Benjamin Britten's chilling opera The Turn of the Screw (1954) is a haunting psychological thriller that transforms Henry James's ghost story into an intense chamber opera of ambiguity and dread. With its spare instrumentation and recurring twelve-note theme, Britten builds an atmosphere of mounting tension as innocence, repression, and supernatural menace intertwine. The opera's power […]
SOURCE: Arts Beat LA at 03:12PM on November 5, 2025