CAST:
Patrizia Ciofi (Corinna)
Daniela Barcellona (La
marchesa Melibea)
Annick Massis (La
contessa di Folleville)
Carmela Remigio (Madama
Cortese)
Juan F. Gatell Abre (Il cavaliere
Belfiore)
Dmitry Korchak (Il
conte di Libenskof)
Alastair Miles (Lord
Sidney)
Nicola Ulivieri (Don
Profondo)
Bruno Praticò
(Barone di
Trombonok)
Fabio
Capitanucci (Don
Alvaro)
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Conductor:
Ottavio Dantone
Director:
Luca Ronconi
Sets & Costumes:
Gae Aulenti
Running time:
3 hrs. plus one
intermission
Sung in Italian with English
subtitles
Photos:
© Teatro alla
Scala |
Il
Viaggio a Reims is Rossini's
last opera in the Italian language
(all of his later works were in
French). Commissioned to celebrate
the coronation of French King
Charles X in Rheims in 1825, the
work has been critically acclaimed
as one of Rossini's finest
compositions. It is a demanding
work, requiring 14 soloists (three
sopranos, one contralto, two tenors,
four baritones, and four basses).
The
uniqueness and audacity of the opera
is compounded by its plot, which
concerns a group of people who plan
excitedly for a “viaggio” (journey)
to the city of Reims that at the end
never happens.
The
true spirit of the Opera is
perfectly captured by this
production from Teatro alla Scala.
La Scala brings us the visionary
production created years ago by the
minds of one of Europe’s most
influential and innovative
directors, Italian Luca Ronconi (who
directed Puccini’s Il Trittico,
which Emerging Pictures brought to
theatres in the last La Scala Opera
Season) and of world renowned
Italian architect Gae Aulenti, who
created sets and costumes. Since its
creation back in 1984, this
production has become the
quintessential stage production of
Il Viaggio a Reims, and finally
American audiences will have the
chance to experience it.
Once
again, Teatro alla Scala assembles a
formidable cast of professionals,
many of whom specialize in the
Rossini repertoire, mastering
beautifully the vocal range required
by the composer’s music and the
dynamic and fresh acting that
characterize Rossini Operas. |
