Il viaggio a Reims

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  Gioacchino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims – Ruth Tromboukis

• Premierenstimmen: Il viaggio a Reims – Ruth Tromboukis

• Il viaggio a Reims – Ya-Chung Huang als Zefirino, Davia Bouley als Delia, Sua Jo als Madama Cortese, Samueol Park als Antonio Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – 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 Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – 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 Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – 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 Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – Alexandra Ionis als Maddalena, Padraic Rowan als Don Prudenzio, Marina Monzò als Contessa di Folleville, Philipp Jekal als Barone di Trombonok Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – u. a. Padraic Rowan als Don Prudenzio, Marina Monzò als Contessa di Folleville, Philipp Jekal als Barone di Trombonok, Sua Jo als Madama Cortese Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – Andrei Danilov als Cavaliere Belfiore, Maria Barakova als Marchesa Melibea, Jan Antem als Don Alvaro Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – 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 Huang als Zefirino, Alexandra Ionis als Maddalena, Davia Bouley als Delia, Modestina als Arianna Manganello Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – Mané Galoyan als Corinna Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – u. a. Andrei Danilov als Cavaliere Belfiore Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – Maria Barakova als Marchesa Melibea, Juan de Dios Mateos als Il Conte di Libenskof Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – Davia Bouley als Delia, Andrei Danilov als Cavaliere Belfiore, Sua Jo als Madama Cortese Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – u. a. Jan Antem als Don Alvaro Bettina Stöß

• Il viaggio a Reims – 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-Chung Huang als Zefirino Bettina Stöß

Since Rossini's coronation opera was rediscovered in 1984, this performance show of bel canto has gained a firm place in the repertoire. At the same time, the story about the noble spa guests and their failed travel plan is a marvellous piece of absurd theatre, which Jan Bosse has staged as a satire about the "Hospital Europa" ... Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi; Director: Jan Bosse; With Lilit Davtyan, Stephanie Wake-Edwards, Hye-Young Moon, Martina Russomanno, Kangyoon Shine Lee, Omar Mancini, Michael Bachtadze, Artur Garbas, Philipp Jekal, Kyle Miller a. o.
About the workA motley group of travellers on their way to Reims for the coronation of Charles X is billeted in the Hotel zur Goldenen Lilie. But when it transpires that no fresh horses are available for the stage coach, they realise they’re stranded.

In IL VIAGGIO A REIMS Gioacchino Rossini and his librettist Luigi Balochi present a chamber-piece setting in which the story’s 14-strong ensemble of equally-ranked main characters introduce themselves with a raft of original and perfectly executed arias in a situation of uncertainty and time-biding. The reason for travelling in the opera is the same as Rossini’s motive for writing it: Rossini, whose international reputation had preceded his move to Paris, was commissioned to write an opera as part of the festivities celebrating the coronation of Charles X in 1825, the climax of which would be the premiere of his work. As IL VIAGGIO A REIMS was inextricably linked to the coronation, Rossini considered that the work had a certain shelf life. He referred to the opera as a cantata and did not hesitate to use stretches of its music in one of his French operas, LE COMTE ORY. As a result the work slipped from the programmes and did not surface again until the 1980s, when Claudio Abbado staged it in Pesaro. And we can be thankful, because the opera – Rossini’s last in Italian – is a gem, despite the off-the-cuff circumstances of its composition, with the brilliance of the score and the over-the-top absurdity of the humour. This is Rossini at the pinnacle of Italian opera buffa.

Some background trivia on the characters in IL VIAGGIO A REIMS: some of them had featured in the much-read novel by Madame de Stäel, “Corinne ou l’Italie”. Yet they also represent a cross-section of 19th-century Europe converging on Reims to pay their respects to the new French king – and each a deliberate stereotype rather than a fully rounded character.

About the productionDirector Jan Bosse goes to town with the rather absurd premise of Europeans holed up in a spa hotel. A room of mirrors variously serving as spa clinic, sanatorium and lunatic asylum is the setting for the stalled journey of the characters, who are keen to live up to their respective national characteristics, try to best each other in coloratura warbling and end up planning their own celebratory feast.

Artists/Collaborators: 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), Chance Jonas-O'Toole (Zefirino), Alexandra Ionis (Maddalena), Alexandra Oomens (Modestina), Davia Bouley (Delia), Jared Werlein (Antonio), Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchester)

Pre-performance lecture (in German): 45 minutes prior to each performance

Next date:

• Date Friday, 27/December/2024 18:00 (3 more dates)
• Venue Deutsche Oper Berlin
• Address Bismarckstraße 35, 10627 Berlin-Charlottenburg