The Wreckers (Ethel Smyth), 2022
Melly Still’s brand new production of Ethel Smyth’s powerful, psychological drama.
The cast includes Karis Tucker (Thurza), Rodrigo Porras Garulo (Marc), Lauren Fagan (Avis) and Philip Horst (Pasko) with conductor Robin Ticciati and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Extra content - The Wreckers: explore with Alexandra
Opera specialist Alexandra Coghlan talks to director Melly Still and mezzo-soprano Karis Tucker (Thurza) to explore the opera.
Get a feel for the music by watching the Organ Room Sessions below where Karis Tucker (Thurza) performs arias from The Wreckers.
A brand new production from Festival 2022.
The Wreckers was the Opera of the Month for August 2022.
Subscribers can watch Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers online now.
Photo: Richard Hubert Smith
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The Wreckers - full opera
Would you die for what you believe?
In a remote corner of Cornwall, a God-fearing community lives a desperate, precarious existence. Their only hope is the ships that are wrecked on their rocks. But when they start to cause those shipwrecks deliberately, murdering the crew for profit, it tears t...
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The Wreckers: explore with Alexandra
Directed by Melly Still, this new production is the first major, professional staging of our lifetime, and the first opportunity to hear the opera as Smyth intended, with its original French libretto.
Opera specialist Alexandra Coghlan talks to director Melly Still and mezzo-soprano Karis Tucker...
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The Wreckers - first look
Join mezzo-soprano Karis Tucker for a glimpse into our new production of Ethel Smyth's The Wreckers.
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Karis Tucker 'Amour, tu es l’éclair' from The Wreckers (The Organ Room Sessions)
Karis Tucker played Thurza in our Festival 2022 production of Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers. Here she performs 'Amour, tu es l’éclair' from the opera. She is accompanied by pianist Matthew Fletcher.
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Karis Tucker 'Aimer c'est mourir' from The Wreckers (The Organ Room Sessions)
Karis Tucker played Thurza in our Festival 2022 production of Ethel Smyth’s The Wreckers. Here she performs 'Aimer c'est mourir' from the opera. She is accompanied by pianist Matthew Fletcher.
