Name: Guillaume Tell
Start: 2024-11-23
End: 2024-11-23
Location: New National Theatre

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New National Theatre Tokyo

Baritone

Gezim Myshketa

William Tell

Conductor

Kazushi Ōno

Others

New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra

Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra

Stage director

Yannis Kokkos

Set designer

Costume designer

Dramaturge

Anne Blancard

Lighting designer

Vinicio Cheli

Video designer

Eric Duranteau

Choreographer

Natalie van Parys

Singer

Tenor

René Barbera

Arnold

Bass

Sudo Shingo

Walter Furst

Taiki Tanaka

Melchtal

Soprano

Yoko Yasui

Jemmy

Hidekazu Tsumaya

Gesler

Toshiaki Murakami

Rudolph

Yasuhiro Yamamoto

Ruodi

Hiroyuki Narita

Leuthold

Olga Peretyatko

Mathilde

Junko Saito

Hedwig

French

Guillaume Tell -  (William Tell)

Tokyo

Japan

New National Theatre

Opera Palace

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Jnanakumar P

English

Japanese

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This is the NNTT premiere of Rossini's final opera and greatest masterpiece Guillaume Tell (William Tell). Based on Schiller's play about legendary hero William Tell, Guillaume Tell is a historical work depicting common people fighting for freedom under the oppression of the Habsburgs in the 14th-century Swiss Alps. Written in the grand opera style, this is a magnificent opera with numerous examples of chorus and ballet woven into it. Here, Rossini--who had already created numerous hits as the standard bearer of bel canto opera--aims for beautiful French-style melodies with this revolutionary work that opened new doors for Romantic-style grand opera.

The overture familiar to men and women of all ages, as well as the famous story of master archer William Tell perfectly shooting an apple on his son's head by order of the Gesler, are rather well known. The story also features another focal point around the pure love between Arnold, a young Swiss man, and Princess Mathilde of the Habsburgs, and portrays the rich natural beauty of the Alps with superb music. At the final curtain, led by pure harp, the voices of the sublime, large-scale chorus freely soar out, purifying a story filled with bloodshed.

The legendary Yannis Kokkos, renowned worldwide as a director and designer, joins the NNTT again after directing Le Rossignol and Iolanta in April 2021. Under the baton of Artistic Director Ono Kazushi who puts great trust in Director Kokkos, the title role is played by Gezim Myshketa, Arnold is played by René Barbera, a tenor who charms with a superhuman voice, and Mathilde is played by star soprano Olga Peretyatko, for a superb cast of bel canto all-stars. This will be the first time that Guillaume Tell is staged in the original language in Japan. We invite you to come and enjoy the NNTT premiere of Rossini's groundbreaking Guillaume Tell.

William Tell by Rossini, Sat 23 Nov 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Yannis Kokkos,, Conductor Kazushi Ōno, New National Theatre, Tokyo, Japan

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