Gioachino Rossini

IL VIAGGIO A REIMS

A Comic Drama in One Act

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Premiere: 9. 10. 2025 | A co-production with the Piccolo Opera Festival (Gorizia). Supported byGO! 2025 and Region Friuli Venezia Giulia

We invite you to experience with us yet another one of the irresistible Rossini's comedies – precisely 200 years after its premiere in Paris!

The Journey to Reims – a brilliant rarity from the stunning treasure trove of one of the greatest opera masters. This humorous piece languished in oblivion for more than 150 years! It was reconstructed and re-performed only in 1994, in Pesaro, under the baton of the legendary Claudio Abbado.

Today, many opera connoisseurs consider it one of Rossini's most essential and entertaining operas. It has captivated audiences around the world with its musical opulence and scenic dynamism; its impressiveness is enhanced by as many as 18 solo roles, including 9 principal ones, which is quite a rarity in the operatic repertoire.

The story takes us to the Golden Lily spa resort, where a colourful group of aristocrats and military officers from all over Europe gather under one roof. The company is heading to Reims for the coronation of French King Charles X. They remain trapped in the spa, with no horses to be found anywhere, which offers a perfect starting point for a web of love affairs, imaginative adventures, and comic misunderstandings … in this witty romantic and political melodrama.

Artists

Music Gioachino Rossini
Libretto Luigi Balocchi

Conductor Marko Hribernik
Director Marin Blažević

Costume Designer Sandra Dekanić
Set, Lighting and Video Projections Designer Wolfgang von Zoubek
Language Coach Marja Filipčič Redžić
Choirmaster Željka Ulčnik Remic
Concertmaster Gregor Traven
Assistant Conductor and Second Conductor Jakob Barbo
Harpsichordist Eric Foster
Assistant Director Matej Prevc, Simona Pinter
Assistant Set Designer Jaro Ješe
Repetiteurs Kayoko Ikeda, Višnja Kajgana, Irena Zajec, Irina Milivojević, Stefan Pajanović, Eric Foster, Marina Đonlić (chorus)
Prompters Dejan Gebert, Urška Švara Kafol
Executive Producer Polona Kante
Stage Manager Višnja Fičor, Roman Pušnjak

Entire cast

Corinna Irene Celle k. g. / Nuška Drašček
La contessa di Folleville Nina Dominko / Štefica Grasselli
Madama Cortese Diana Haller k. g. / Martina Zadro
Il cavaliere Belfiore Aljaž Farasin / Bryan Lopez Gonzales k. g.
Don Profondo Saša Čano / Benjamin Šuran k. g.
Il conte di Libenskof Stevan Karanac k. g. / Dejan M. Vrbančič
Lord Sidney Nebojša Babić k. g. / Peter Martinčič
Il barone di Trombonok Giorgio Surian k. g. / Jože Vidic
La marchesa Melibea Elena Dobravec / Nutsa Zakaidze k. g.
Don Alvaro Rok Bavčar / Jure Počkaj k. g.
Don Prudenzio Lovro Korošec k. g. / Luka Ortar k. g.
Maddalena Galja Gorčeva / Anja Zemljarič
Antonio Robert Brezovar / Marko Ferjančič
Don Luigino David Čadež / Matej Velikonja
Delia Polona Kante / Lora Pavletić
Modestina Ireneja Nejka Čuk k. g./ Inez Osina Rues
Zefirino Mario Filipović / Gregor Ravnik k. g.
Gelsomino Rusmir Redžić / Edvard Strah

Extras Janez Bratun, Bojan Čanačević, Matjaž Srpan, Blaž Čukajne, Matej Rudolf, Adnan Čaušević, Blaž Rejec, Tina Slapnik, Jasmin Avdić, Mitja Ravnikar, Stanko Godler, Luka Jelšnik

Chorus and Orchestra of the SNG Opera in balet Ljubljana