Event listing: Written on Skin | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Event is in the past

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Royal Opera House, Covent GardenBow Street, Covent Garden, London, Greater London, WC2E 9DD, United Kingdom

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Programme

Benjamin, Sir George (b. 1960)

Performers

The Royal Opera
Sir George Benjamin	Conductor
Katie Mitchell	Director
Vicki Mortimer	Set Designer
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Barbara Hannigan	Soprano	Agnès	2017 Jan 13, 23, 30
Georgia Jarman	Soprano	Agnès	2017 Jan 18, 27
Christopher Purves	Baritone	The Protector	2017 Jan 13, 23, 27, 30
James Cleverton	Baritone	The Protector	2017 Jan 18
Iestyn Davies	Countertenor	Boy / Angel 1
Victoria Simmonds	Mezzo-soprano	Marie / Angel 2
Mark Padmore	Tenor	John / Angel 3

Reviews of Written on Skin directed by Katie Mitchell

*****

Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, August 2015

****1

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, March 2013

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Shizuka Hariu on adapting Written on Skin for the concert hall

Bachtrack, 19th July

We speak to Dr Shizuka Hariu about the challenges of staging George Benjamin’s Written on Skin for Kazushi Ono's performances at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall at the end of August.

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A grisly love triangle: Written on Skin

David Karlin, 14th January

The Royal Opera's first revival of George Benjamin's medieval shocker is characterised by stellar singing performances, notably from Barbara Hannigan and Iestyn Davies.

****1

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