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Guillaume TellThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 17 | |
Royal Opera House al cinema |
 16 Jul 15 / Operaclick (Italian) |
Una manzana y dos tetas |
| 10 Jul 15 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Covent Garden’s controversial Guillaume Tell has several good points |
| 7 Jul 15 / Seen and Heard |
Guillermo Tell con escándalo |
| 7 Jul 15 / Beckmesser |
Hits the mark, despite the booing |
| 6 Jul 15 / The Observer |
Never heard before at Covent Garden - the noise of an audience booing during mid-performance |
| 5 Jul 15 / Express |
Big applauses for Finley and Osborn gave some fairness to what until then was pure lynching |
| 3 Jul 15 / A Younger Theatre |
Gerald Finley is an outstanding Tell |
| 2 Jul 15 / Music OMH |
Sex, violence and protracted booing |
| 1 Jul 15 / The Guardian |
Hero of the evening in every sense was the American tenor John Osborn |
| 1 Jul 15 / What's on Stage |
Gang rape and stripping naked of female actor met with boos |
| 1 Jul 15 / Independent |
Hitting the rocks: Damiano Michieletto's Guillaume Tell at Covent Garden |
| 1 Jul 15 / Bachtrack |
There is nothing very epic, heroic or spectacular about this Guillaume Tell |
| 1 Jul 15 / Opera Today |
Rossini’s music soars — but the production falls flat |
| 1 Jul 15 / Financial Times |
Disappointment turned to annoyance as the evening progressed |
| 1 Jul 15 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
Nudity and rape scene greeted with boos at Royal Opera House |
| 30 Jun 15 / The Guardian |
Musical and dramatic standards are poles apart in this new Rossini staging |
| 30 Jun 15 / The Stage |
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