Conservatory stages Britten’s ‘Turn of the Screw’
Benjamin Britten’s adaptation of the Henry James novella “The Turn of the Screw” is the most popular of the late English composer’s chamber operas.
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music will present two free performances of Britten’s opera at the Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall on Friday and Sunday, Dec. 9 and 11, with two separate casts.
Taylor Rawley and James Hogan will share the Prologue, sun by Britten’s partner, tenor Peter Pears, at the 1954 premiere.
The opera will be presented by the Opera and Musical Theatre Program, under Jose Maria Condemi.