I GEMELLI
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro
The 2022-2023 season of I Gemelli is absolutely thrilling with the continuation of the Monteverdi trilogy (L’Incoronazione di Poppea), a return to the Capitole de Toulouse, and the beginning of European tours with the programs Soleil noir and A Room of Mirrors.
In 2019, the ensemble I Gemelli makes a remarkable début on the international baroque scene with an acclaimed first disc (Cozzolani's Vespro, rewarded by a Choc Classica, Toccata's CD of the month and Diapason d'or 2019) followed by Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. The ensemble continues to build momentum with the release of Soleil noir, a recital dedicated to Francesco Rasi (Diapason d'Or 2021, Diamant Opéra Magazine, Opera News' Critics Choice, ffff Télérama…) and of L’Orfeo (5 Diapasons, Diamant Opéra Magazine, Figaro's Disc of the Year…).
Founded in 2018 by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Mathilde Étienne, the ensemble I Gemelli specializes in 17th century vocal music. Its vocation is to defend the major pieces of this period as well as lesser-known or even unpublished scores.
Unlike a leadership coming from the orchestra pit or the continuo, the ensemble follow a conductor-singer in a declamatory research, adapting to the rhetoric of the text. Historically informed, the ensemble I Gemelli plays on period instruments, collaborating closely with academics and musicologists for the development of each program. The guest artists are both leading figures on the international scene and talents from the new generation of singers and instrumentalists.
The ensemble has performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra de Versailles, Capitole de Toulouse, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Arsenal de Metz, and Angers-Nantes Opéra. He has been invited to the festivals of Ambronay, Sablé, Pontoise, Freiburg, Regensburg, La Moutte, Krakow, Vilnius, Royan, Carouge, Onex, Kretinga, Quimper, to the Concerts d'Automne Tours as well as the Grands Concerts de Lyon.
In 2022, the label Gemelli Factory is created in order to carry the ambitious projects of the ensemble and its artists, providing the necessary means for a controlled phonographic production.
The first disc released by Gemelli Factory, A Room of Mirrors, immediately impressed the public and the critics by getting a Gramophone Editor's Choice, a Diapason d'or, a Diamant Opéra magazine, a Clé resmusica, a Clic Classique News, Operanews Critic's Choice, and a Coup de cœur Forumopéra.
In 2019, the ensemble I Gemelli makes a remarkable début on the international baroque scene with an acclaimed first disc (Cozzolani's Vespro, rewarded by a Choc Classica, Toccata's CD of the month and Diapason d'or 2019) followed by Monteverdi's L'Orfeo at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. The ensemble continues to build momentum with the release of Soleil noir, a recital dedicated to Francesco Rasi (Diapason d'Or 2021, Diamant Opéra Magazine, Opera News' Critics Choice, ffff Télérama…) and of L’Orfeo (5 Diapasons, Diamant Opéra Magazine, Figaro's Disc of the Year…).
Founded in 2018 by Emiliano Gonzalez Toro and Mathilde Étienne, the ensemble I Gemelli specializes in 17th century vocal music. Its vocation is to defend the major pieces of this period as well as lesser-known or even unpublished scores.
Unlike a leadership coming from the orchestra pit or the continuo, the ensemble follow a conductor-singer in a declamatory research, adapting to the rhetoric of the text. Historically informed, the ensemble I Gemelli plays on period instruments, collaborating closely with academics and musicologists for the development of each program. The guest artists are both leading figures on the international scene and talents from the new generation of singers and instrumentalists.
The ensemble has performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Opéra de Versailles, Capitole de Toulouse, Victoria Hall in Geneva, Arsenal de Metz, and Angers-Nantes Opéra. He has been invited to the festivals of Ambronay, Sablé, Pontoise, Freiburg, Regensburg, La Moutte, Krakow, Vilnius, Royan, Carouge, Onex, Kretinga, Quimper, to the Concerts d'Automne Tours as well as the Grands Concerts de Lyon.
In 2022, the label Gemelli Factory is created in order to carry the ambitious projects of the ensemble and its artists, providing the necessary means for a controlled phonographic production.
The first disc released by Gemelli Factory, A Room of Mirrors, immediately impressed the public and the critics by getting a Gramophone Editor's Choice, a Diapason d'or, a Diamant Opéra magazine, a Clé resmusica, a Clic Classique News, Operanews Critic's Choice, and a Coup de cœur Forumopéra.
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