Overview
Benjamin Britten’s opera of the Henry James novel. An inexperienced governess is sent to a country house to care for two children, whom she is gradually convinced have been corrupted by the ghosts of a previous manservant and governess…
Director and cast
- Helen Donath as Governess (voice)
- Ava June as Mrs Grose (voice)
- Robert Tear as Quint (voice)
- Lillian Watson as Flora (voice)
- Michael Ginn as Miles (voice)
- Heather Harper as Miss Jessel (voice)
- Magda Vášáryová as Governess (acting)
- Dana Medřická as Mrs Grose (acting)
- Juraj Kukura as Quint (acting)
- Beáta Blažíčková as Flora (acting)
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