The Turn of the Screw

Henry James's haunting novella gets an operatic overhaul in this 1991 stage adaptation of the 19th century ghost story. A governess in charge of two precocious children suspects they are possessed when strange occurrences begin happening around them. English operettist Benjamin Britten turns the psychological drama up a notch in this Opera Australia production, with David Stanhope conducting the West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Margaret Haggart and Wendy Dixon star.