Rossini composed The Voyage to Rheims for a special occasion: the coronation of the French King Charles X. The opera may have been meant to convey a message of international friendship, and the music ...

On “The Arts in France in the Time of Charles VII (1422–1461)” at Musée de Cluny, Paris. His fortunes began to turn when the redoubtable Joan of Arc’s victories against the English at Orléans and ...

When an opera has languished in the shadows of history for as long as Gioacchino Rossini’s “Il Viaggio a Reims” (“The Journey to Rheims”), your first thought has to be that it’s not very good. Surely ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Francois Gerard's magnificent oil painting of the coronation of Charles X takes up nearly 10 metres by more than 5 metres on the wall of ...

Peter Tregear does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

When English Touring Opera’s former general director James Conway was planning the current spring season, there was no talk of a coronation, so his choice of an opera commissioned to celebrate the ...