The Dallas Opera Presents the Acclaimed Glyndebourne Production of The Turn of the Screw

Dallas Opera is proud to present a landmark of modern opera new to the company's repertoire: THE TURN OF THE SCREW by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper. dark and gripping tale is based on the atmospheric, nineteenth-century novella by Henry James. This production from England's Glyndebourne Festival Opera opens on Friday, March 17, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. at the Winspear Opera House. Three additional performances of THE TURN OF THE SCREW will take place on March 19, 22, and 25, 2017.

Single tickets, starting at just $19, are on sale now, with seating subject to availability. Tickets may be purchased online, at the door, at the ticket office, or by calling 214.443.1000. Flex subscriptions (three opera productions) start at $75 and are still available for this season.

The Winspear Opera House is located at 2403 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201 in the AT&T Performing Arts Center.

This Jonathan Kent production, successfully updated to the 1950s, features eagerly anticipated company debuts by British soprano Emma Bell, American mezzo-soprano Dolora Zajick, hailed as a "force of nature," and the return of tenorWilliam Burden, last seen on The Dallas Opera stage in our charming final production in the Music Hall at Fair Park, Rossini's L'Italiana in Algeri.

Nicole Paiement, the Martha R. and Preston A. Peak Principal Guest Conductor, leads Britten's enthralling twentieth-century score, mixing tonality and dissonance with the recurrent use of a twelve-note theme.

The work will be staged by British director Francesca Gilpin, whose distinguished career has included film and video work, as well as frequent stage assignments in major productions for both the Royal Opera House (U.K.) and Glyndebourne.

The opera's plot reads like a Gothic novel, but is vastly more mysterious and complex than most: A young governess is hired to care for two children at Bly, an English country house. The position, which initially seemed promising, soon turns puzzling when the governess sees what she believes to be a ghost. The housekeeper reveals a sordid series of events involving two former employees, now dead, who may have had inappropriate relationships with the children. Miles and Flora, the children, display bizarre and often troubling behavior. The ghosts torment them and the governess to such an extreme that she must decide whether to leave Bly House or stay in order to protect her charges. Is the danger immediate and real? Or conjured by a disturbed or deranged mind?

The Joy and Ronald Mankoff Pre-Opera Talks, a free, pre-performance lecture, will be conducted one hour prior to curtain at most performances. More perspective can be gained through "Opera Insights" presented by The Dallas Opera Guild. The informative panel discussion featuring artists, directors and/or designers takes place Sunday, March 5, 2017,

3:00-4:30 p.m. in Hamon Hall at the Winspear Opera House. For more details, visit dallasopera.org.

THE TURN OF THE SCREW will be performed in English with English supertitles projected above the stage. For tickets, call 214.443.1000 or visit dallasopera.org.

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