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.
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.