‘Lessons in Love and Violence - Mahler Chamber Orchestra’

2 May'23
- 20:00

Sir George Benjamin is undoubtedly one of the most original and successful opera composers of our time. He was the last pupil of Olivier Messiaen, one of the most important composers of the 20th century, and he attributed to Benjamin a "great talent comparable to the young Mozart." The composer himself will conduct a concert version of his latest opera Lessons in Love and Violence, which premiered with great success in London in 2018. The story goes back to the play Edward II, by Shakespeare's contemporary Christopher Marlowe. At the centre of this dark drama is the power-hungry King Edward, who neglects his people in favour of a love of art and his homoerotic feelings for Gaveston. Students from the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Academy together with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and a top international cast shine in this overwhelming drama about the lust for power and the heat of desire.

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
George Benjamin
conductor
Dan Ayling
director
Evan Hughes
King (baritone)
Gyula Orendt
Gaveston (baritone)
Georgia Jarman
Isabel (soprano)
Paul Curievici
Mortimer (tenor)
Samuel Boden
Young King/Boy (tenor)
Hannah Sawle
Witness 1 (soprano)
Krisztina Szabó
Witness 2 (mezzo-soprano)
Tristan Hambleton
Witness 3 (bass-baritone)
Programme
George Benjamin

Lessons in Love and Violence

Concerts

2022-2023

Classicarte 2022-2023

Practical information

Location

Henry Le Boeuf Hall

Rue Ravenstein 23 1000 BRUSSELS

Concert without interval.

Surtitles in French and in Dutch.

Rates

Musician ~

5

Ambassadeur~

14 - 29 - 40 - 51

Ambassadeurs Duo ~

14 - 29 - 40 - 51

Classicarte ~

0

Standard

18 - 36 - 50 - 64

Listening seats

10

< 30 year

10 - 18 - 25 - 32

Musicien ASO

2.50

BIM/VT Card

10 - 18 - 25 - 32

EU Disability card

10 - 18 - 25 - 32

Co-presentation