Cavalli: Eliogabalo

2016, Italian. Directed by Thomas Jolly.

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

Runtime

2h 30m

Post-credits

None listed

Language

Italian

Rated

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