Welsh National Opera - Guillaume Tell Reviews | 29 March 2024 |
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Guillaume TellWelsh National OperaNo. 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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