The Turn of the Screw

Opera Album Review: Still Haunting After All These Years — Benjamin Britten’s “The Turn of the Screw”

February 17, 2023
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A new recording of Benjamin Britten’s remarkable 1954 opera packs considerable ghostly punch.

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Coming Attractions in Theater: October 2010

October 1, 2010
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October brings in epics from the classics (Shakespeare and Dickens), ghost stories from the classics (Poe, Henry James), a tragicomedy from a classic (O’Neill), and a comedy from a classic (Ben Jonson). Annie Baker, Ethan Coen, and the Rude Mechanicals provide some welcome respite from the tried-and-true. Given the state of the economy and the…

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