Duration130 Min
Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims
Opera
Théâtre du Châtelet
Production Date: 17/12/2005
Duration130 Min
Video Formats
On their way to the Coronation celebrations at Reims, an unlikely group of (highly vocal) travellers are thrown together at an inn. The consequences are … well, let's just say that Rossini wasn't afraid to let his hair down. Il Viaggio a Reims is a gala opera; a celebration of melody and wit rather than a serious drama and Alain Maratrat's 2005 production for the Théâtre du Châtelet plays it as exactly that. Valery Gergiev and his Mariinsky forces bring a thrilling panache to the musical side of this sparkling semi-staging, in which Parisian style meets vocal firepower with irresistibly entertaining results.
- Soloists:
- Elena Vasilieva (Harp), Aglaya Oulianova (Flute), Xénia Isaeva (Harpsichord), Irma Guigolachvili (Soprano), Dmitri Voropaev (Tenor), Edouard Tsanga (Bass), Alexei Safiouline (Tenor), Nikolai Kamensky (Bass), Alexei Tannovistski (Bass), Andrei Iliouchnikov (Tenor), Vladislav Ouspenski (Baritone), Daniil Shtoda (Tenor), Larissa Youdina (Soprano), Anastasia Belyaeva (Soprano), Anna Kiknadze (Mezzo-Soprano), Elena Sommer (Mezzo-Soprano), Olga Kitshenko (Mezzo-Soprano), Pavel Chmoulevitch (Bass)
- Ensemble:
- Mariinsky Orchestra
- Conductor:
- Valery Gergiev
