The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

117 mins | Drama, Horror, Music, Fantasy | June 19, 2020

Louisa Muller makes her Garsington directing debut and we welcome back Richard Farnes (Falstaff, 2018) to conduct with Sophie Bevan (Don Giovanni, 2012) as the Governess and British tenor Ed Lyon making his Garsington debut as Quint. A young governess is sent to a remote country house to care for two children. She becomes increasingly disturbed by their behaviour but is under strict instruction never to bother their guardian in London. Are they innocent or wicked, possessed or just high-spirited?

The Turn of the Screw

117 mins | Drama, Horror, Music, Fantasy | June 19, 2020

The Turn of the Screw
Louisa Muller makes her Garsington directing debut and we welcome back Richard Farnes (Falstaff, 2018) to conduct with Sophie Bevan (Don Giovanni, 2012) as the Governess and British tenor Ed Lyon making his Garsington debut as Quint. A young governess is sent to a remote country house to care for two children. She becomes increasingly disturbed by their behaviour but is under strict instruction never to bother their guardian in London. Are they innocent or wicked, possessed or just high-spirited?
Producers Garsington Opera
Original title The Turn of the Screw
Directors Sonia Lovett, Louisa Muller
Writers Myfanwy Piper, Henry James

Cast

Sophie Bevan

as The Governess

Ed Lyon

as Peter Quint

Leo Jemison

as Miles

Kathleen Wilkinson

as Mrs. Grose

Katherine Broderick

as Miss Jessel