Miss Jessel
In Benjamin Britten's operatic adaptation of Henry James' masterwork, a naive governess (Helen Field) arrives at a country manor and soon discovers that it holds a murky secret involving her charges and two ghostly servants who wield a sinister influence on them. The taut, atmospheric production also stars Sam Linay, Machiko Obata, Menai Davies and Phyllis Cannan, with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra providing accompaniment.
The Foreign Princess
Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin
Live performance, new production season 1984-5. BBC 2 Television relay on 30 March 1985 of performance of February 11.
Spirit of Antonia's Mother
There are many "editions" of this opera (Offenbach died before completing the score)and this tape offers the standard one.
