Advantages: The Cathedral, champagne Disadvantages: A little quiet...if that's a con
When Mrs P said, "Let's go Christmas shopping!", one day last year, REIMS was not the first place I had in mind.
But it seems it was for her.
We took advantage of a cheap flight deal with Ryanair to have a short break and maybe do a little Christmas shopping. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Express which had a view of the Cathedral and was centrally situated.
REIMS is situated in the Champagne-Ardennes region of France. It is around an hours drive east of Paris at the junction of the A4 and A26 motorways.
The most famous sight in Reims has to be the 13th century NOTRE-DAME Cathedral, one of the most important historical sites in France.
Clovis, King of the Franks was christened by Bishop Saint Remi on this site in 496AD. Since then a further 32 Kings of France, in fact nearly all of them, have had their coronation here ...
proxam 13.11.2002 (25.05.2004)
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Il Postino (1994)
Director: Michael Radford
Stars: Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta
Not to be confused with the wholly inferior Kevin Costner vehicle with the same name (Il Postino means "The Postman" - US title), this charming Italian language film won an Academy Award for Original Music Score and was nominated for five other awards including Best Director, Best Actor (Massimo Troisi) and Best Picture.
The film is based on an adaptation of a Spanish language novel, Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skarmeta and is based partly on real life events that happened to the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature winning poet, Pablo Neruda. Neruda (1904-1973), known as el poeta del amor (the poet of love), famed for his beautiful love poetry, and was also famous for his political poetry and activism ...
supermazox 11.09.2006 (16.09.2006)
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Advantages: Fun and lively comic opera sung in English Disadvantages: Not in the original language
The Barber of Seville, Il barbiere di Siviglia is a comic opera full of vitality and fun. Composed by Gioachino Rossini in 1816, it is his most popular opera. Originally entitled Almaviva after the character from the play.
The CD released by the label, Chandos as part of its Opera in English Series, on 21st February 2000 presents the opera in full recorded on 2 discs. The CD is available from most good music stores for the price of £17.99. The Opera in English series was launched in 1995 in collaboration with the Peter Moores? Foundation?s believe that "to enjoy opera to the full, there must be no language barrier?.
Rossini wrote the opera as a commission for the manager of the Argentina Theatre, Rome where it was first preformed in the February of 1816.
The libretto was written by Cesare Sterbini based upon Beaumarchais' play ...
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Product details
Title
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Composer
Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Main Performer
Cecilia Gasdia (Soprano); Edoardo Giménez (Tenor); Enzo Dara (Baritone); Francisco Araiza (Tenor); Giorgio Surian (Baritone)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
Prague Philharmonic Chorus; Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Date of Release
01/11/1985
Label / Distributor
DG / Universal Manufacturing and Logistics
Pieces in Set
2
Running Time
2 hours 16 minutes
Genre(s)
Stage works
Producer
Rainer Brock
SPAR Code
DDD
EAN
28941549822
Catalogue Number
415
Work 1
Work Title
(Il) viaggio a Reims (or L'albergo del giglio d'oro)
Excerpt(s)
1. Overture. 2. Presto, presto, su coraggio; Benché grazie al mio talento 3. Di vaghi raggi adorno 4. Partire io pur vorrei; Amabil Contessina; Che accede 5. Ahimè! sta in gran pericolo; Partir, oh ciel! desio; Che miro! ah! qual sorpresa; Eh! senti, mastro Antonio 6. Sì, di matti una gran gabbia; La mia quota a voi consegno; Donna ingrata; Naturale è l'impazienza 7. Non pavento alcun periglio 8. Arpa gentil 9. Zitti. Non canta più 10. Ah! perchè la conobbi?; Invan strappar dal core 11. Milord, una parola 12. Sola ritrovo alfin la bella Dea; Nel suo divin sembiante; Bravo il signor Ganimede! 13. Medaglie incomparabili; Vedeste il Cavaliere? 14. Ah! A tal colpo inaspettato; Signor, ecco una lettera; Son qua, cosa comanda? 15. Di che son reo?; D'alma celeste, oh Dio; Madama qui mi manda 16. Or che regna; Ai prodi guerrieri; Onore, gloria ed alto omaggio; Omaggio all'Augusto Duce; Dell'aurea pianta; Madre el n 17. Corinna, or tacca a voi; All'ombra amena 18. Viva il diletto augusto Regnator
Composer
Gioachino (Antonio) Rossini (1792 - 1868)
Genre
Stage works
Date Written
1825
Conductor
Claudio Abbado
Orchestra / Ensemble
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Orchestra / Ensemble
Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Main Performer
Cecilia Gasdia (Soprano), Edoardo Giménez (Tenor), Enzo Dara (Baritone), Francisco Araiza (Tenor), Giorgio Surian (Baritone), Katia Ricciarelli (Soprano), Lella Cuberli (Soprano), Leo Nucci (Baritone), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Mezzo soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (Bass), Samuel Ramey (Bass)
Opera Part(s)
Cecilia Gasdia (Corinna), Edoardo Giménez (Cavalier Belfiore), Enzo Dara (Barone di Trombonok), Francisco Araiza (Conte di Libenskof), Giorgio Surian (Don Prudenzio), Katia Ricciarelli (Madama Cortese), Lella Cuberli (Contessa di Folleville), Leo Nucci (Don Alvaro), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Marchesa Melibea), Ruggero Raimondi (Don Profondo), Samuel Ramey (Lord Sidney)
Location of Work Recording
Pesaro, Italy
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