Movie Description
Rossini: Guillaume Tell
(2013)Overview
The hero of this admirably complete August 2013 Guillaume Tell from Pesaro is homegrown maestro Michele Mariotti. The inimitable overture is (mercifully) unstaged and terrifically played, with splendid cello and flute solos: the fine standard never flags. Rossini’s extraordinary 1829 score audibly presages Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Glinka, Verdi and Wagner, among many others. Graham Vick’s direction privileges class conflict, with a clenched fist on the red-and-white forecurtain. The Edwardian costumes place Austrians in white evening garb; the black-clad Swiss polish the floor while the rulers savor a filming (much of that to follow) — the fisherman Ruodi, in a boat with a blonde and fake scenery, with Tell and his family providing tech support. Vick deploys geographical and historical kitsch liberally but not (always) pointlessly. Ron Howell’s pretentious, mannered choreography, however, beggars belief.
Featured Crew
- Director : Graham Vick
- Writer : Étienne de Jouy
- Cast : Nicola Alaimo,Simone Alberghini,Juan Diego Flórez,Amanda Forsythe,Simón Orfila,Marina Rebeka,Luca Tittoto
Cast
Guillaume Tell
Melcthal
Arnold
Jemmy
Walter Furst
Mathilde
Gessler
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Facts
Original TitleRossini: Guillaume Tell
Status Released
Release Information
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2013-01-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 04h 07m
Production CompaniesTeatro Comunale di Bologna
Genres
- Music