Royal Opera House - Lessons in Love and Violence

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 21^st Oct 2018, 21:00 on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: Sun 21^st Oct 2018, 21:00 on BBC Four

Sir George Benjamin conducts the world premiere of his new opera. Presented by Clemency Burton-Hill. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Clemency Burton-Hill
Conductor:: George Benjamin
King:: Stephane Degout
Gaveston/Stranger:: Gyula Orendt
Isabel:: Barbara Hannigan
Mortimer:: Peter Hoare
Boy, later young king:: Samuel Boden
Girl:: Ocean Barrington-Cook
Witness 1/singer 1/woman 1:: Jennifer France
Witness 2/singer 2/woman 2:: Krisztina Szabo
Witness 3/madman:: Andri Bjorn Robertsson
Director:: Margaret Williams
Executive Producer:: Tony Followell
Executive Producer:: Francois Roussillon
Producer:: Peter Jones
Production Manager:: Anja Zoll-Khan
Production Manager:: Kit Withnail
Librettist:: Martin Crimp
Stage Director:: Katie Mitchell

Genres

MusicClassicalOpera

Formats

Performances & Events

Source: BBC Online

BBC Proms

2017

Simon Rattle's Gurrelieder

BBC Four

Duration: 2 hours

First broadcast: Sun 3^rd Sep 2017, 20:00 on BBC Four HDLatest broadcast: Sun 3^rd Sep 2017, 20:00 on BBC Four

Sir Simon Rattle brings Schoenberg's Gurrelieder to the Royal Albert Hall. An epic love story conceived on a Wagnerian scale, it reaches its climax with a depiction of sunrise. Show more

BBC Proms

2016

A Child of Our Time

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 24^th Jul 2016, 19:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 24^th Jul 2016, 19:00 on BBC Four HD

A performance of Michael Tippett's secular oratorio A Child of Our Time, a protest against persecution and tyranny with an overriding message of peace. Show more