The Turn of the Screw
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.
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.
Photograph by Laurie Sparham
“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
Flora and Miss Jessel
Photograph by Laurie Sparham
“At Wilton’s Music Hall Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress is the first ever production by the box fresh OperaGlass Works, and it is staged with polish and panache, with especial attention to theatre as well as musical skills… On Wilton’s diddy stage, simply dressed by Tom Piper with snakes and ladders for central character Tom Rakewell’s perilous game of life, everyone is in the zone, every second… The Rake’s Progress is delightful to look at… and everyone is working their silken socks off. The crystal clear diction, making the most of WH Auden’s and Chester Kallman’s smart libretto, is a treat…OperaGlass Works has faultless aims and amazing resources; most other companies would have to do a deal with Nick Shadow to create a production of this quality with a top seat price of £25.”
Culture Whisper
Gweneth Ann Rand as Mrs Grose
Photograph by Laurie Sparham
“Wilton’s Music Hall is a choice setting for the inaugural production of OperaGlass Works, a new company that plans to bring chamber operas up close to its audiences. This is a fine outing for Stravinsky’s morality tale, drawing first rate performances from the excellent cast…Almost every word of WH Auden’s and Chester Kallman’s libretto is clear, and it is a good choice to dispense with surtitles”
The Times
Robert Murray as Peter Quint
Photograph by Laurie Sparham