and the profound despair of its victims. This staging transcended specific eras, placing the story in a universal, timeless setting that brought Bellini's dark vision of love and war to the stage with harrowing clarity. Opera production Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff 20.5.2024 Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff  Sir John Falstaff is a natural phenomenon: his appearance is imposing, his demeanour commanding, his manner possessive. And most fascinating of all: the event does not care about rules, conventions or decorum, it simply exists for its own sake, in a sense for nothing but its belly. Opera production Elegy for young lovers 31.1.2024 Elegy for young lovers  "What qualities must a person possess in order to dominate both dramaturgically and vocally in an opera?" and "What must a man of mature age look like who is in close relationships with a crazy old lady, a young girl and a doctor at the same time?" Opera production Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte 21.5.2023 Wolfgang Amadé Mozart: Così fan tutte  The young officers Ferrando and Guilelmo* do not want to let their fatherly friend Don Alfonso get away with it - after all, he doubts the fidelity of their fiancée! But instead of the demanded duel, they accept his proposal of a wager and thus become handmaidens in the work of destroying their love relationships. Opera production More news

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