Listen to the Music

The Journey

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The Letter

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The Tower

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The Lesson

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At Night

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Quint

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Flora

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Miles

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Production Sponsors

M&T Bank Mortgage Division logo

 

The Carol Franc Buck Foundation

 

Performance Sponsors

Winderlea Vineyard and Winery logo

Mentor Graphics logo

 

 

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“A tale as taut as a violin string.”

This haunting ghost story will have you on the edge of your seat.  

Based on a Henry James story, it starts simply enough.  A governess accepts the charge of caring for two young children in the country.  But when the ghosts begin to appear, that simplicity is shattered.  

Scene by chilling scene, we’re drawn deeper…until the tale tightens into a struggle for the very lives of the children.

Step by step, it winds tighter, notch by notch . . . until the final snap!

No one does this better than Britten.  Intense, evocative music draws you in, and then drives you right to the edge.

 

Sung in English with projected lyrics.

Performances held at the Keller Auditorium.

 

Cast

The Governess Brenda Harris
Peter Quint Anthony Dean Griffey
Mrs. Grose Judith Forst
Flora Joelle Harvey
Miss Jessel Mary Phillips
Miles Mike Meo / James Williams
Prologue Brendan Tuohy
   
Conductor Christopher Larkin
Director Nicholas Muni

 

Schedule

Feb 6, 2009
Friday 7:30 pm
Feb 8, 2009
Sunday 2:00 pm
Feb 12, 2009
Thursday 7:30 pm
Feb 14, 2009
Saturday 7:30 pm

Tickets

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To purchase tickets through the Portland Opera,
call 503-241-1802, M-F, 9a-5p.