“Francesco Cavalli's opera live at the Palais Garnier, Paris on September 14, 2016”
Systematically overturning accepted morals, Elagabalus dresses men as women, and names women to the Senate, favours sinning servants and humiliates generals. Baroque and carnivalesque, Eliogabalo is not, however, an opera that advocates a return to order. Leonardo García Alarcón, a finder of baroque gems, and Thomas Jolly are careful not to transform Eliogabalo into a sublime icon who would abase virtue. On the contrary, the conductor and young director, who are presenting their first production for the Paris Opera, accept the character’s contradictions and ambiguities
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Franco Fagioli
Eliogabalo
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Polyphemus
Artaserse
Paul Groves
Alessandro Cesare
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Candide
The Magic Flute
Nadine Sierra
Flavia Gemmira
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The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
The Metropolitan Opera: La Sonnambula
Leonardo García Alarcón
Conductor
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Thomas Jolly Director · Francesco Cavalli Composer
First release September 14, 2016
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Opéra National de Paris
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Italian
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Italian
Release dates
France · September 14, 2016
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