A birthday reimagining of Il viaggio a Reims in Salzburg

Cecilia Bartoli (Corinna) and ensemble

Marina Viotti (Marchesa Melibea) and ensemble

Il viaggio a Reims ensemble

Florian Sempey (Don Profondo)

Rouven Pabst (dancer), Cecilia Bartoli (Corinna) and ensemble

Tara Erraught (Madama Cortese), Cecilia Bartoli (Corinna) and dancers

By Laura Servidei, 26 May 2026

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“Kosky approaches the work by emphasising the opera’s irony and its satire of the characters”

Reviewed at Haus für Mozart, Salzburg on 25 May 2026

Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims

Gianluca Capuano, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Rufus Didwiszus, Set Designer

Victoria Behr, Costume Designer

Franck Evin, Lighting Designer

Les Musiciens du Prince – Monaco

Chœur de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Cecilia Bartoli, Corinna

Tara Erraught, Madame Cortese

Mélissa Petit, Contessa di Folleville

Marina Viotti, Marchesa Melibea

Dmitry Korchak, Conte di Libenskof

Edgardo Rocha, Chevalier Belfiore

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Lord Sidney

Misha Kiria, Barone di Trombonok

Peter Kellner, Don Alvaro

Florian Sempey, Don Profondo

Giovanni Romeo, Don Prudenzio

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Laura Servidei

Mathematician, science nerd, translator of popular science books, obsessed opera fan since the teen years. Day job: business analyst in a software house developing systems for the financial industry. Amateur choral singer. Main musical interests: baroque music and Italian opera. Originally from Italy, currently based in Sweden. I make a mean eggplant parmesan.

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