
20
Nov
The Turn of the Screw: Opera
Details
Freud Playhouse
Nov 20, 2025
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Nov 23, 2025

in collaboration with the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Directed by Professor James Darrah
Composed by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper
Performance dates: November 20, 21 & 23, 2025
About the show: Based on the Henry James novella of the same name, The Turn of the Screw follows a young, inexperienced governess sent to a country house to care for two children, who she is gradually convinced have been corrupted by the ghosts of a previous manservant and governess.