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  • André Grétry, Guillaume Tell
    • Overture
    • Act I
    • Act II
    • Act III

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opera Grétry's Guillaume Tell Stefano Mazzonis (stage director), Claudio Scimone (conductor) – With Marc Laho (Guillaume Tell), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Madame Tell), Lionel Lhote (Guesler)...

Stefano Mazzonis (stage director), Claudio Scimone (conductor) – With Marc Laho (Guillaume Tell), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Madame Tell), Lionel Lhote (Guesler)...

Grétry's Guillaume Tell Stefano Mazzonis (stage director), Claudio Scimone (conductor) – With Marc Laho (Guillaume Tell), Anne-Catherine Gillet (Madame Tell), Lionel Lhote (Guesler)...

About

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry’s death, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie brought the composer’s Guillaume Tell back to life in the city of his birth. With a mostly Belgian cast, they offer a brilliant revival of a monument of Walloon music history. Stefano Mazzonis Di Pralafera decided to exaggerate the comic bent of the original libretto by framing the production with exuberantly zany stage sets inspired by circus theater. Marc Laho incarnates the perfect hero (Guillaume Tell) and the sublime Anne-Catherine Gillet his wife (Madame Tell). The opera is set in 13th century Switzerland, and stages patriotic Swiss people’s heroic fight for liberty—with Tell as their chief—against the evil and oppression of the Austrians led by Guesler, the local governor. A superb production of a raucously entertaining opera!

Photo: © Jacques-Croisier

Associated event

Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège

Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège

Cast

  • Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera | Stage director
  • Jean-Guy Lecat | Stage sets
  • Fernand Ruiz | Costumes
  • Franco Marri | Lighting
  • Marc Laho | William Tell
  • Anne-Catherine Gillet | Madame Tell
  • Lionel Lhote | Guesler
  • Liesbeth Devos | Marie
  • Patrick Delcour | Father Melktal
  • Stefan Cifolelli | Son Melktal
  • Natacha Kowalski | William Tell's Son
  • Roger Joakim | The Traveler
  • Bernard Van Hoye | Surlemann
  • Jean-Marc Brouxel | An Officer
  • Children's Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
  • Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
  • Marcel Seminara | Chorus director
  • Orchestra of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
  • Claudio Scimone | Music director

Program

  • André Grétry, Guillaume Tell
    • Overture
    • Act I
    • Act II
    • Act III

Details

  • Directed by:
    • Frédéric Caillierez
  • Venue: Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège (Liège, Belgium)
  • Production date: 2013
  • Duration: 1 h 27 min
  • Production: © Arte G.E.I.E., Oxymore, Orw, Web Style Productions, Jim & Jules
  • Available version(s): EN
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