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The Turn of the Screw review – creepy and challenging, ENO’s new Britten staging is an ambiguous triumph

Isabella Bywater’s intelligent and demanding production injects fresh menace into Henry James’s tale of a ghosts and dark histories

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2024

The week in classical: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs; RPO/Petrenko; LPO/Mäkelä – review

Chart-topping Górecki becomes exquisite spectacle at ENO; Mahler’s Third is worth the wait; plus, the Finnish flourish of Klaus Mäkelä

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2023

Symphony of Sorrowful Songs review – Gorecki’s triptych retains its visceral power in thoughtful staging

Isabella Bywater’s production for ENO of Henryk Górecki’s popular Third Symphony is effective and affecting, with conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya’s reading refreshingly unsentimental

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023