Written on Skin – review

Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-ProvenceGeorge Benjamin took his first, much anticipated steps towards music theatre six years ago with Into the Little Hill, a contemporary retelling of the story of the Pied Piper to a text by dramatist Martin Crimp. That magical 40-minute piece, with two singers, a chamber-scale ensemble and minimal dramatic trappings, seemed wary of committing fully to such a treacherous, extravagant medium as opera. But working again with Crimp, Benjamin has now ...

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