FULL Il viaggio a Reims Florence 2012 Ruth Rosique, Oana Andra, Rocío Ignacio
Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Libretto: Luigi Balocchi Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
- Recorded: January 2012
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Ruth Rosique, Oana Andra, Rocío Ignacio, Donata D'Annunzio-Lombardi, Michele Angelini, Mirco Palazzi, Marco Camastra, Enea Scala, Andrea Porta, Domenico Balzani, Gabriele Ribis, Enrico Cossutta, Annunziata Vestri, Silvia Mazzoni, Mario Bolognesi, Giovanni Bellavia, Saverio Bambi
- Conductor: Daniele Rustioni
- Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Chorus: Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Stage Director: Marco Gandini
- Stage Designer: Italo Grassi
- Costume Designer: Maurizio Millenotti
- Lighting Designer: Marco Filibeck
Information about the Recording
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from Wikipedia:
Rossini’s last opera in the Italian language (all of his later works were in French) premiered under the title Le voyage à Reims, ou l’Hôtel du Lys-d’Or. It was commissioned to celebrate the coronation of French King Charles X in Reims in 1825 and has been acclaimed as one of Rossini’s finest compositions. A demanding work, it requires 14 soloists (three sopranos, one contralto, two tenors, four baritones, and four basses). At its premiere, it was sung by the greatest voices of the day.
Since the opera was written for a specific occasion, with a plot about European aristocrats, officers – and one poetess – en route to join in the French coronation festivities that the opera itself was composed for, Rossini never intended it to have a life beyond a few performances in Paris. He later re-used about half of the music in Le comte Ory.
