Michael Colvin as Rodolphe and Eric Halfvarson as Melcthal in rehearsal for Guillaume Tell, The Royal Opera – June 2015
Michael Colvin will make his Covent Garden – Royal Opera House mainstage debut this June-July in the role of Rodolphe in Rossini’s GUILLAUME TELL, alongside fellow Canadian Gerald Finley in the title role!
Guillaume Tell is one of six operatic productions conducted by Anotonio Pappano this season at the ROH, as Covent Garden celebrates the work of the illustrious conductor.
From the Royal Opera House website:
Guillaume Tell had its premiere in 1829, when Gioachino Rossini was 37. He wouldn’t write another opera in the remaining 39 years of his life. Rossini’s letters suggest he knew Guillaume Tell would be his farewell to opera – an idea that seems to be confirmed by the magnificent music he was inspired to produce. The score – harmonically daring and fiercely difficult for the singers – has an opulent architectural grandeur, heightened with vivid evocations of the soaring Swiss landscape and an incisive dramatic interpretation of Schiller’s heroic play.
Credits
Music – Gioachino Rossini
Libretto – Etienne de Jouy, Hippolyte Bis
Director – Damiano Michieletto
Set designs – Paolo Fantin
Costume designs – Carla Teti
Lighting design – Alessandro Carletti
Performers
Conductor – Antonio Pappano
Guillaume Tell – Gerald Finley
Arnold Melcthal – John Osborn
Mathilde – Malin Byström
Walter Furst – Alexander Vinogradov
Jemmy – Sofia Fomina
Hedwige – Enkelejda Shkosa
Gesler – Nicolas Courjal
Melcthal – Eric Halfvarson
Rodolphe – Michael Colvin
Leuthold – Samuel Dale Johnson
Ruodi – Mikeldi Atxalandabaso
Royal Opera Chorus
Concert Master – Sergey Levitin
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House