The turn of the screw . Benjamin Briten
Location: Opera Lyon 11 april 2014
Director: Valentina Carrasco
Conductor: Kazushi Ono
Lights: Peter Van Praet
Customes: Nidia Tusal
Sets: Carles Berga
Director: Valentina Carrasco
Conductor: Kazushi Ono
Lights: Peter Van Praet
Customes: Nidia Tusal
Sets: Carles Berga
At the beginning , only some furniture are on the floor. During the show a big web grows catching everything and transforming the stage in a big trap. Only when the big web moves up the floor, we discover the magic garden under the mysterious house.
Press
- Wie uns die Oper den Wahnsinn treiben kann, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (15.05.2014) pdf file
- Zurüc in die Zukunft, Opernwelt (15.05.2014) pdf file
- Das Opernglas (11.05.2014) pdf file
- The Lyon king, The Sunday Times (20.04.2014) pdf file
- Theartsdesk in Lyon: Britten Feted (23.05.2014) pdf file
- Opera, just say noh, Spectator (26.04.2014) pdf file
- Benjamin Britten: "Mister mystère", Le Figaro et vous (07.04.2014) pdf file
- Un "Tour d´écrou" qui file la frousee, Libération (14.04.2014) pdf file
- Heureux comme Britten à Lyon, Classica (28.06.2014) pdf file
- Britten, une diabolique efficacité, Le Soir (16.04.2014) pdf file
- France´s Ffestival of Britten, Financial Times (18.04.2014) pdf file
- Verstörende Intensität und scheiternde Träume, Deutschlandradio Kultur (13.04.2014) pdf file
- Una parabola perfetta, Il Giornale della Musica (12.04.2014) pdf file
- Festival Britten: Les Autres, Alta Musica (27.04.2014) pdf file
- "Le tour d´écrou", un opéra tout en images, Le Progres (13.04.2014) pdf file
3d Drawings
The most important scenes were created in 3d for the presentation of the set one year before the premiere.
Rehearsals
The set was builded in the rehearsal room one month before the premiere. During this period we saw all of the possibilities of the set, and all the team get more comfortable with the web before the stage.
Model
Trying to find the best tension and balance in the big web. A real model was necessary to find the final geometry of the set.
Animation
The 3d simulation helps us to check all possible conflicts with the ropes before building the set.