▁– ▁" Should ▁[ his ▁propos als ] ▁be ▁accepted , ▁he ▁will ▁go ▁to ▁the ▁French ▁capital , ▁and ▁we ▁will ▁perhaps ▁experience ▁curious ▁things ." ▁Some ▁six ▁years ▁were ▁to ▁pass ▁before ▁this ▁prop he cy ▁came ▁true . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 4 ▁Ross ini , ▁under ▁a ▁contract ▁with ▁the ▁French ▁government , ▁became ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Thé âtre - Ital ien ▁in ▁Paris , ▁where ▁he ▁introduced ▁Meyer be er ' s ▁opera ▁Il ▁cro ci ato ▁in ▁E git to , ▁and ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁wrote ▁Il ▁vi aggio ▁a ▁Re ims ▁to ▁celebr ate ▁the ▁coron ation ▁of ▁Charles ▁X ▁( 1 8 2 5 ). ▁This ▁was ▁his ▁last ▁opera ▁to ▁an ▁Italian ▁libre tto , ▁and ▁was ▁later ▁can n ib al ised ▁to ▁create ▁his ▁first ▁French ▁opera , ▁Le ▁comte ▁O ry ▁( 1 8 2 8 ). ▁A ▁new ▁contract ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 6 ▁meant ▁he ▁could ▁concent rate ▁on ▁produ ctions ▁at ▁the ▁Op éra ▁and ▁to ▁this ▁end ▁he ▁substantial ly ▁re vised ▁Ma omet to ▁II ▁as ▁Le ▁siège ▁de ▁Cor int he ▁( 1 8 2 6 ) ▁and ▁Mos é ▁as ▁Mo ï se ▁et ▁Ph ara on ▁( 1 8 2 7 ). ▁Me eting ▁French ▁taste , ▁the ▁works ▁are ▁extended ▁( each ▁by ▁one ▁act ), ▁the ▁vocal ▁lines ▁in ▁the ▁revis ions ▁are ▁less ▁flor id ▁and ▁the ▁dram atic ▁structure ▁is ▁en hanced , ▁with ▁the ▁proportion