Benjamin: Written on Skin DVD (The Royal Opera)Benjamin: Written on Skin DVD is inspired by a medieval legend, and tells of an ill fated troubadour, drawn into a liaison with an innocent maiden. But they are observed by the jealous eye of her protector, who wreaks a shocking revenge on the young couple. When Written on Skin had its premiere at the 2012 Festival d'Aix en Provence, conducted by George Benjamin himself, it received a standing ovation. The opera's arrival at Covent Garden in 2013 was

Running Time: 135 mins

Federico Bonelli is an attentive partner

Lady Capulet: Christina Arestis

vividly brought to life by The Royal Ballet

especially The Royal Ballet

She provides an authoritative history of the best ballets and the finest ballerinas in Darcey's Ballerina Heroines and gives an illuminating account of her own career from it's earliest days in A Ballerina's Life

Romeo & Juliet (2012) Music by Sergey Prokofiev

to flow above and around you in three-dimensions

Saimir Pirgu as the Shepherd

Ferrando: Tómas Tómasson

and with a wonderful cast led by Angelika Kirchschlager

Warning: Strobe lighting is used in this production