The Turn of the Screw
English National Opera
L’heure espagnole; Gianni Schicchi
Royal Opera House
Each time I see Britten’s The Turn of the Screw I am more impressed by the brilliance of the music, and more irritated by the unprofitable ambiguities of the drama.
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