"Il Viaggio a Reims" premiered at the Théâtre des Italiens in Paris #OnThisDay in 1825; Giaochino Rossini wrote the #opera for the coronation of Charles X; here's the gran pezzo concertato a 14 voci, "Ah! A tal colpo inaspettato":
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