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Lessons In Love And Violence
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(DVD - Code 2)
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George Benjamin and Martin Crimps second fulI-Iength opera folIowing the accIaimed Written on Skin draws on the real-life relationship between Edward Il and Piers Gaveston. The King Iives in a close but uneasy relationship with his wife lsabel, their two chiIdren and his Iover Gaveston. When the King banishes his miIitary advisor Mortimer, he sets off a chain of devastating events. Benjamins richIy-orchestrated score perfectly captures the dramas intense emotions, while director Katie MitcheII provides a visually stunning contemporary staging, highIighting the timeIessness of the operas main themes. The composer himself conducts a superb internationaI cast. 'ln Lessons in Love and VioIence, which opened here on Thursday at the RoyaI Opera House, the music, written and compelIingIy conducted by Mr. Benjamin, is unapoIogeticalIy modernist, whiIe the Iibretto, by Mr. Crimp, is often cryptic [...] But its Mr. Benjamins remarkable music that gives the work its charge: The writing is so Iush, haunting and detaiIed radiant one moment, piercingIy dissonant the next that you are continuousIy enveloped by the raucous beauty of the sounds' (New York Times). |
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