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A long, strange trip: Opera Philadelphia’s Il viaggio a Reims

Scott Conner (Lord Sidney)
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Brenda Rae (Madama Cortese)
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Emilie Kealani (Corinna) and Minghao Liu (Il Cavaliere Belfiore)
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Katherine Beck (Melibea) and Alisdair Kent (Il Barone di Libenskof)
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“a visual feast”
Reviewed at Academy of Music, Philadelphia on 19 September 2025
Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims
Opera Philadelphia
Corrado Rovaris, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Opera Philadelphia Orchestra
Opera Philadelphia Chorus
Eleonora Gravagnola, Revival Director
Emilie Kealani, Corinna
Katherine Beck, Marchesa Melibea
Lindsey Reynolds, Contessa di Folleville
Brenda Rae, Madame Cortese
Minghao Liu, Chevalier Belfiore
Alasdair Kent, Conte di Libenskof
Scott Conner, Lord Sidney
Daniel Belcher, Barone di Trombonok
Alex DeSocio, Don Alvaro
Ben Brady, Don Profondo
Anthony Reed, Don Prudenzio
Zachary Altman, Don Prudenzio
Maya Mor Mitrani, Modestina
Fran Daniel Laucerica, Don Luigino
Sarah Scofield, Maddalena
Brandon Bell, Antonio
Olivia Prendergast, Delia
Hongrui Ren, Gelsomino, Zefirino
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