Le Tour D'écrou – Opéra de Lausanne, Lausanne

About this event

This new production of The Turn of the Screw brings one of the 20th century’s most captivating operas to the Opéra de Lausanne for the first time. Directed by Richard Brunel, the staging draws on cinematic language to drive a tense investigation and push the suspense of this haunted, closed-world story to its limit. Co-produced with the Opéra de Lyon, Opéra de Toulon, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and Théâtre de Caen, the production features the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne conducted by Alexander Briger, a noted specialist in Britten’s masterpiece. With just thirteen players, Britten conjures a phantasmagorical soundscape, juxtaposing the innocence of childhood melodies with the eerie shimmer of harp, celesta, and glockenspiel—sonic signs of the supernatural breaking into reality.

Cast & creative

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  Prologue

  Rhydian Jenkins
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  Peter Quint

  Anthony Gregory
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  Governess

  Keri Fuge
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  Mrs. Grose

  Polly Leech
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  Miss Jessel

  Elizabeth Karani
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  Flora

  Michèle Bréant
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  Conductor