IL Viaggio a Reims
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Title:
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IL Viaggio a Reims |
Otros títulos:
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IL Viaggio a Reims |
Intérprete/ Colaborador:
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Rossini Gioacchino; Katia Ricciarelli; Lucia Valentini Terrani; Lella Cuberli; Cecilia Gasdia; Francisco Araiza; Edoardo Gimenez; Leo Nucci,; Ruggero Raimondi; Samuel Ramey; Enzo Dara; Prague Philharmonic Chorus; The Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Claudio Abbado |
Código CDU:
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Ro.05 |
Forma Musical:
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Operas |
Abstract:
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The occasion for and the setting of this gala opera are the same: the festivities surrounding the 1825 coronation of the new French king, Charles X. The coronation itself takes place, for historical reasons, in the city of Reims. An assorted group of travelers representing various European nations gather in the hotel of the title to spend the night before traveling the final stage of their journey to witness the crowning. However, there is a shortage of horses occasioned by the extraordinary traffic to Reims and try as they might they cannot get there. So they decide to spend the money they would have spent at the coronation in two ways: in a collection for charitable causes, and in throwing themselves a nice banquet to honor the king in their own way.
The plot is rather slender; while hotel staff and servants seek to make the voyagers comfortable and to locate some horses, various romantic attractions and jealousies arise among the multi-national travelers. These are sorted out ... |
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