| Description |
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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surround stereo |
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DTS 5.1 PCM |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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all regions |
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Operas |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| System Details |
DVD 9, NTSC, region 0; wide screen (16:9) ; PCM stereo, DTS 5.1. |
| Note |
Opera in a prologue and two acts. |
| Performer |
Robert Murray (The Prologue, Quint) ; Rhian Lois (The Governess) ; Leo Jemison (Miles) ; Alys Mererid Roberts (Flora) ; Gweneth Ann Rand (Mrs. Grose) ; Francesca Chiejina (Miss Jessel) ; Sinfonia of London ; John Wilson, conductor. |
| Event |
Filmed 2020 October 10-17 Wilton's Music Hall, London. |
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Orchestra recorded 2020 November 2-6 Cadogan Hall, London. |
| Note |
Wide screen (16:9). |
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Title from container verso. |
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Program notes and synopsis by Mervyn Cooke in English with German and French translations and performer biographies in English (61 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Summary |
Henry James's novella has become notorious as at once the most stylish and elusively ambiguous of all nineteenth-century ghost stories. In June 1932, the eighteen-year-old Benjamin Britten heard a radio adaptation of James's story and noted in his diary that it was 'wonderful, impressive but eerie and scary'. He read the novella for himself in January the following year, telling his diary that he still found it 'glorious and eerie' and judging it to be an 'incredible masterpiece'. His subsequent operatic setting is unequivocally a masterpiece, and here receives a first-class production made for television with an outstanding cast led by Robert Murray and Rhian Lois, accompanied by Sinfonia of London and conducted by John Wilson. |
| Language |
Sung in English, with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Filmed performances.
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Adaptations.
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Adaptations.
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Filmed performances.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Piper, Myfanwy, librettist.
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Murray, Robert, 1976- singer.
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Lois, Rhian, singer.
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Jemison, Leo, singer.
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Roberts, Alys Mererid, singer.
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Rand, Gweneth Ann, singer.
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Wilson, John, 1972- conductor.
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Cooke, Mervyn, writer of added commentary.
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Opera adaptation of (work): James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Turn of the screw.
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Container of (work): Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Turn of the screw.
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Chandos Records, publisher.
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Sinfonia of London, instrumentalist.
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| Standard No. |
095115529096 |
| Music No. |
CHDVD 5290 Chandos |
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