The Turn of the Screw: Visual Responses to Britten's Opera

by James Bowman

These 33 paintings by acclaimed artist Jane Mackay are a visual reaction to Britten's opera, accompanied by an introduction and commentary by musicologist Andrew Plant.

Of their adaptation of Henry James' allusive short story, librettist Myfanwy Piper wrote that she and Britten intended to 'recreate it for a different medium.' This concept is developed further in Jane Mackay's 33 paintings: a visual reaction to the music rather than illustrations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0955547407
• ISBN13: 9780955547409
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Sounding Art Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 11.1" x 9.8"