tenor (San Giovanni)
From Paris (Paris Opera, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Châtelet, Philharmonie) to Amsterdam (Concertgebouw and Opera), via Toulouse (Théâtre du Capitole), Lille (Opera), Strasbourg (Opéra du Rhin), Zürich (Opera and Tonhalle), Barcelone (Teatre del Liceu, Palau de la Música and L’Auditori), Madrid (Teatro Real and Auditorio Nacional) and Geneva (Grand Théâtre and Victoria Hall), Emiliano has been acclaimed all over Europe.
French baroque opera is one of the main artistic thrusts of his activity. Title role Platée with Christophe Rousset and Dardanus with Raphaël Pichon, multiple roles in Les Paladins with William Christie.
Emiliano’s virtuosity makes him a privileged interpreter of the opera seria masters: Aquilo in Farnace with Diego Fasolis and Vitaliano in Il Giustino with, successively, Ottavio Dantone, Andrea Marcon and René Jacobs for Vivaldi; Giuliano in Rodrigo and Tempo in The Triumph of Time and Truth with Thibault Noally, or, of course the tenor part in The Messiah with Hervé Niquet for Haendel. Emiliano regularly tackles Mozart, for example Agenore in Il re pastore with William Christie, alongside Rolando Villazon; the High Priest in Idomeneo with Emmanuelle Haïm and then Jérémie Rhorer or, recently, Basilio in The Marriage of Figaro at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.
Emiliano Gonzalez Toro founded the ensemble I Gemelli with Mathilde Étienne to share his experience of the Italian Seicento (in particular Claudio Monteverdi) which he loved and serves marvellously. In 2019, I Gemelli makes its debut at the Théâtre des Champs Élysées with L’Orfeo, the most emblematic work of all, with Emiliano singing the title role. Shortly afterwards, the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse hosted the show for two evenings, followed by an equally acclaimed staged version at L’Arsenal in Metz. In 2021, he conducted and sang the title role in Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria before taking on L’Incoronazione di Poppea in May 2023, two productions that he conducts at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Victoria Hall in Geneva and L’Arsenal in Metz.
In September 2023, for the Gemelli Factory label, a recording of Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria was published. This new opus of the ensemble I Gemelli was immediately awarded by the Diapason d’Or, the Choc de Classica and by a diamond from the Opera Magazine.
The 2023-2024 season opened with a big tour with Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria passing through the biggest European scenes. Emiliano conducted and then sang the Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi in Geneva, in a preamble to the recording for Gemelli Factory (to be published in 2025). This rich season ended with the release of a new album (still for the Gemelli Factory label) operating a fusion between Latin and lyrical music: La Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez and The Amazing Keystone big band and several prestigious guests.
He sang at the Festival de Saint-Denis in 2012 in the Vespro by Monteverdi, conducted by Christina Pluhar in 2013 in St John Passion by Bach, conducted by Raphaël Pichon with the ensemble Pygmalion.