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Lessons in Love and Violence: George Benjamins neue Oper über Angst und Entsetzen im politischen Alltag

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“die Musik unterstreicht die Perfidität der politischen Korrektheit”
Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 25 June 2018
Benjamin, Lessons in Love and Violence
Dutch National Opera
Sir George Benjamin, Conductor
Katie Mitchell, Director
Vicki Mortimer, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Stéphane Degout, King
Barbara Hannigan, Isabel
Gyula Orendt, Gaveston / Stranger
Peter Hoare, Mortimer
Samuel Boden, Boy / Young King
Jennifer France, Witness 1 / Singer 1 / Woman 1
Krisztina Szabó, Witness 2 / Singer 2 / Woman 2
Andri Björn Róbertsson, Witness 3 / Madman
Ocean Barrington-Cook, Girl
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
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