Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

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.

Cast

Stéphane Degout

King

Barbara Hannigan

Isabel

Gyula Orendt

Gaveston/Stranger

Peter Hoare

Mortimer

Samuel Boden

Boy/Young King

Ocean Barrington-Cook

Girl

Jennifer France

Witness 1/Singer 1/Woman 1

Krisztina Szabó

Witness 2/Singer 2/Woman 2

Andri Björn Róbertsson

Witness 3/Madman