The Turn of the Screw

William Burden plays the ghost of Peter Quint.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The ghost of servant Peter Quint (Burden) haunts young Miles (meo).  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

From left, Mrs. Grose (Ann Murray), Flora (Ashley Emerson), the ghost of Miss Jessel (Tamara Wilson) and the Governess (Patricia Racette).  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Burden, left, and Meo. This production is Michael Kepler Meo’s Los Angeles Opera debut. He has previously played the role of Miles with the Portland Opera in Oregon and the Houston Grand Opera.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Wilson, left, and Racette. This is soprano Patricia Recette’s first production as the Governess.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Young Flora (Emerson, left) is haunted by the ghost of her previous governess, Miss Jessel (Wilson).  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Tamara Wilson performs as the ghost of Miss Jessel. Paul Brown did the set design.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Michael Kepler Meo is 12 years old.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The Governess (Racette) didn’t know what she was getting in to when she took this job.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The ghost of Peter Quint (William Burden) hoists Miles (Michael Kepler Meo).  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Miles (Meo) sees ghosts (Wilsom and Burden) in Benjamin Britten’s opera based on the Henry James novella “The Turn of the Screw.” This version, first mounted by Jonathan Kent, is being directed by Francesca Gilpin at Los Angeles Opera.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Flora (Emerson).  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The Governess (Racette).  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Patricia Racette as the Governess at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)