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Patagonian Mountain trails  - Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, March 2025

Photo by: nature-hiking

The King and Gaveston are completely wrapped up in each other. Isabel and Mortimer are scheming. The children are watching.

Marlowe's Edward II set in a modern monarchy.

With Stéphane Degout as the King, Barbara Hannigan as Isabel, Peter Hoare as Mortimer, and Gyula Orendt as Gaveston.

Music by George Benjamin and libretto by Martin Crimp.

Sung in English with English captions.

Saturday June 20th at 2pm EDT [8pm CEST, 7pm BST, 1pm CDT, 11am PDT]

Runtime: 1h28m

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If you haven't given contemporary opera a try, this short, intense piece is a great place to start.