Event listing: Lessons in Love and Violence | Dutch National Opera and Ballet | Event is in the past

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Dutch National Opera and BalletAmstel 3, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1011 PN, Netherlands

Dates/times in Amsterdam time zone

Programme

Benjamin, Sir George (b. 1960)

Performers

Dutch National Opera
Sir George Benjamin	Conductor
Katie Mitchell	Director
Vicki Mortimer	Set Designer, Costume Designer
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
Stéphane Degout	Baritone	King
Barbara Hannigan	Soprano	Isabel
Gyula Orendt	Baritone	Gaveston / Stranger
Peter Hoare	Tenor	Mortimer
Samuel Boden	Tenor	Boy / Young King
Jennifer France	Soprano	Witness 1 / Singer 1 / Woman 1
Krisztina Szabó	Soprano	Witness 2 / Singer 2 / Woman 2
Andri Björn Róbertsson	Bass	Witness 3 / Madman
Ocean Barrington-Cook	Actor	Girl

Reviews of Lessons in Love and Violence directed by Katie Mitchell

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Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, May 2018

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Gran Teatre del Liceu: Auditorium, Barcelona, February 2021 (Español)

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Barbara Hannigan on tailor-made roles

Mark Pullinger, 8th May

We meet the Canadian soprano as she prepares for the world première of George Benjamin's new opera, Lessons in Love and Violence at the Royal Opera House.

Lessons in Love and Violence für den politischen Alltag

Michael Klier, 25th June

George Benjamins neue Oper beschreibt eindringlich einen durch Liebe hilflosen König – Hannigan und Degout füllen die tiefgründige Musik mit hingebungsvollem Emotionsspiel.

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Lessons in Love and ViolenceNew production

Reviews of Lessons in Love and Violence directed by Katie Mitchell