Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

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Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

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2018
1h 31m
Music
operabritish history

Overview

Opera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by Martin Crimp. BBC broadcast of the 2018 premiere at the Royal Opera House, the composer conducting, prefaced by commentary and interviews.

Cast

Stéphane Degout

King

Barbara Hannigan

Barbara Hannigan

Isabel

Gyula Orendt

Gaveston/Stranger

Peter Hoare

Peter Hoare

Mortimer

Samuel Boden

Boy/Young King

Ocean Barrington-Cook

Girl

Jennifer France

Witness 1/Singer 1/Woman 1

Krisztina Szabó

Witness 2/Singer 2/Woman 2

Andri Björn Róbertsson

Witness 3/Madman

Directed by

Katie Mitchell

Written by

Martin Crimp

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