The New York Times
By Sara Aridi
LESSONS IN LOVE AND VIOLENCE 2:30 p.m. on Medici.tv. This new opera by the composer George Benjamin and the playwright Martin Crimp centers on a love triangle inspired by the relationship between King Edward II of England and his courtier Piers Gaveston. Filmed at the Royal Opera House in London, the production is led by the baritones Stéphane Degout and Gyula Orendt and the soprano Barbara Hannigan. In his review for The Times, Anthony Tommasini named the opera a Critic’s Pick and praised Mr. Benjamin’s work. “The writing is so lush, haunting and detailed — radiant one moment, piercingly dissonant the next — that you are continuously enveloped by the raucous beauty of the sounds.”