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

Singer

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

Accordionist

Instrumentalist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Chefdirigent Musiktheater

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Bass-baritone

Baritone

Contralto

Bass

Mezzo-soprano

Alto

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

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, lør. 15 juli 2023, Fra (2023/2023), Instrueret af Greg Eldridge,, Dirigent Barnaby Palmer, Roosevelt University, Chicago, United States

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