In this downloadable podcast, stage director, tenor, and all-around Seattle Opera MVP Peter Kazaras discusses THE TURN OF THE SCREW and the operas of Benjamin Britten with Seattle Opera Dramaturg Jonathan Dean. In addition to explaining how the composer's experience as a self-accepting gay man in a world of closets impacted Britten's operas, Peter tells several fantastic stories drawn from a lifetime of championing Britten.
Image: Peter Kazaras onstage at Seattle Opera, as (spiraling clockwise from upper right) Emperor Altoum in TURANDOT, Loge in DAS RHEINGOLD ('95), Loge in DAS RHEINGOLD ('05), Shuisky in BORIS GODUNOV, Duchess of Krackenthorp in DAUGHTER OF THE REGIMENT, Captain Vere in BILLY BUDD, Erik in THE FLYING DUTCHMAN, Tamino in THE MAGIC FLUTE, Steva in JENUFA, and (center) Pierre Bezukhov in WAR AND PEACE.
