Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

2018 1h 31mDir. Katie Mitchell
Music

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 & Crew

S

Stéphane Degout

King

Barbara Hannigan

Barbara Hannigan

Isabel

G

Gyula Orendt

Gaveston/Stranger

Peter Hoare

Peter Hoare

Mortimer

S

Samuel Boden

Boy/Young King

O

Ocean Barrington-Cook

Girl

J

Jennifer France

Witness 1/Singer 1/Woman 1

K

Krisztina Szabó

Witness 2/Singer 2/Woman 2

A

Andri Björn Róbertsson

Witness 3/Madman

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