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Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
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  2. Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

2018
1h 31m
Music

Status

Released

Release

2018

Runtime

1h 31m

Storyline

Opera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by Martin Crimp. BBC broadcast of the 2018 premiere at the Royal Opera House, the composer conducting, prefaced by commentary and interviews.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 31m
May 10, 2018
Director
Katie Mitchell

Top Cast

9 Cast Members

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King

Barbara Hannigan

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Gyula Orendt

Gaveston/Stranger

Peter Hoare

Peter Hoare

Mortimer

Samuel Boden

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Ocean Barrington-Cook

Girl

Jennifer France

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Krisztina Szabó

Witness 2/Singer 2/Woman 2

Andri Björn Róbertsson

Witness 3/Madman

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