http://www.eno.org Terry Gilliam, one of the world's most vivid creative minds, brings his unique directorial style to the opera stage for the first time. This vibrant staging of Hector Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust, conducted by Edward Gardner, stars Peter Hoare, Christopher Purves and Christine Rice. "An ensemble triumph. Gilliam has found the ideal medium for his fantastical mind." FIVE STARS - The Times "An unqualified triumph." FIVE STARS - The Telegraph Performances: 6 May - 7 June 2011 www.eno.org

Stéphane Degout, Peter Hoare, Gyula Orendt and Barbara Hannigan in George Benjamin and Martin Crimp's Lessons in Love and Violence as screened on BBC Four, 21 October 2018. Find out more about what we do at http://www.roh.org.uk Lessons in Love and Violence is the latest collaboration between composer George Benjamin and playwright Martin Crimp. Their previous work includes the large-scale opera Written on Skin – which has since become the most performed new opera of the 21st century. Lessons in Love and Violence combines atmospheric music and penetrating character studies. Director Katie Mitchell and designer Vicki Mortimer, the team behind the first production of Written on Skin, complete the creative team behind this major event in contemporary music. The opera’s drama begins as King Edward II’s relationship with Piers Gaveston upsets the personal life of court and the political wellbeing of the country. When the controlling military leader Mortimer joins forces with Queen Isabel, the results are deadly for Gaveston and Edward. The lessons learned by the characters of this new opera are harsh ones, following a gripping trajectory from warmth and indulgence towards calculating, cold severity.

The Italian and international press were unanimous in their praise for Peter Grimes at La Scala, which revived the tradition of Britten's operas on the lyric stages of Italy. A strong British cast was marshalled by the baton of Robin Ticciati, who has already won golden opinions for his opera conducting. Richard Jones's production focuses on the fisherman as the outsider in a brutal society, cut off by mutual suspicion and misunderstanding: an unforgettable production of an opera that never loses its power. Peter Grimes: John Graham-Hall Boy: Francesco Malvuccio Ellen Orford: Francesco Malvuccio Captain Balstrode: Christopher Purves Auntie: Felicity Palmer First Niece: Ida Falk Winland Second Niece: Simona Mihai Bob Boles: Peter Hoare Swallow: Daniel Okulitch Mrs. Sedley: Catherine Wyn-Rogers Rev. Horace Adams: Christopher Gillett Ned Keene: George Von Bergen Chorus & Orchestra of Teatro alla Scala Conductor: Robin Ticciati Director: Richard Jones Recorded live at the Teatro all Scala, June 2012