Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence 2018 Directed by Katie Mitchell
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
Isabel
Gyula Orendt
Gaveston/Stranger
Peter Hoare
Mortimer
Samuel Boden
Boy/Young King
Jennifer France
Witness 1/Singer 1/Woman 1
Krisztina Szabó
Witness 2/Singer 2/Woman 2
Andri Björn Róbertsson
Witness 3/Madman