Salome, move over. In Written On Skin, an adulteress feeds on her lover’s heart. Here’s grisly Magic Realism, with roots in that Renaissance book of a hundred stories, Boccaccio’s Decameron. The score is mesmerizing, shot through with diabolical subtleties. At the time of the premiere in 2012, international poohbahs debated whether this was the finest opera since Wozzeck (1925) or just of the last 20 years. —M.G.
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For the World Traveler
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
Written On Skin, by George Benjamin
When
Jan 25 – Feb 2, 2020
Where
260 Boulevard de Maisonneuve O 1er étage, Montréal, QC H2X 1Y9, Canada