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A new production of Rossini's Guillaume Tell, the composer's final opera, will open at the Met on October 18 in the first company performances of the ambitious historical epic in more than 80 ...
Rossini’s last opera, “Guillaume Tell” (1829), is a sprawling monster of a piece, conceived for a more leisurely era. Based on a play by Schiller, its hero is the 14th-century Swiss freedom ...
ZURICH — At the second performance of the Zurich Opera House’s new production of Rossini’s “Guillaume Tell,” there were boos before the first notes of the overture even sounded.
"Guillaume Tell" was Rossini's last opera, and it allowed the beloved composer to go out with a bang. Tune in at 1 pm to hear a pre-recorded broadcast of the Met's newest production.
About Metropolitan Opera: Guillaume Tell Rossini’s epic telling of the William Tell fable returns to the Met stage after an absence of more than 80 years, in a new production by Pierre Audi.
Sofia Fomina in 'Guillaume Tell' at Covent Garden in London. Rossini's five act grand opera Guilliaume Tell is having a controversial run of performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in ...
A powdery substance a man sprinkled into the orchestra pit at New York's Metropolitan Opera may have been an opera lover's ashes, police say.
About Metropolitan Opera: Guillaume Tell Rossini’s epic telling of the William Tell fable returns to the Met stage after an absence of more than 80 years, in a new production by Pierre Audi.
Metropolitan Opera: Guillaume Tell Story Rossini’s epic telling of the William Tell fable returns to the Met stage after an absence of more than 80 years, in a new production by Pierre Audi.