Photographed Peter Thickett
Photographed by Sam B Cornish
Photographed by Sam B Cornish
Photographed by Sam B Cornish
Photographed by Sam B Cornish
Photographed by Sam B Cornish
Photographed by Sam B Cornish
Photographed by Sam B Cornish
CURLEW RIVER
ANTE TERMINUM
Benjamin Britten's iconic opera; a meditation on pain, loss, and acceptance.

Staged in London's oldest Parish church.
DETAILS
Producer Frederick Waxman
Artistic Director Peter Thickett
Set and Costume Designer Crispin Lord
Lighting Designer Edward Saunders
Marketing Manager Thea Waxman
2018
Jan
St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London
A silhouetted crucifix looms over the performers and a moonlit river Britten's madwoman searches desperately for answers the performers aboard the ferryboat a crucifix and a hallucination a close up on the hallucinated boy the madwoman despairs a close-up on the faces of the performers wide shot of the madwoman and her hallucination

Benjamin Britten's iconic opera; a meditation on pain, loss, and acceptance. Staged in London's oldest Parish church. Lit by Edward Saunders