William Tell
Rossini’s magnificent and extravagant final masterpiece makes a triumphant return to Dublin after a gap of 147 years.
A freedom fighter in Austrian-occupied Switzerland. An oppressive Habsburg governor. The most famous Swiss apple. And a love story that crosses national divides. Rossini’s thrilling epic, his final masterpiece with the world’s most famous overture, is his most ambitious, forward-looking and vocally challenging opera.
Sung in French with English surtitles.
Running Time: 4 hours with 2 intervals.
William Tell...In Focus, a free online introduction to the opera takes place on 3 November. Booking details to be announced.
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Priority booking for INO Members at Advocate level and above opens on 19 May with general booking open on 20 May.
“When I first started studying this piece I was hit as if by a thunderbolt” - Antonio Pappano (Conductor)
“commanding and passionate” - Opera magazine on Brett Pologato
“pure tone and beautiful focus; tender, elegant and deeply moving” - GoldenPlec on Máire Flavin
A co-production with Nouvel Opéra Fribourg
Cast and Creative Team
| Guillaume Tell | Brett Polegato (8, 9 & 11 Nov) |
| Guillaume Tell | Gyula Nagy (12 Nov) |
| Arnold Melcthal | Jesús León (8 & 11 Nov) |
| Arnold Melcthal | Konu Kim (9 & 12 Nov) |
| Mathilde | Máire Flavin (8 & 12 Nov) |
| Mathilde | Rachel Croash (9 & 11 Nov) |
| Jemmy | Amy Ní Fhearraigh |
| Hedwige | Imelda Drumm |
| Melcthal senior / Walter Furst | Lukas Jakobski |
| Gesler | David Ireland |
| Leuthold | Gyula Nagy (8, 9 & 11 Nov) |
| Leuthold | Owen Gilhooly-Miles (12 Nov) |
| Ruodi | Andrew Gavin |
| Rodolphe | Patrick Hyland |
| Hunter | Matthew Mannion |
| Dancers | Stephanie Dufresne, Sophia Preidel, Laura Garcìa Aguilera, Jeanne Gumy |
Creative Team
| Conductor | Fergus Sheil |
| Director | Julien Chavaz |
| Set Designer | Jamie Vartan |
| Costume Designer | Severine Besson |
| Lighting Designer | Sinéad Wallace |
| Choreographer | Nicole Morel |
| Chorus Director | Elaine Kelly |
| Assistant Director | Chris Kelly, Alixe Durand-Saint-Guillain |
| Répétiteur | Aoife O’Sullivan, Yvonne Collier |
| Irish National Opera Chorus | |
| Irish National Opera Orchestra |
