When Written on Skin had its premiere at the 2012 Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, conducted by George Benjamin himself, it received a standing ovation. The opera's arrival at Covent Garden in 2013 was eagerly anticipated, and provided audiences...
Un riche propriétaire terrien invite chez lui un artiste chargé de réaliser un livre d'enluminures. Cet ouvrage doit immortaliser en images l'impitoyable exercice de son pouvoir politique et la paisible jouissance que lui procure l'ordre...