Eliogabalo : débauches et extravagance au Palais Garnier

By Anne-Laure Faubert, 19 September 2016

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“une vision fantasmée et érotique d’Eliogabalo, fidèle à la légende noire qui l’auréole.”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris on 16 September 2016

Cavalli, Eliogabalo

Opéra national de Paris

Leonardo García-Alarcón, Conductor

Thomas Jolly, Director

Thibaut Fack, Set Designer

Gareth Pugh, Costume Designer

Franco Fagioli, Eliogabalo

Paul Groves, Alessandro Cesare

Nadine Sierra, Flavia Gemmira

Valer Sabadus, Giuliano Gordio

Elin Rombo, Anicia Eritea

Mariana Flores, Atilia Macrina

Matthew Newlin, Zotico

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Lenia

Cappella Mediterranea

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Anne-Laure Faubert

Diplômée de Sciences-Po Paris, Anne-Laure y a également étudié l’art et la littérature. Elle travaille ensuite dans les secteurs privé et public où elle suit notamment les audits de grandes institutions culturelles. Elle tient un blog depuis 2010 sur le ballet, la musique baroque et les voyages et écrit pour une fondation. Elle a créé en 2014 une société de médiation culturelle axée sur le costume et en 2015 une marque de gastronomie culturelle.