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Guillaume Tell

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  • Wed, 20 November 2024, 16:00
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  • Sat, 23 November 2024, 14:00
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  • Tue, 26 November 2024, 14:00
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  • Thu, 28 November 2024, 14:00
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  • Sat, 30 November 2024, 14:00
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    The "Grand Experience," our official hospitality programme will be held.

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2024/2025 SEASON

New Production

Music by Gioachino Rossini
Opera in 4 Acts
Sung in French with English and Japanese surtitles

bunkacho_geijutsusai_symbolmark.gifThe 79th ACA National Arts Festival

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20 Nov - 30 Nov, 2024 ( 5 Performances )

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Running time is approx. 4 hours and 35 mins including intervals.

Booking Opens: Sat, 7 Sep 2024, 10:00am

DETAILS

This is the NNTT premiere of Rossini's final opera and greatest masterpiece Guillaume Tell (William Tell). Based on Schiller's play about legendary hero William Tell, Guillaume Tell is a historical work depicting common people fighting for freedom under the oppression of the Habsburgs in the 14th-century Swiss Alps. Written in the grand opera style, this is a magnificent opera with numerous examples of chorus and ballet woven into it. Here, Rossini--who had already created numerous hits as the standard bearer of bel canto opera--aims for beautiful French-style melodies with this revolutionary work that opened new doors for Romantic-style grand opera.

The overture familiar to men and women of all ages, as well as the famous story of master archer William Tell perfectly shooting an apple on his son's head by order of the Gesler, are rather well known. The story also features another focal point around the pure love between Arnold, a young Swiss man, and Princess Mathilde of the Habsburgs, and portrays the rich natural beauty of the Alps with superb music. At the final curtain, led by pure harp, the voices of the sublime, large-scale chorus freely soar out, purifying a story filled with bloodshed.

The legendary Yannis Kokkos, renowned worldwide as a director and designer, joins the NNTT again after directing Le Rossignol and Iolanta in April 2021. Under the baton of Artistic Director Ono Kazushi who puts great trust in Director Kokkos, the title role is played by Gezim Myshketa, Arnold is played by René Barbera, a tenor who charms with a superhuman voice, and Mathilde is played by star soprano Olga Peretyatko, for a superb cast of bel canto all-stars. This will be the first time that Guillaume Tell is staged in the original language in Japan. We invite you to come and enjoy the NNTT premiere of Rossini's groundbreaking Guillaume Tell.

NEWS & FEATURES

27TH August, 2024
The New National Theatre Official Hospitality Programme "Grand Experience" Launches
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SYNOPSIS

A Swiss mountain village, which is suffering from oppression by the Duchy of Austria. Melchtal Senior’s son Arnold is now torn between his love for Princess Mathilde of the Habsburg family and loyalty to his fatherland. The village’s finest archer, Guillaume Tell, urges Arnold to fight back against the oppression. Melchtal, who concealed villagers resisting Gesler , is killed, and Mathilde bids farewell to Arnold forever.
Gesler, who has captured the rebellious Tell and his son Jemmy, says he will spare their lives if Tell can shoot an arrow through an apple placed on top of Jemmy’s head. Tell shoots off the apple in a clean shot and the crowd erupts in joyful cheers, but Gesler sends him away by ship. Arnold thinks of his late father, declares his loyalty to the conspirators, and Tell returns to defeat Gesler using an arrow from Jemmy. Arnold is reunited with Mathilde, and Switzerland finally takes back its freedom.

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CREATIVE TEAM & CAST

CREATIVE TEAM

Conductor: ONO Kazushi
Production, Set and Costume Design: Yannis KOKKOS
Artistic Collaborator: Anne BLANCARD
Lighting Design: Vinicio CHELI
Video Scenography: Eric DURANTEAU
Choreographer: Natalie VAN PARYS

CAST

Guillaume Tell: Gezim MYSHKETA
Arnold Melchtal: René BARBERA
Walter Furst: SUDO Shingo
Melchtal: TANAKA Taiki
Jemmy: YASUI Yoko
Gesler: TSUMAYA Hidekazu
Rodolphe: MURAKAMI Toshiaki
Ruodi: YAMAMOTO Yasuhiro
Leuthold: NARITA Hiroyuki
Mathilde: Olga PERETYATKO
Hedwige: SAITO Junko
Un chasseur: SATO Shoji

Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus
Orchestra: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

  • CREATIVE TEAM
  • CAST
  • ONO Kazushi
    Conductor
    ONO Kazushi
    Yannis KOKKOS
    Production, Set and Costume Design
    Yannis KOKKOS
  • Gezim MYSHKETA
    Guillaume Tell
    Gezim MYSHKETA
    René BARBERA
    Arnold Melchtal
    René BARBERA
    YASUI Yoko
    Jemmy
    YASUI Yoko
    TSUMAYA Hidekazu
    Gesler
    TSUMAYA Hidekazu
    Olga PERETYATKO
    Mathilde
    Olga PERETYATKO
    SAITO Junko
    Hedwige
    SAITO Junko

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Booking Opens: Sat, 7 Sep 2024, 10:00am

Booking Z seats (Day tickets) 1,650 yen

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Under 15s discounts and Z seats (Day Tickets) are available online. Other types of discount tickets are not available online. Please inquire at the Box Office or by telephone.

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