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2013 Opera Film 100′ Royal Opera House
Composer George Benjamin and author Martin Crimp join forces with acclaimed stage director Katie Mitchell for the opera Written on Skin. Benjamin harnesses an array of diverse instruments in a strikingly beautiful and rich score, complemented by Crimp’s poetic libretto.
S Y N O P S I S
Filmed on stage at the Royal Opera House in March 2013 by Margaret Williams.
A powerful Protector commissions a young artist to create an illuminated book to celebrate his power. The book sparks the rebellion of the Protector’s submissive wife Agnès, setting the scene for an extraordinary act of revenge.
C R E D I T S
directed for the screen
MARGARET WILLIAMS
music
GEORGE BENJAMIN
writer
MARTIN CRIMP
directed for the stage
KATIE MITCHELL
the protector
CHRISTOPHER PURVES
anges
BARBARA HANNIGAN
angel 1 / Boy 1
BEJUN METHA
angel 2 / Marie
VICTORIA SIMMONDS
angel 3 / John
ALLAN CLAYTON
angel archivists
DAVID ALEXANDER
LAURA HARLING
PETER HOBDAY
SARAH NORTHGRAVES
designs
VICKI MORTIMER
lighting design
JON CLARK
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
conductor
GEORGE BENJAMIN
cameras
PETER EDWARDS
DAVE EVANS
PAUL FREEMAN
WAYNE RATCLIFFE
MARTYN WATTS
visions engineers
DAVID GRIFFITHS
ANDY JONES
lighting director
JOHN E WALKER
colourist
KEVIN HORSEWOOD
sound supervisor
MARK THACKERAY
music producer
DAVID GROVES
script supervisor
GEMMA DIXON
vision mixer
HILARY BRIEGEL
editor
STEVE EVELEIGH
producer
MARGARET WILLIAMS
© Royal Opera House 2013