An opera in a prologue and two acts
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the story by Henry James
Music by BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Cast
English Opera Group Orchestra CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSER on gramophone records
The action takes place in and around Bly,
-a country-house in the East of England, in the middle of the last century. ACT 1
Prologue; Scene 1, The Journey; Scene 2, The Welcome; Scene 3, The Letter; Scene 4, The Tower; Scene S, The Window; Scene 6, The Lesson; Scent 7, The Lake; Scene 8, At Night