Written On Skin: The Royal Opera (Benjamin)
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Release Date: 05/01/2014
Edition: Normal
Genre: Music DVD & Blu-ray
Region Code: DVD 0
Certificate: E
Label: Opus Arte
Actors: Barbara Hannigan, Christopher Purves, Katie Mitchell, Martin Crimp, Bejun Mehta, Margaret Williams, George Benjamin
Director: Katie Mitchell
Number of Discs: 1
Duration: 89 minutes
Audio Languages: English
Subtitle Languages: English, French, German, Japanese
George Benjamin conducts the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus in this 2013 performance of his own work on which he collaborated with playwright Martin Crimp. The opera tells the story of a troubadour (Bejun Mehta) who has an affair with his employer (Christopher Purves)'s wife Agnès (Barbara Hannigan). When her husband finds out he kills the troubadour and feeds Agnès his heart, unbeknown to her. When she discovers what she has done she is driven to suicide.