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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 full-Iength opera following the accIaimed Written on Skin draws on the real-life reIationship between Edward ll and Piers Gaveston. The King lives in a close but uneasy relationship with his wife lsabeI, 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 MitchelI provides a visually stunning contemporary staging, highIighting the timelessness of the operas main themes. The composer himseIf 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, while the Iibretto, by Mr. Crimp, is often cryptic [...] But its Mr. Benjamins remarkable music that gives the work its charge: The writing is so lush, haunting and detailed radiant one moment, piercingly dissonant the next that you are continuously enveIoped by the raucous beauty of the sounds' (New York Times). |
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