The first scene of this work's second act ends with a character asking, "Lost in my labyrinth, which way shall I turn?
The first scene of this work's second act ends with a character asking, "Lost in my labyrinth, which way shall I turn?" In an earlier scene, another character rattles off a list of third-declension masculine nouns, some of which he reuses in a mock Benedicite on the way to church. Each scene of this work is preceded by a variation on its main theme, whose tone row consists of alternating fourths and minor thirds. One character in this work is characteristically accompanied by a celesta, and calls another character's name by means of a repeated descending tetrachord. That boy soprano character also sings a rhyme about an apple tree, a naughty boy, and other possible translations of the Latin word "malo." This work ends with a solo for the Governess after another character shouts "Peter Quint, you devil!" For 10 points, name this opera by Benjamin Britten, based on a Henry James work about Flora and Miles.
The first scene of this work's second act ends with a character asking, "Lost in my labyrinth, which way shall I turn?
{The Turn of the Screw}