La santa alleanza (English: The Holy Alliance) is an 1822 cantata composed by the Italian Gioachino Rossini. It was produced by him for the Congress of Verona that year. Held in the Austrian-ruled city of Verona, it was the largest gathering of international figures since the Congress of Vienna seven years earlier. [1] While Ludwig van Beethoven had been chosen to compose music to be performed at Vienna, in 1822 Klemens Von Metternich turned to the Italian Rossini.
The cantata was a celebration of the Holy Alliance that involved several Continental European powers, most notably Austria, Prussia and Russia. It premiered on 24 November 1822 in the city's Roman-era Verona Arena. It was one of four commissions Rossini received for the two month Congress. [2] Amongst the works performed was a resetting of music from the 1810 opera La donna del lago with fresh lyrics. [3]
A second cantata Il vero omaggio appeared at the city's Teatro Filarmonico on 3 December.
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