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LESSONS IN LOVE AND VIOLENCE music and conductor: George Benjamin text: Martin Crimp design: Vicki Mortimer lighting: James Farncombe movement director and associate director: Joseph Alford director: Katie Mitchell
Samuel Boden (Boy, later Young King), Peter Hoare (Mortimer), Barbara Hannigan (Isabel), George Benjamin (composer/conductor), Stephane Degout (King), Gyula Orendt (Gaveston)
curtain call, l-r: The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London WC2 10/05/2018 (c) Donald Cooper/Photostage photos@photostage.co.uk ref/0210