Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

Die Geschichte

Inhaltsangabe auf Englisch

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.

Besetzung

S Stéphane DegoutKing B Barbara HanniganIsabel G Gyula OrendtGaveston/Stranger P Peter HoareMortimer S Samuel BodenBoy/Young King O Ocean Barrington-CookGirl J Jennifer FranceWitness 1/Singer 1/Woman 1 K Krisztina SzabóWitness 2/Singer 2/Woman 2 A Andri Björn RóbertssonWitness 3/Madman