Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean introduces the eerie musical world of Britten's THE TURN OF THE SCREW, with special focus on the opera's theme-and-variation structure. Musical examples from Seattle Opera's 1994 performances, starring Lauren Flanigan (The Governess), Joyce Castle (Mrs. Grose), Fraser Walters and Cyndia Sieden (Miles and Flora), and Linda Pavelka (Miss Jessel) and Peter Kazaras (Peter Quint), conducted by Richard Bradshaw.