The Turn of the Screw
“OperaGlass Works have offered a thrilling realization of opera on film.”
Opera-Wire
Our production of The Turn of the Screw had to close due to Lockdown and never actually made it to the stage. We had a fabulous production on our hands and just couldn’t let it go. So we made a film.
We are eternally grateful to all those generous donors who gave us more money for the filming costs.
“Add John Wilson’s crack band (recorded in pin-prick detail and quality…) and you have the best of both worlds; the theatricality and immediacy of the stage, and the trickery of the screen. Somewhere at the junction of the two something chilling happens. I’ll be leaving the light on tonight.”
The Spectator
The Rake’s Progress
“A first venture by a new company, OperaGlass Works, this production of The Rake’s Progress demonstrated, to an exemplary degree, what can be done with small forces and inventive direction and design”
Opera
The inaugural production of OperaGlass Works was
The Rake’s Progress by Stravinsky
Libretto WH Auden and Chester Kallman
Wilton’s Music Hall
November 2017
The Company
Cast
| Trulove/Keeper of the House | Stephen Richardson |
| Anne Trulove, his daughter | Susanna Hurrell |
| Tom Rakewell | Robert Murray |
| Nick Shadow | Jonathan Lemalu |
| Mother Goose, a brothel keeper | Penelope Cousland |
| Baba the Turk | Victoria Simmonds |
| Selle, the auctioneer | Harry Nicoll |
Robert Murray and Jonathan Lemalu
“A hugely rewarding evening”
What’s on Stage
Chorus
Whores, Roaring Boys, Servants, Townspeople and Madmen
| Soprano |
Kirsty McLean |
| Soprano | Amy Worsfold |
| Alto | Bryony Purdue |
| Alto | Lisa Coates |
| Tenor | James Butler |
| Tenor | James Hutchings |
| Bass | James Wafer |
| Bass | Andre Andrade |
Robert Murray and Susanna Hurrell
“Elegant and lively inaugural production by OperaGlass Works”
The Stage
Orchestra
The Southbank Sinfonia
Production
| Director/Co-Producer |
Selina Cadell |
| Dramaturg/Co-Producer | Eliza Thompson |
| Conductor and Harpsichordist | Laurence Cummings |
| Set Designer | Tom Piper |
| Costume Designer | Rosalind Ebbutt |
| Lighting Designer | Vince Herbert |
| Animateur | Didi Hopkins |
| Choreographer | Stuart Sweeting |
Eliza Thompson and Stuart Sweeting
Photographs by Patrick Cadell
“Going by this impressively assured first production, OperaGlass Works have a bright future: this Rake was a textbook statement of how visceral opera can be and how much fun it should be”
Bachtrack
Further reviews: The Times and The Guardian.
Full cast of The Rake’s ProgressPhotograph by Catherine Ashmore
Penelope CouslandPhotograph by Catherine Ashmore
Robert Murray and Jonathan LemaluPhotograph by Catherine Ashmore
Laurence CummingsPhotograph by Catherine Ashmore