GUILLAUME TELL Rossini – New National Theatre Tokyo

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. Having become the rallying cry of the 1830 revolution in France, Rossini’s final opera is nothing short of revolutionary itself. Retelling the legend of the Swiss folk hero based on Schiller’s play, Guillaume Tell is a grandiose ode to freedom. The story also features another focal point around the 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 from the pit by two harps, the voices of a sublime chorus transcends a story filled with bloodshed. For the first ever original-language production of Guillaume Tell in Japan, New National Theatre Tokyo has entrusted the production and staging to Yannis Kokkos, renowned worldwide as a director and designer. Under the baton of its Artistic Director Kazushi Ono, NNTT has assembled an all-star bel canto cast including Gezim Myshketa in title role, René Barbera as Arnold and Olga Peretyatko as Mathilde.

Full performance streamed on OperaVision from 21 March 2025 at 19:00 CET to 21 September 2025 at 12:00 CET: https://operavision.eu/performance/guillaume-tell-0

CAST

Guillaume Tell
Gezim Myshketa

Arnold Melchtal
René Barbera

Walter Furst
Shingo Sudo

Melchtal
Taiki Tanaka

Jemmy
Yoko Yasui

Gesler
Hidekazu Tsumaya

Rodolphe
Toshiaki Murakami

Ruodi
Yasuhiro Yamamoto

Leuthold
Hiroyuki Narita

Mathilde
Olga Peretyatko

Hedwige
Junko Saito

A hunter
Shoji Sato

Orchestra
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Chorus
New National Theatre Chorus

Music
Gioachino Rossini

Text
Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy
Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis

Conductor
Kazushi Ono

Production, Sets and Costumes
Yannis Kokkos

Artistic collaboration
Anne Blancard

Lights
Vinicio Cheli

Video
Eric Duranteau

Choreographer
Natalie van Parys

Chorus Master
Kyohei Tomihira

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