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"OperaGlass Works is likely to change how we appreciate opera forever" - Arts Industry.
All the world’s a stage... 🎭

Operaglass Works' founders, Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson, on the set of Much Ado About Nothing, directed by Selina with music by Eliza, at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre on opening night.

Tickets via @chicagoshakes.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I am delighted that our forthcoming release of the beautiful 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 film of 𝗟𝗔 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗔 is starting to get some healthy bookings coming in. Directors Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson have created something beautifully filmic and totally accessible for opera fans and newcomers alike.
October 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our beautiful film of La Traviata will be playing at 36 cinemas across the UK and Northern Ireland from today.

🎫 Book now to see La Traviata on the big screen! 🎬
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
⌛ Just a few days to go until special one-day screenings of OperaGlass Works' film of La Traviata get underway at cinemas across the country.

From November 18 - check listings at your local Omniplex or independent cinema! 📽️
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
La Traviata will be showing on big screens across the country from November 18! 📽️

Special one-day screenings will be held at more than 30 cinemas between November 18 and February 12, 2026.

Find all the details and book tickets here 👇
606 Distribution - La Traviata (OperaGlass Works)
606 Distribution presents OperaGlass Works' new film of Verdi's La Traviata, in UK Cinemas for special screenings from November 18th 2025
site.606distribution.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"A play for our times, reflecting the tangles of a powerful patriarchy and the wrongful accusations made when power and reputation take precedent over listening and truth."

This Nov & Dec, OGW's Selina Cadell directs Much Ado About Nothing at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre.
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"New to opera? It’s the perfect introduction. A lifelong fan? You’ll see this classic in an entirely new light."

See OperaGlass Works' La Traviata on the big screen in the Lake District! 🎬

Showing at Zeffirellis and Fellinis in Ambleside on November 18.
October 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Rake's Progress, The Turn of the Screw, La Traviata... What's next?!

OperaGlass Works' next project is now in the early planning phase...
October 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Following the success of our film of La Traviata, we are excited to be in the early stages of planning for OperaGlass Works' next project.

Watch this space - we'll tell you more when we can!
October 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Catch OperaGlass Works co-founder Selina Cadell (in a bin!), with Douglas Hodge, Mathew Horne and Clive Francis, in Samuel Beckett's Endgame at the Theatre Royal Bath - ending October 4.
October 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Have you found storylines from the 1990s film Pretty Woman, and Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film Moulin Rouge familiar?

Both draw on Verdi’s La Traviata, one of the most beloved operas of all time 🎼
October 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Eddie Izzard's Hamlet, directed by OperaGlass Works' Selina Cadell with music by OGW's Eliza Thompson, is now on tour in the UK.

Details here 👇
EDDIE IZZARD PERFORMS SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET
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September 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
When selecting an opera to turn into a film, we choose La Traviata for its wonderful, accessible music and simple, moving love story.

We take it out of the great opera houses and bring it into a new light, on screen.

Available to watch via Now TV.
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
OperaGlass Works was founded by Selina Cadell and Eliza Thompson after they met on a production of The Way of the World at Wilton’s Music Hall.

They say: "This production was entirely generated by actors, designers, musicians and friends. This became the template for OGW."
September 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
OperaGlass Works' co-founder, Eliza Thompson, is a trustee of the White Horse Festival, an exciting new classical and cross-genre event bringing world-class artists and innovative programming to the South West.

Details here: whitehorsefestival.co.uk/events
September 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
"The camera ascends stairs, flits from room to room, comes suddenly upon characters as the plot unfolds..." - Reaction

OperaGlass Works' film of La Traviata is available to watch at home via NOW TV: www.nowtv.com/watch/la-tra...
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A glimpse behind the scenes of the first day of rehearsals for End Game at Theatre Royal Bath, starring OGW's Selina Cadell with Mathew Horne, Douglas Hodge, and Clive Francis.
Endgame / First day of rehearsals
YouTube video by TRB Official (Theatre Royal Bath)
www.youtube.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"CST welcomes back acclaimed director Selina Cadell, whose ground-breaking Hamlet starring Eddie Izzard broke box office records at CST and in theatres around the world."

More info here 👇
Much Ado About Nothing
Set in romantic Italy, Beatrice and Benedick have avoided sharing their lives with anyone (until now!) in Shakespeare’s wittiest & wildest rom-com.
www.chicagoshakes.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
OperaGlass Works' co-founder Selina Cadell is having a busy year!

Selina is soon to appear in Samuel Beckett's Endgame at the Theatre Royal Bath, alongside Douglas Hodge, Clive Francis, and Mathew Horne.

📅 4 Sep - 4 Oct
August 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sam Archer, one of the wonderful dancers who worked on OperaGlass Works' film of La Traviata.
August 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
"Direction is dynamic, constantly moving and bringing in new elements and camera angles, and finding astute ways to keep the visual narrative engaging. Performers often sing looking straight into the camera, to compelling effect" - OPERA on OperaGlass Works' film of La Traviata.
August 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
OperaGlass Works' film of La Traviata explores the opera's emotional canvas while honouring the wonderful, heightened, theatrical world in which Violetta, Alfredo and Germont play out their drama.

La Traviata is available to stream via Sky and Now TV 👇
Watch La Traviata Online - Stream Full Episodes
Join in and start watching La Traviata instantly, with an entertainment membership on NOW. Stream live and on demand to your laptop, TV, iPad, iPhone and other devices.
www.nowtv.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
La Traviata is a tragic opera written by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

It follows the story of Violetta, a high-class courtesan in 19th-century Paris, and her love affair with young nobleman Alfredo. The relationship comes under pressure, ultimately leading to heartbreak...
August 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Hear OperaGlass Works' co-founder Selina Cadell and the actor Sigourney Weaver, friends for more than 50 years, discuss acting together in the Jamie Lloyd Company's production of Shakespeare's The Tempest last year.

📻 Listen via BBC Sounds 👇
Front Row - Sigourney Weaver & Selina Cadell, Art forgery on the rise? Nitin Sawhney - BBC Sounds
Sigourney Weaver and Selina Cadell on Shakepeare's The Tempest and 50 years friendship.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Here the camera becomes a confidant and an interrogator, good cop and bad cop, in an opera in which no one tells the whole truth" - The Times Literary Supplement on OperaGlass Works' 2021 film of Turn of the Screw.
July 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM