Viol maestro Jordi Savall, Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowski, as well as the aforementioned countertenor, Frenchman Philippe Jaroussky, are all regulars.

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This was especially true of Eliogabalo himself, portrayed by the hardworking countertenor Christopher Ainslie and his two cross-dressing sidekicks, Zotico (mezzo-soprano Daryl Freedman) and Lenia (tenor John Easterlin).

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Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings and Nathan Medley sang almost as one voice, and the odd purity of their countertenor voices contrasted well with, and balanced out, the heaviness of the whole work.

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