The Turn of the Screw (opera) The Turn of the Screw (opera) The Turn of the Screw is a 20th-century English chamber opera composed by Benjamin Britten with a libretto by Myfanwy Piper, "wife of the artist John Piper, who had been a friend of the composer since 1935 and had provided designs for several of the operas". The libretto is based on the novella "The Turn of the Screw" by Henry James. The opera was commissioned by the Venice Biennale and given its world premiere on 14 September 1954, at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice. The original recording was made during that year, with the
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (novella) faces of Boris, Zinovy, and Fyodor in the water. The two women briefly resurface, still alive, but Katerina grabs Sonya, and they both drown. Leskov's story inspired an opera of the same name by Dmitri Shostakovich, ballet "Lady Macbeth '77 (Katarina Izmailova)" by Yugoslav composer Rudolf Brucci, the 1962 Yugoslavian film "Sibirska Ledi Magbet" ("Siberian Lady Macbeth") directed by Andrzej Wajda, 1989 Soviet film "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" by Roman Balayan, and the 2016 British film by William Oldroyd, "Lady Macbeth". Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (novella) Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District ( "Ledi Makbet Mtsenskovo