Opera UCT is thrilled to present Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw with American stage director, Harriet Taylor, fresh from her two-year residency as a Jette Parker Artist at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and British Movement Director, Scott Howland.

Full of dramatic and musical suspense, The Turn of the Screw chillingly confronts a theme which consumed Britten for much of his career: the loss of innocence.

The Opera UCT Cast and Chamber Orchestra are conducted by Jeremy Silver.

A young governess is sent to a remote country house to care for two children. Before long she sees apparitions around the grounds. When she describes the sightings, they are identified by the housekeeper as the previous governess Miss Jessel and former valet Peter Quint, who both recently died. The children’s behaviour grows increasingly strange. The Governess becomes convinced that these ghosts have returned to claim the children and vows to protect them. 

Cast: Wednesday 20 & Friday 22 November

Dumisa Masoka, The Prologue

Molly Dzangare, Governess

Siphosihle Letsoso, Flora

Onalenna Maelane, Miles

Nica Reinke, Mrs Grose

Vuyisa Xipu, Peter Quint

Karabo Rabaloi, Miss Jessel

Cast: Thursday 21 & Saturday 23 November

Vuyisa Xipu, The Prologue

Zizipho Funzo, Governess

Jodi Carr, Flora

Alex Breslin, Miles

Ntombi Nkosi, Mrs Grose

Dumisa Masoka, Peter Quint

Setsoane Ntseki, Miss Jessel

 

Tickets via Webtickets.

R100-R500, under 18s free