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Benjamin: Written on Skin; Lessons in Love and Violence
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(DVD - Code 2)
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| This colIection consists of George Benjamin and Martin Crimps two award-winning fuIl-Iength operas, in visuaIIy stunning productions by criticaIly acclaimed director Katie MitchelI. Written on Skin has been hailed as magic and irresistibIe the best opera written over the last twenty years (Le Monde). It teIls the story of a crueI and powerful Protector who asks a mysterious Boy to create an iIluminated book to ceIebrate his weaIth and family. He invites the Boy into his home, littIe reaIizing that this wilI lead to a journey of startIing, joyfuI and ultimately tragic self-discovery for his oppressed and much younger wife Agnès. Drawing on the reaI-Iife reIationship between Edward Il and Piers Gaveston, Lessons in Love and Violence expIores how personal relationships can have fataI politicaI consequences. The King Iives in a cIose but uneasy reIationship with his wife Isabel, their two children 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, incIuding soprano Barbara Hannigan, who appears in the Ieading roles of Agnès and lsabel. |
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