Details

The story centres around a king, compelled to choose between love and political hard-headedness. His decisions allow his country to slide into civil war, and set his own wife and son against him. When his son in turn is given bruising lessons in realpolitik, he performs - albeit with the object of restoring peace - a terrifying act of violence in front of his mother.

Creatives/Company

Music: George Benjamin
Lyrics: Martin Crimp

Archive listings for Lessons in Love and Violence

Work type: Opera or Operetta.

T270801236

World PremiereProducer Royal Opera House. Producer Dutch National Opera. Producer Hamburg State Opera. Producer Opera de Lyon. Producer Lyric Opera of Chicago. Producer Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona. Producer Teatro Real Madrid. Performer Stephane Degout (baritone). Performer Barbara Hannigan (soprano). Performer Peter Hoare (tenor). Performer Gyula Orendt (baritone). Performer Samuel Boden (tenor). Performer Jennifer France (soprano). Performer Andri Bjorn Robertsson (bass-baritone). Performer Krisztina Szabo (mezzo-soprano).

10 May 18 to 26 May 18

Royal Opera House, West End :: V377
listing details L789454902

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