GEORGE BENJAMIN OPERAS

WRITTEN ON SKIN

Protector - Christopher Purves
Agnès - Barbara Hannigan
First Angel / Boy - Bejun Mehta
Second Angel / Marie - Victoria Simmonds
Third Angel / John - Allan Clayton

Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra
George Benjamin, conductor

Katie Mitchell, stage director

LESSONS IN LOVE AND VIOLENCE

King - Stéphane Degout
Isabel - Barbara Hannigan
Gaveston / Stranger - Gyula Orendt
Mortimer - Peter Hoare
Boy / Young King - Samuel Boden
Girl - Ocean Barrington-Cook
Witness 1 / Singer 1 /Woman 1 - Jennifer France
Witness 2 / Singer 2 / Woman 2 - Krisztina Szabó
Witness 3 / Madman - Andri Björn Róbertsson

Royal Opera House Orchestra
George Benjamin, conductor

Katie Mitchell, stage director
Vicki Mortimer, set and costume designer
James Farncombe, lighting designer

Recorded from the Royal Opera House, March 2013 (Written on Skin), May 2018 (Lessons in Love and Violence).

Bonus:
- An Introduction to Written on Skin
- Interview with George Benjamin
- Clemency Burton-Hill interviews George Benjamin, Martin Crimp and Katie Mitchell
- Cast Galleries

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, French, German, Japanese (all) /+ Korean (Lessons in Love and Violence)
Running time: 178 mins (opera) + 13 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)