Movies: Jennifer France

  • 2018
    Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

    Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence (2018)

    Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence

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    Opera based on the story of Edward II and Piers Gaveston. Music by George Benjamin, libretto by Martin Crimp. BBC broadcast of the 2018 premiere at the Royal Opera House, the composer conducting, prefaced by commentary and interviews....

    Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence
  • 2019
    Anthropocene - MacRae

    Anthropocene - MacRae (2019)

    Anthropocene - MacRae

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    A team of scientists becomes trapped in the frozen Arctic wastelands. Tensions rise and relationships crumble, and then something appears, out of the ice. This fourth collaboration between composer Stuart MacRae and librettist Louise Welsh is their ...

    Anthropocene - MacRae
  • 2020
    The Marriage of Figaro - Garsington

    The Marriage of Figaro - Garsington (2020)

    The Marriage of Figaro - Garsington

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    For many people, one’s wedding day might feel dramatic. For Mozart’s Figaro, it is quite literally an opera! The action covers one day in the castle and grounds of Aguas Frescas, near Seville. Stellar performances in John Cox’s production of this Mo...

    The Marriage of Figaro - Garsington
  • 1969
    Ariadne auf Naxos - Garsington

    Ariadne auf Naxos - Garsington (1969)

    Ariadne auf Naxos - Garsington

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    An opera of two halves? A comedy of two halves? Ariadne auf Naxos is both at once and centres around the proposal of ‘the richest man in Vienna’ to commission two entertainments, one from a serious opera composer and one from a troupe of comedians. W...

    Ariadne auf Naxos - Garsington