(Cavalli: Eliogabalo)

Content: 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

Countries:

Genres:

Drama,

History

Runtime:

150 minutes

Year:

2016

Directors:

Thomas Jolly

Production companies:

Opéra National de Paris

Actors:

Eliogabalo

Alessandro Cesare

Flavia Gemmira

Conductor

Crews:

Director

Conductor

Original Music Composer