Production PhotosFirst Look at the World Premiere of George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and ViolenceThe production runs at London’s Royal Opera House through May 26.
By
David Gewirtzman
May 11, 2018
A scene from Lessons in Love and ViolenceStephen Cummiskey
The world premiere of composer George Benjamin and librettist Martin Crimp’s opera Lessons in Love and Violence opened at London’s Royal Opera House May 10. The production, directed by Katie Mitchell, runs through May 26.
In the opera, a king is forced to choose between love and political expediency, with his decisions allowing his country to slide into civil war and his family to turn against him. The cast includes Ocean Barrington-Cook, Samuel Boden, Stéphane Degout, Barbara Hannigan, Peter Hoare, and Gyula Orendt.
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First Look at the World Premiere of George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence
First Look at the World Premiere of George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence
The production runs at London’s Royal Opera House through May 26.
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Barbara Hannigan, Stéphane Degout, and Gyula Orendt
Barbara Hannigan
Peter Hoare
Samuel Boden, Ocean Barrington-Cook, and Barbara Hannigan
Stéphane Degout and Gyula Orendt
Stéphane Degout, Gyula Orendt, and Ocean Barrington-Cook
Samuel Boden
Barbara Hannigan and Peter Hoare
Barbara Hannigan, Stéphane Degout, and Ocean Barrington-Cook
Ocean Barrington-Cook, Barbara Hannigan, Stéphane Degout, and Samuel Boden
Barbara Hannigan, Stéphane Degout, and Ocean Barrington-Cook
Stephen Cummiskey
Ocean Barrington-Cook and Stéphane Degout
Cast
Cast
Peter Hoare and Samuel Boden
Cast
Barbara Hannigan
Cast
Samuel Boden, Stéphane Degout, Gyula Orendt, and Ocean Barrington-Cook
Samuel Boden, Ocean Barrington-Cook, Stéphane Degout, and Gyula Orendt
Barbara Hanngan as Isabel, Samuel Boden, and Ocean Barrington-Cook
