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Written on Skin

First Preview: Jul 16, 2015
Opening Date: Aug 11, 2015
Closing Date: Aug 15, 2015
Running Time: 01:40
Written on Skin
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David H. Koch Theater
20 Lincoln Center, New York, NY 10023
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U.S. stage premiere
George Benjamin’s masterpiece, which Le Monde declared “the best opera written in twenty years,” finally arrives in New York for a much-anticipated premiere.

Erotic and visceral, Written on Skin tells of a woman bound by a cruel marriage and consumed by an illicit passion. Winning rapturous praise with each performance, this unsettling tale of submission, desire, and liberation stars Barbara Hannigan and Christopher Purves, reprising the roles they originated. 

Alan Gilbert conducts the superb Mahler Chamber Orchestra, whose otherworldly sound palette was a major inspiration to the composer.

Performed in English with English supertitles

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
TUESDAY AUGUST 11th @ 7:30 PM
THURSDAY AUGUST 13th @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY AUGUST 15th @ 3 PM
ConcertConcert
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: Performed in English with English supertitles

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  • “The work of a genius unleashed.”

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  • “Psychologically gripping, emotionally heart-pounding and viscerally satisfying drama.”

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  • “The work of a genius unleashed.”

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  • “Psychologically gripping, emotionally heart-pounding and viscerally satisfying drama.”

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