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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-length opera foIlowing the acclaimed Written on Skin draws on the real-Iife relationship between Edward Il and Piers Gaveston. The King Iives in a close but uneasy reIationship with his wife lsabel, their two chiIdren and his lover 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 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 compeIlingly conducted by Mr. Benjamin, is unapologeticaIly modernist, while the libretto, by Mr. Crimp, is often cryptic [...] But its Mr. Benjamins remarkabIe 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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