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The intrepid company brings Damiano Michieletto’s well-traveled production of a Rossini rarity to the US for the first time. 

A Rossini comedy should sparkle, but this new production, starting its tour from Hackney, is decidedly lacking bubbles.

Rossini's operatic sketch show provides a great showcase for the talents of the festival's academy for young singers.

Rossini's opera is all about art and art lovers in this production by Damiano Michieletto.

The Deutsche Oper's production of Rossini's sparkling occasion piece is big on gags but short on stardust.

Emilio Sagi’s brightly lit but simplistic staging of Il viaggio a Reims moves the action from northern France to a sunny spa hotel in warmer climes.

Lord Sidney's contemplation of the insanity of the world seems to be the impetus for this delirious production. So endless is its stream of gags that to attend this show is to be left feeling exhausted.

Theatre director Christoph Marthaler is renowned – if notorious – for his “off the wall” productions and adherence to bad boy antics. This Viaggio was no exception.

Director Michieletto’s playful staging, Stefano Montanari’s expressive conducting and stylish singing from a cast of seasoned Rossinian singers make for a thoroughly enjoyable new production of the too rare Il viaggio a Reims at the Dutch National Opera.

The Tenth Anniversary of the Royal Opera House’s Jette Parker Young Artists Scheme is a landmark of no small size. This summer performance brought back some of the best singers it has produced for a semi-staged rendition of Rossini’s one-act 1825 opera Il Viaggio a Reims. It was a celebratory display of virtuoso held together with a generous dose of self-indulgence.

Ein bestens disponiertes Sängerensemble brilliert mit Komik und hoher Gesangsqualität in Rossinis Oper, in der rund zweieinhalb Stunden eigentlich gar nichts passiert.