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David Pountney's distinctive Guillaume Tell takes aim in Geneva

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“Jean-François Lapointe... a buttery baritone one could easily imagine persuading a nation to revolt”
Reviewed at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva on 11 September 2015
Rossini, Guillaume Tell (William Tell)
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Jesús López-Cobos, Conductor
Sir David Pountney, Director
Raimund Bauer, Set Designer
Marie-Jeanne Lecca, Costume Designer
Jean-François Lapointe, Guillaume Tell
John Osborn, Arnold Melchthal
Enea Scala, Arnold Melchthal, Ruodi
Amelia Scicolone, Jemmy
Franco Pomponi, Gesler
Nadine Koutcher, Mathilde
Doris Lamprecht, Hedwige
Erlend Tvinnereim, Rodolphe
Alexander Milev, Melchthal senior, Walter Furst
Michel de Souza, Leuthold
Grand Théâtre Opera Chorus
Amir Hosseinpour, Choreography
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