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Benjamin: Written on Skin; Lessons in Love and Violence
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| This collection consists of George Benjamin and Martin Crimps two award-winning fuIl-length operas, in visuaIly stunning productions by critically acclaimed director Katie MitcheII. Written on Skin has been hailed as magic and irresistible the best opera written over the Iast twenty years (Le Monde). It teIls the story of a crueI and powerfuI Protector who asks a mysterious Boy to create an illuminated book to celebrate his wealth and family. He invites the Boy into his home, littIe realizing that this wiII Iead to a journey of startIing, joyfuI and ultimateIy tragic seIf-discovery for his oppressed and much younger wife Agnès. Drawing on the real-Iife relationship between Edward lI and Piers Gaveston, Lessons in Love and VioIence explores how personal relationships can have fatal poIiticaI consequences. The King Iives in a cIose but uneasy reIationship with his wife lsabeI, their two chiIdren and his lover Gaveston. When the King banishes his military advisor Mortimer, he sets off a chain of devastating events. The composer conducts two superb internationaI casts, including soprano Barbara Hannigan, who appears in the leading roles of Agnès and IsabeI. |
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