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Coronation of Charles X of France by François Gérard, circa 1827

Was it ever Rossini’s real intention? To perform it and then throw it away?
Rossini considered his opera Il viaggio a Reims an occasional piece, created for the coronation of Charles the X in 1825. The opera was first  performed in Paris, with Giuditta Pasta as Corinna. It was a great success, but the composer pulled the plug after only three performances.

He reused much of the music in Le Comte Ory, the rest disappeared into  various drawers in different countries (how appropriate, don’t you think?) and was only recovered in the late 1970s.

CLAUDIO ABBADO:
Pesaro 1984

The first “modern” performance of Il viaggio took place in Pesaro, in 1984. Claudio Abbado conducted an absolute star-studded cast, which had been brought together just for this occasion… In alphabetical order: Francisco Araiza, Lella Cuberli, Enzo Dara, Cecilia Gasdia, Eduardo Gimenez, William Matteuzzi, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Samuel Ramey, Katia
Ricciarelli and Lucia Valentini Terrani.

https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A2qEiLUr8leX35Nmagtm1PM

Youtube also offers the entire recording from Pesaro – on screen! – :

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