Cavalli: Eliogabalo
Francesco Cavalli's opera live at the Palais Garnier, Paris on September 14, 2016
2016-09-14
150 minutes.
Overview
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
Year 2016
Studio Opéra National de Paris
Director Thomas Jolly
Crew Thomas Jolly (Director), Leonardo García Alarcón (Conductor), Francesco Cavalli (Original Music Composer)
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Language Italiano
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