Lessons In Love And Violence

LESSONS IN LOVE AND VIOLENCE Opera in two parts Music George Benjamin (b.1960) Text Martin Crimp (b.1956) Performed by arrangement with Faber Music Ltd Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 24 and 26 May 2018 World premiere Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 10 May 2018 Co-commission and co-production with Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam, Hamburg State Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, and Teatro Real, Madrid. Received generous philanthropic support from The Monument Trust, Stefan Sten Olsson, Mikhail Bakhtiarov, Fondation Peters, the Boltini Trust and The John S Cohen Foundation. Paintings by Francis Bacon (1909-92) reproduced on stage ©The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2018 Study for Head of George Dyer, 1967. Oil on canvas 14 × 12 in. (35.5 x 30.5 cm). Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd Portrait of George Dyer in a Mirror, 1968. Oil on canvas 78 × 58 in. (198 x 147.5 cm). Photo: Hugo Maertens Reclining Man with Sculoture, 1960-61. Oil on canvas 65 x 56 in. (166.5 × 142 cm). Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd Co-production between Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation, Françols Roussilion et Associes and Unitel with the participation of ARTE France and medicitv with the support of Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image animée and in association with BBC Music. © 2018 Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation, under exclusive licence to Naxos Rights (Europe) Limited. Note translations: David Yila-Somers (Françals); Anne Schneider (Deutsch) Subtitle translations © ROM (English, Francais, Deutsch): Kenji Yamashita (Japanese); Youngjae-Cho (Korean) Artwork © 2019 Royal Opera House Enterprises. Distributed by Naxos Rights (Europe) Limited. All trademarks and logos protected. ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Chief Executive Alex Beard CE THE ROYAL OPERA Patron HRH The Prince of Wales Music Director Sir Antonio Pappano Director of Opera Oliver Mears ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Director of Casting Peter Mario Katona Administrative Director Cormac Simms 28-page booklet with cast, crew and other personnel lists (3, 27); interview with Oliver Mears, George Benjamin and Martin Crimp (4-7), with French (11-15) and German (20-24) translations; synopsis in English (10), French (16) and German (25); colored production photographs (1-3, 8-9, 15, 17-19, 26, 28). All Regions DVD. Audio Formats: LPCM 2.0; dts Digital Surround Picture Format: 16:9 Anamorphic Running Time: approx. 88 min. (Opera), approx. 5 min. (Features) SID codes / Matrices indicate production at Technicolor, Piaseczno, Poland.