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Lessons in Love and ViolenceHalbszenische Aufführung

Southbank Centre: Queen Elizabeth HallBelvedere Road, London, Greater London, SE1 8XX, Vereinigtes Königreich
Datum/Zeit in London Zeitzone
Mittwoch 25 November 202619:30
Darsteller
Edward GardnerMusikalische Leitung
Dan AylingRegie
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nathaniel SullivanBaritonKing
Georgia JarmanSopranIsabel
Gyula OrendtBaritonGaveston / Stranger
Toby SpenceTenorMortimer
James WayTenorBoy / Young King
Hannah SawleSopranWitness 1 / Singer 1 / Woman 1
Joanne EvansMezzosopranWitness 2 / Singer 2 / Woman 2
Andri Björn RóbertssonBassWitness 3 / Madman

A king, a queen; his favourite and her lover.

Power and sex are a dangerous combination, and when the rulers of medieval England played the game of thrones, they either won or they died. The life of King Edward II inspired Marlowe’s classic tragedy, but Sir George Benjamin and Martin Crimp turn it inside out, in an opera that exposes the raw emotions of four characters locked in a deadly embrace. This is Lessons in Love and Violence, and it caused a sensation when it opened at the Royal Opera in 2018. Edward Gardner has assembled a world-beating cast for this one-off concert performance.

Tickets from £19.50 (including a transaction fee of £3.50)

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© Jason Bell
© Jason Bell
Barbara Hannigan on tailor-made roles