Insights: Discovering Britten
Cast sheet
Tuesday 31 March 2026
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7.30pm
Approximate timings
Music
Benjamin Britten
Libretto, Peter Grimes
Montagu Slater
Libretto, Turn of the Screw
Myfanwy Piper
Presenter
Tom Floyd
Music Director, The Royal Opera
Jakub Hrůša
Head of Music, The Royal Opera
Richard Hetherington
Conductor, The Turn of the Screw
Bassem Akiki
Director, The Turn of the Screw
Natalie Abrahami
Concert Master
Sergey Levitin
Double Bass
Paul Sherman
Clarinets
Peter Sparks, Meline Le Calvez
Percussion
Matthew Dickinson
Director of Learning and Participation
Jillian Barker
Head of Public Engagement
Emma Head
Insights Producer
Aisling Henihan
Patron
HM The King
Music Director
Jakub Hrůša
Director of Opera
Oliver Mears
Director of Casting
Peter Mario Katona
Associate Director
Netia Jones
Administrative Director
Cormac Simms
Further information
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