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For ages 7+. Under-12s must be accompanied by an adult.
Performance Dates
25th November 2026
Run time: 1 hour 40 minutes
No interval
A king, a queen; his favourite and her lover.
Power and sex are a dangerous combination, and when the rulers of medieval England played the game of thrones, they either won or they died.
The life of King Edward II inspired Marlowe’s classic tragedy, but George Benjamin and Martin Crimp turn it inside out, in an opera that exposes the raw emotions of four characters locked in a deadly embrace.
This is Lessons in Love and Violence, and it caused a sensation when it opened at the Royal Opera in 2018. Edward Gardner has assembled a world-beating cast for this one-off concert performance, with director Dan Ayling.