The Turn of the Screw (opera) not to betray him. Hysterical, Miles confesses that he took the letter. The Governess demands to know who put Miles up to it. Miles blurts out Quint's name. At the mention of his name, Quint's ghost vanishes and Miles falls dead on the floor. A weeping Governess cradles the dead child in her arms, singing aloud of her grief and wondering if she did the right thing after all. For the children's music, Britten drew words and melody from a number of traditional British nursery rhymes, including "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son" and "Lavender's Blue". Of particular note is Miles'
The Cenci the UK was by the Trinity College of Music on July 9-11, 1998. In 1951, British classical composer Havergal Brian composed an opera based on the Shelley play entitled "The Cenci", an opera in eight scenes. The opera premiered in 1997 in the UK in a performance in London by the Millennium Sinfonia conducted by James Kelleher.. In 1971, "Beatrix Cenci" premiered, an opera in two acts by Alberto Ginastera to a Spanish libretto by the composer William Shand. Other works titled "The Cenci" include an 1837 novella by Stendhal and an 1840 true crime essay by Alexandre Dumas, père,