Welsh National Opera - Guillaume Tell Reviews
29 March 2024
Luciano Botelho (Ruodi), Richard Wiegold (Melcthal), Fflur Wyn (Jemmy), Leah-Marian Jones (Hedwige), Chorus
Leah-Marian Jones (Hedwige), David Kempster (William Tell) and Fflur Wyn (Jemmy)
Fflur Wyn (Jemmy), Clive Bayley (Gesler), David Kempster (William Tell), Chorus
Fflur Wyn (Jemmy), Barry Banks (Arnold), David Kempster (William Tell), Leah-Marian Jones (Hedwige)
David Kempster (William Tell)

Performance reviews

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Guillaume Tell

Welsh National Opera


No. of reviews: 13

David Kempster brought heroic tone and an affecting decency to the title role
25 Nov 14 / The Birmingham Post
A staging with considerable merits and musical qualities of the highest order
24 Nov 14 / Classical Source
WNO's Rossini #2 is the composer's final opera, an epic depiction of the Swiss hero's life
22 Oct 14 / What's on Stage
Superb William Tell from WNO and empathetic Carlo Rizzi
8 Oct 14 / Seen and Heard
Brilliantly theatrical outing of Rossini's rarely staged masterpiece
6 Oct 14 / Planet Hugill
Rossini’s last and most ambitious score returns to WNO in an uneven production
23 Sep 14 / The Stage
A bold and gritty start to the Welsh National Opera season
23 Sep 14 / Financial Times
Rossini's William Tell in fifty shades of grey
17 Sep 14 / Bachtrack
A wonderful musical rendering of Rossini’s final opera
17 Sep 14 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews
All ends in triumph as the magnificent chorus sing their song thanksgiving
16 Sep 14 / South Wales Argus
David Pountney brings Rossini's opera vividly to life
15 Sep 14 / The Guardian
A musically ravishing evening
15 Sep 14 / Wales Online
The highlight of a forcefully communicated performance of Rossini's Guillaume Tell is the stupendous chorus singing
15 Sep 14 / Telegraph
Production details
Cast
Kempster, Jones, Wyn, Stille, Banks, Wiegold, Bayley, Wiegold, Botelho, Smith, Spence
(c) Rizzi/tba (d) Pountney
Performance dates
12, 20 September, 4, 18, 25 October, 15, 22, 29 November 2014 (various locations)
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