Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence (2018)

0.0 May 10, 2018 1h 31m Released

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.

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Cast

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

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