Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
2018Music91 mins

Plot

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 co... read more

  • Katie Mitchell

    Director

  • Martin Crimp

    Writer

  • Stéphane Degout

    King

  • Barbara Hannigan

    Isabel

  • Gyula Orendt

    Gaveston/Stranger

  • 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

  • Runtime

    91 minutes

    Released

    2018-05-10

    Sound

  • George Benjamin

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    256 days ago

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