“The result is a degree of engagement that arguably goes beyond even live theatre. From the get-go, the audience is immersed in the action. The drama dial is turned to max. The claim to have created a new art form is vindicated…OperaGlass Works seems well set to succeed in bringing its operas to the broader audience that eludes so many other production houses. Brava!”
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September 2024
Grant Doyle, Chuma Sijeqa, Katie Bray, Matthew McKinney
Photograph by Elsa Pearl
We have made La Traviata!
Having rehearsed in London for 6 weeks, we shot the film last autumn in the most beautiful countryside and inside a dilapidated Palladian mansion.
The cast are superb and we were joined by a team of Matthew Bourne’s dancers choreographed by Etta Murfitt and Anjali Mehra.
We then recorded the score with the Royal National Scottish Orchestra in Glasgow.
We have finished editing and are delighted with the result.
Watch this space for news on its release.
It has been a really tough time to raise funds for independent arts projects and we are enormously grateful to those who contributed to the project. It is not too late to help out! We were let down very late on, during our post production period, and we still need to raise the last £60k to finish the film.
If you would like to donate to this wonderful project, please visit our Support Us page.
Visit our La Traviata page for more information and to stay in touch, go to our Contacts page and subscribe to our occasional newsletter.
February 2023
We have various plans in development. We are writing a libretto for a new opera which we have commissioned - of which more news to follow - and we are in discussion about an exciting new collaboration.
Our next project, however, is to make a film of La Traviata. We will be shooting in the autumn in the countryside and an exciting venue in London.
Our creative team will be Tom Piper, set design, Rosalind Ebbutt, costume, Etta Murfitt, choreography. Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson (OperaGlass Works) will produce and direct.
Our cast includes; Susana Gaspar, Violetta, Thomas Elwin, Alfredo, Roderick Williams, Germont (role debut). Richard Hetherington will conduct.
We are starting our fundraising campaign. If you would like to donate to this wonderful project, please visit our Support Us page.
Visit our La Traviata page for more information and to stay in touch, go to our Contacts page and subscribe to our occasional newsletter.
May 2022
We are thrilled to to announce that we won a Critics' Circle Award for Best Opera Film 2022 for our film of The Turn of the Screw.
You can follow the link here for more information.
You can watch the film on Marquee TV. Follow the link here to see how you can view it.
You can also now buy the DVD from Chandos Records. To buy your copy, follow the link here.
January 2021
Happy new year to all our friends and supporters!
We are delighted to announce that our film of The Turn of the Screw will be streamed from Saturday 30 January on Marquee TV. Follow the link here to see how you can view it.
The film was shot on location at Wilton’s Music Hall and we recorded the orchestra at Cadogan Hall in London.
Conductor John Wilson
Directed by Dominic Best and Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson
Produced by Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson
The Magnificent Cast
Robert Murray Quint and Prologue
Rhian Lois Governess
Leo Jemison Miles
Alys Mererid Roberts Flora
Gweneth Ann Rand Mrs. Grose
Francesca Chiejina Miss Jessel
You can read about how we made the film here.
You can Listen Again to the BBC Radio 4 programme Behind the Scenes about making the film too:
The Turn of the Screw
Photograph by Laurie Sparham
September 2020
The Return of the Screw
We are delighted to be able to tell you that our new plan is to make a movie out of this fabulous project. It will not be a live capture of the original production but a new realisation that encapsulates the spirit of it. We will use the entire and magnificently atmospheric building of Wilton’s Music Hall to shoot in. The same team are of course on board. Our brilliant designers Ros Ebbutt, Tom Piper and Vince Herbert and the wonderful cast of singers and musicians led by John Wilson.
Shooting starts in October.
Eliza Thompson and Selina Cadell
OperaGlass Works
The Turn of the Screw
The cast will include:
Robert Murray - Quint and the Prologue
Rhian Lois - The Governess
Francesca Chiejina - Miss Jessel
Gweneth Ann Rand - Mrs Grose
John Wilson will conduct. This will be the first project for his new very special ensemble of musicians.
Francesca Chiejina as Miss Jessel
Photograph by Laurie Sparham
Leo Jemison as Miles
Photograph by Laurie Sparham