Composers: George Benjamin
Compositions: Lessons in Love and Violence
Performers: Stéphane Degout bar, Barbara Hannigan s, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House/George Benjamin
Catalogue Number: Opus Arte OA1221D (DVD) OABD7199D (Blu-ray)

When George Benjamin’s Written on Skin premiered in 2012 it triggered a wave. A setting of a libretto by Martin Crimp, it proved that rara avis, a hit contemporary opera subsequently staged all around the world. His first operatic work, 2006’s Into the Little Hill to another Crimp libretto, was well-received in Australia when Sydney Chamber Opera staged it in 2014. So, when Benjamin...