Ins Schwarze getroffen: Guillaume Tell an der Wiener Staatsoper

Roberto Frontali (Guillaume Tell) und Maria Nazarova (Jemmy)

Guillaume Tell

John Osborn (Arnold)

Lisette Oropesa (Mathilde)

Jean Teitgen (Gesler) und Carlos Osuna (Rodolphe)

By Snapdragon, 15 March 2024

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“die überfällige Wiederaufnahme gerät zum Triumph”

Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 13 March 2024

Rossini, Guillaume Tell (William Tell)

Vienna State Opera

Bertrand de Billy, Conductor

Sir David Pountney, Director

Richard Hudson, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Robert Bryan, Lighting Designer

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Roberto Frontali, Guillaume Tell

Lisette Oropesa, Mathilde

John Osborn, Arnold Melchthal

Jean Teitgen, Gesler

Iván Ayón-Rivas, Ruodi

Maria Nazarova, Jemmy

Monika Bohinec, Hedwige

Carlos Osuna, Rodolphe

Evgeny Solodovnikov, Melchthal senior

Nikita Ivasechko, Leuthold

Stephano Park, Walter Furst

Renato Zanella, Choreography

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Snapdragon

Snapdragon is an experienced concert- and opera-goer in Vienna and other music metropoles. Musical emphases include opera (especially Baroque opera) and piano music. As an Austrian native, Snapdragon can’t resist an operetta every now and then.