Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
—20181h 31mMusic
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.
Actors
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
