Since Rossini's coronation opera was rediscovered in 1984, this showcase of bel canto has gained a permanent place in the repertoire. At the same time, the story about the noble spa guests and their failed travel plan is a wonderful piece of absurd theater that Jan Bosse staged as a satire about the “Hospital Europa”.
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Il viaggio a Reims
Il viaggio a Reims
Ya-Chung Huang als Zefirino, Davia Bouley als Delia, Sua Jo als Madama Cortese, Samueol Park als Antonio
Ya-Chung Huang als Zefirino, Davia Bouley als Delia, Alexandra Ionis als Maddalena, Juan de Dios Mateos als Il Conte di Libenskof, Modestina als Arianna Manganello, Maria Barakova als Marchesa Melibea
Ya-Chung Huang als Zefirino, Alexandra Ionis als Maddalena, Padraic Rowan als Don Prudenzio, Sua Jo als Madama Cortese, Davia Bouley als Delia, Samueol Park als Antonio
Sua Jo als Madama Cortese, Marina Monzò als Contessa di Folleville, Samueol Park als Antonio, Davia Bouley als Delia, Ya-Chung Huang als Zefirino, Juan de Dios Mateos als Il Conte di Libenskof, Modestina als Arianna Manganello
Alexandra Ionis als Maddalena, Padraic Rowan als Don Prudenzio, Marina Monzò als Contessa di Folleville, Philipp Jekal als Barone di Trombonok
u. a. Padraic Rowan als Don Prudenzio, Marina Monzò als Contessa di Folleville, Philipp Jekal als Barone di Trombonok, Sua Jo als Madama Cortese
Andrei Danilov als Cavaliere Belfiore, Maria Barakova als Marchesa Melibea, Jan Antem als Don Alvaro
Juan de Dios Mateos als Il Conte di Libenskof, Maria Barakova als Marchesa Melibea, Jan Antem als Don Alvaro, Padraic Rowan als Don Prudenzio, Philipp Jekal als Barone di Trombonok, Biagio Pizzuti als Don Profondo, Sua Jo als Madama Cortese, Ya-Chung
Mané Galoyan als Corinna
u. a. Andrei Danilov als Cavaliere Belfiore
Maria Barakova als Marchesa Melibea, Juan de Dios Mateos als Il Conte di Libenskof
Davia Bouley als Delia, Andrei Danilov als Cavaliere Belfiore, Sua Jo als Madama CorteseBettina Stöß
u. a. Jan Antem als Don Alvaro
Davia Bouley als Delia, Biagio Pizzuti als Don Profondo, Marina Monzò als Contessa di Folleville, Andrei Danilov als Cavaliere Belfiore, Juan de Dios Mateos als Il Conte di Libenskof, Maria Barakova als Marchesa Melibea, Jan Antem als Don Alvaro, Ya-
- Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi
- Production: Jan Bosse
With Lilit Davtyan, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Hye-Young Moon, Hulkar Sabirova, Kangyoon Shine Lee, Omar Mancini, Joel Allison, Artur Garbas, Philipp Jekal, Kyle Miller and others.
The viaggio to Reims
About the work
In the “Hotel zur Goldenen Lily” a colorful group prepares to continue their journey to the coronation of Charles X in Reims. At the last moment, however, it turns out that there are no more horses to be found for the trip - the group is stuck.
In the opera IL VIAGGIO A REIMS, Gioacchino Rossini and his librettist Luigi Balochi use this basic situation of uncertainty and waiting to create a space in which the 14 main roles, which are largely equal, can meet without restriction and present themselves extensively with original and virtuoso arias.
The subject of the opera corresponds to the occasion for which it was commissioned: As part of the coronation festivities of Charles Create celebration.
IL VIAGGIO A REIMS was linked by its plot to the event of the coronation and therefore, from Rossini's point of view, was not intended to last forever. He himself referred to the work as a cantata throughout his life and quickly used musical material from it in one of his French operas, LE COMTE ORY. As a result, the opera was considered lost for a long time and was only performed again in Pesaro in the 1980s under Claudio Abbado.
Luckily - because despite its occasional character, the last of Rossini's Italian-language operas is a gem in which he takes both the musical virtuosity and the absurd humor to the extreme. Rossini created a kind of “best of” Italian opera buffa.
It's worth taking a closer look at the characters in IL VIAGGIO A REIMS. Some of the characters come largely from Madame de Stäel's popular novel, “Corinne ou l’Italie”.
At the same time, they also represent 19th century Europe gathering to pay homage to the French king, and are portrayed in a clichéd manner as clear representatives.
For staging
In his production, director Jan Bosse underlines the absurd basic situation of Europe waiting in a bathing hotel. A mirror room that oscillates between a health clinic, a sanatorium and an insane asylum forms the starting point for the non-journey of the protagonists, who cultivate their national characteristics with devotion, engage in a breathtaking competition for the boldest coloraturas and ultimately decide to have a celebration of their own to put legs.
approx. 2 hours 45 minutes / One intermission
Additional information
In Italian with German and English surtitles
Dramma giocoso in one act; Libretto by Giuseppe Luigi Balochi
First performed on 19th June 1825 at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris
Premiered at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 15th June 2018
Pre-performance lecture (in German): 45 minutes prior to each performance
Participating artists
Alessandro De Marchi (Musikalische Leitung)
Jan Bosse (Inszenierung)
Stéphane Laimé (Bühne)
Kathrin Plath (Kostüme)
Kevin Sock (Licht)
Meika Dresenkamp (Video)
Lilit Davtyan (Corinna)
Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Marchesa Melibea)
Hye-Young Moon (Contessa di Folleville)
Martina Russomanno (Madama Cortese)
Kangyoon Shine Lee (Cavalier Belfiore)
Omar Mancini (Il Conte di Libenskof)
Michael Bachtadze (Lord Sidney)
Artur Garbas (Don Profondo)
Philipp Jekal (Barone di Trombonok)
Kyle Miller (Don Alvaro)
Padraic Rowan (Don Prudenzio)
Álvaro Zambrano (Zefirino)
Alexandra Ionis (Maddalena)
Meechot Marrero (Modestina)
Davia Bouley (Delia)
Jared Werlein (Antonio)
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchester)
