Opera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by Martin Crimp. BBC broadcast of the 2018 premiere at the Royal Opera House, the composer conducting, prefaced by commentary and interviews.
Stéphane Degout
King
Barbara Hannigan
Isabel
Gyula Orendt
Gaveston/Stranger
Peter Hoare
Mortimer
Samuel Boden
Boy/Young King
Ocean Barrington-Cook
Girl
Jennifer France
Witness 1/Singer 1/Woman 1
Krisztina Szabó
Witness 2/Singer 2/Woman 2
Andri Björn Róbertsson
Witness 3/Madman
Puccini: Gianni Schicchi
Die Walküre
The Phantom of the Opera
Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Carlos
Velvet Goldmine
Copying Beethoven
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Fabrizio De André: Principe libero
One Chance
Battle of the Year
The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
Rigoletto
The Threepenny Opera
Andrea Bocelli - A Night in Tuscany
Tosca
Barbara
You Are God
Destined for Blues
The Magic Flute