Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro (The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis) is an operatic dramma giocoso, originally performed in three acts, by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Balocchi, based in part on Corinne, ou L'Italie by Mme de Staël.
| Original Name | Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro |
| Librettist | Luigi Balocchi (based in part on Corinne, ou L'Italie by Mme de Staël) |
| Date of composition | 1825 |
| Premiered | 1825, June 19th (Théâtre Italien) in Paris, France |
| Type | Opera |
| Spoken language | Italian |
| Instruments |
Chorus/Choir
Orchestra Voice (Soprano) - Madame Cortese, Tyrolean hostess of the spa hotel Voice (Soprano) - Contessa di Folleville, a fashionable young widow Voice (Soprano) - Corinna, a famous Roman poetess Voice (Contralto) - Marchesa Melibea, the Polish widow of an Italian general killed on their wedding night Voice (Tenor) - Conte di Libenskof, Russian general in love with Marchesa Melibea Voice (Tenor) - Chevalier Belfiore, handsome young French officer and spare-time painter Voice (Bass) - Lord Sidney, English colonel secretly in love with Corinna Voice (Bass) - Don Alvaro, Spanish admiral in love with Marchesa Melibea Voice (Bass) - Barone di Trombonok, German major and music lover Voice (Bass) - Don Profondo, scholar and lover of antiquities, friend of Corinna Voice (Bass) - Don Prudenzio, doctor at the spa Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Modestina, the Contessa di Folleville's chamber maid Voice (Tenor) - Don Luigino, cousin of the Contessa di Folleville Voice (Mezzo-Soprano) - Maddalena, hotel housekeeper from Normandy Voice (Baritone) - Antonio, maître d'hotel Voice (Tenor) - Zefirino, courier Voice (Tenor) - Gelsomino, valet Voice (Soprano) - Delia, young Greek girl who is Corinna's travelling companion |
| Autotranslations beta |
Gioachino Rossini: The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis Gioachino Rossini: The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis Gioachino Rossini: The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis |
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