October 12. , Eliogabalo 's Premiere (F. Cavalli) in Nationale Opera and Ballet Amterdam) !
Tenor Emiliano Gonzalez Toro (here with Nadine Sierra) is back to play the role of the old childminder Lenia. A made to measure role for the tenor who was warmly acclaimed after the Paris performances.
Leonardo Garcia Alarcon will conduct musicians of his Ensemble Cappella Mediterranea in this masterpiece who inspired the talented stage director Thomas Joly (trailer).
During the 2017-2018 season, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, after Lenia performs as another childminder : Arnalta (L'incoronazione di Poppea), at the Zurich Opera ; the title role of Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (Boismortier), in France and in Malte, with the Concert Spirituel of Hervé Niquet. He participates to the Franco-Luxembourg tour around Bach's Magnificat and Haendel 's Dixit Dominus, with Le Concert d'Astrée under the baton of Emmanuelle Haïm, and to the Matthaus Passion European tour of Les Musiciens du Louvre, directed by Marc Minkowki, sings the role of Mercurio ((La concordia de’ pianeti by Caldara) with La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, as well as several programms with Les Talens lyriques (Lully's Alceste, Campra's Requiem and Charpentier's Noël). He also records Vivaldi's Il Giustino, with the Accademia Bizantina under the baton of Ottavio Dantone.
Eliogalalo (F. Cavalli)
National Opera & Ballet - Amsterdam
October 12 to 26 2017
