Listen live today: Opera: The Turn of the Screw by Benjamin Britten

KUSC FM91.5 Los Angeles ^ | March 20, 2011

[EveningStar]

5:00PM Eastern / 4:00PM Central / 3:00PM Mountain / 2:00PM Pacific

THE TURN OF THE SCREW

BY BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Sunday, March 20 at 2:00 PM

 

 

Join Classical KUSC Sunday afternoon at 2:00 for LA Opera On Air as we bring you a performance of Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw, live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.  KUSC's Duff Murphy and Kimberlea Daggy are your hosts.

[EveningStar]

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[NewHampshireDuo]

I never really warmed to Turn of the Screw but Peter Grimes is my favorite Britten opera.

[Dr. Thorne]

I sang in Peter Grimes and hated every minute of it. For me, Britten’s music is alternately boring and irritating - a painful excursion into the mind of a tormented homosexual.

[dfwgator]

Leonard Pinth-Garnell agrees.

[GAB-1955]

My favorite Britten opera is “Billy Budd”.

[GAB-1955]

But do you enjoy “The Queen of Spades” and “Evgeny Oneign?”

[sitetest]

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Leonard Pinth-Garnell agrees.”

LOL! :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Bump for later...I’ll try just about anything once. :)

[stephenjohnbanker]

Thanks, I recorded it. But haven’t we already been screwed?

;-)

[paulycy]

But haven’t we already been screwed?

We have just begun to get screwed. Now it's going international....

[Captain Jack Aubrey]

Turn of the Screw is the only opera I have ever walked out of. My wife and I left at intermission in Richmond from the Virginia Opera production and were amazed to see the glowing review in the paper the next day, about 15 years ago.

On the other hand, she and I were thrilled by the Met broadcast Saturday of Lucia into the theaters. Wow. It made my heart race in three different parts. Outstanding entertainment and a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon.