A husband, a wife, an artist, and a passion with consequences beyond imagination. Declared as the best opera written in the past two decades by Le Monde, this concert version – re-uniting performers from the Royal Opera’s sensational 2013 production – is an unmissable climax to the Barbican’s George Benjamin Focus. Programme and Performers: - George Benjamin: Written On Skin - Text by Martin Crimp - Concert performance directed by Benjamin Davis - Mahler Chamber Orchestra - George Benjamin: conductor - Christopher Purves: The Protector - Barbara Hannigan: Agnès - Tim Mead: Angel One/The Boy - Victoria Simmonds Angel Two/Marie - Robert Murray Angel Three/John Please arrive on time as latecomers may not be admitted.