Name: The Turn of the Screw
Start: 2023-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Roosevelt University

Organization

Assistant Conductor

Benjamin Beckman

Soprano

Lara Lignitz

Governess

Lena Goldstein

Tenor

Nathaniel Paul

Prologue

Peter Quint

Child vocalist

Zoe Zdrojewski

Miles

Julia Coutant

Abbey Diana Engelmann

Flora

Helena Waterous

Mrs. Grose

Courtney Fitzgerald

Jennifer Watson

Miss Jessel

Stephanie Foster

Veronica Koz

Jessica Blomberg

Grace McMahon

Nicole Bittner

Conductor

Barnaby Palmer

Stage director

Greg Eldridge

Pianist

Assistant Stage Director

Rosemary Joyce

Chicago Summer Opera

The Turn of the Screw

Chicago

United States

Roosevelt University

Ganz Hall

The Turn of the Screw Britten

Public

Approved

Bass

Instrumentalist

Violinist

Cellist

Violist

Flutist

Clarinetist

Guitarist

Organist

Percussionist

Oboist

hornist

Bassoonist

Trumpeter

Contrabassist

Harper

Saxophonist

Trombonist

Harpsichordist

Accordionist

Bassist

Tuba Player

Recorder Player

Lutenist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Mandoline Player

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Violino Piccolo Player

Viola da gamba

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Archlutenist

Vibraphonist

Cornettist

Viola d’amore Player

Theorbist

Composer

Librettist

Set designer

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lighting designer

Dancer

Actor

Chorus master

Video designer

Dramaturge

Translator

Sound designer

Repetiteur

Makeup artist

Executive producer

Hairstylist

Other

Stage Manager

Choir

Orchestra

Poet

Vocal coach

Teacher

Photographer

Broadcasting

Writer

Writing and performance

Chorus Director

Wig & Makeup Designer

Orchestra Operations

Illustrator

Extra

Baritone

Singer

Contralto

Countertenor

Mezzo-soprano

Bass-baritone

Spoken

Silent

Alto

Continuo

A narrator enters and sets the scene: a written record of a chilling tale has been found. Within its pages, a timid young woman tells of becoming governess to two children at a mysterious country house called Bly. There is one unusual condition to her employment: she must never trouble the guardian and should handle everything by herself.

The governess’s initial anxiety subsides when she arrives at Bly and is greeted by the housekeeper, Mrs. Grose, and the children, Miles and Flora. Her positive feelings don’t last long, however; she learns that Miles has been expelled from his school after being deemed “an injury to his friends”. Her dread and fear increase when she repeatedly sees a mysterious man on the grounds. 

After hearing the man’s description, a shocked Mrs. Grose identifies him as Peter Quint, the house’s former valet. Quint had seduced Miss Jessel, the children’s prior governess. Quint also had a troubling connection to Miles. Miss Jessel “went away to die” and Quint died shortly after. The governess concludes that they are now haunting the children of Bly, confirmed in the culmination of Act I when the ghosts attempt to lure the children to them.

As we learn more about Quint and Miss Jessel, and as the children increasingly slip away towards another realm, the governess decides she must write to their guardian regardless of her promise. However, she may have underestimated the power that Miss Jessel and Quint have over Flora and Miles, as well as whether a child can easily name their tormentor.  

Like its spooky source material, the Henry James novella of the same name, The Turn of the Screw expertly builds dread in its audience. Myfanwy Piper’s libretto makes the existence of the ghosts undeniable, removing the psychological question of the governess’s own reliability, but Britten’s haunting twelve-tone “Screw” theme achieves the same effect musically by treading the line between tonality and atonality.

English

The Turn of the Screw by Britten, -tól (2023/2023), Rendezte Greg Eldridge,, Karmester Barnaby Palmer, Roosevelt University, Chicago, United States

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