William Tell
Rossini’s magnificent and extravagant final masterpiece makes a triumphant return to Dublin after a gap of 145 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. To book your ticket, please select the link below.
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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.
Book your free ticket for William Tell... In Focus
“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 & 13 Nov) |
| Guillaume Tell | Gyula Nagy (12 Nov) |
| Arnold Melcthal | Jesús León (8, 11 & 13 Nov) |
| Arnold Melcthal | Konu Kim (9 & 12 Nov) |
| Mathilde | Máire Flavin (8, 12 & 13 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 & 13 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 |
| Associate Set Designer | Lou Dunne |
| Costume Designer | Severine Besson |
| Lighting Designer | Sinéad Wallace |
| Choreographer | Nicole Morel |
| Chorus Director | Elaine Kelly |
| Assistant Directors | Chris Kelly, Alixe Durand-Saint-Guillain |
| Répétiteurs | Aoife O’Sullivan, Yvonne Collier |
| Irish National Opera Chorus | |
| Irish National Opera Orchestra |
