Rossini, Il Viaggio di Reims

[steltz]

I know this is a rather large request, but if anyone has the full score to this opera, could it go on to a "to-do" list? Thanks.

[sbeckmesser]

Good luck, but the only edition of the full score that I know of is the 2000 Critical Edition published by Ricordi and the U of Chicago Press. It is recent enough for the entire contents not to be in PD. That's unfortunate, considering the whole set costs $300.

It's not clear from the U of C press site whether there is an earlier full score, but I gather from the following that if there is an IMSLP-eligible score it probably wouldn't be complete:
"Rossini permitted only four performances of Viaggio, later reusing half the score for Le Comte Ory. The manuscript sources were presumed lost until part of the autograph was recovered in the 1970s at the Rome Conservatory, while other sources were found in Paris (including original performing parts) and Vienna. The identification of a missing chorus completed the restoration of this magnificent work to the repertory."

--Sixtus


http://www.press.uchicago.edu/presssite ... ey=3614795

PS: There's a cool dual-language (Italian/French) libretto dating from 1825 available for download through Google Books:

http://books.google.com/books?id=aJkQAA ... q=&f=false

[steltz]

Thanks for the background info. I'll speak to our librarian (and hope we have budget left . . . .)

[Lyle Neff]

Thanks for the background info. I'll speak to our librarian (and hope we have budget left . . . .)

Don't forget to try interlibrary loan (that is, if a library is willing to lend it...).