William
Tell

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN CATALAN AND SPANISH 

Family Opera

Recommended audience age for family performances: 8 years and upwards

Performance running time: 1h

Actors, singers and musicians’ number: 9
Technicians’ number: 1

Premiere: 04/03/2012 – Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Catalonia

A troupe of comedians and musicians arrive in town and start making havoc. They are a group of artists that travel from town to town telling the legend of William Tell.

They set up the stage and introduce the characters they will play: William Tell, his wife Eduvigis, his son Jemmy, his companion Leutold, old Melcthal and evil Gessler with his entourage of Austrian soldiers.

Helped by objects, puppets and audiovisuals they will tell you how the Austrians destroyed the Swiss little village were William Tell lived, and how he confront them, of his extraordinary aim that saved his son’s life, of how he was caught prisoner and of how he regained freedom and started the uprising of the Swiss people against the Austrians.

In the purest La Baldufa style, the fast action, the farce, the humour and a refined aesthetic will be the backbone of a fresh and fun show that will surely bring the universe of Rossini and the opera closer to the family.

Original music: Gioachino Rossini
Dramaturgical adaptation & direction: La Baldufa: Enric Blasi, Emiliano Pardo, Carles Pijuan
Music adaptation: Albert Romaní
Text adaptation: Enric Pinyol
Scene direction: Ramon Molins

Set and costume design: Carles Pijuan
Lighting design: Anjos Fernández
Illustrations: Carles Pijuan
Animation: Litosfera
Set construction & atrezzo: Juan Manuel Recio, Joan Pena, Xevi Planas
Wardrobe: Teresa Ortega

Production and Distribution: La Baldufa

Cast:
· William Tell (Baritone): Xavier Mendoza or Toni Marsol
· Eduvigis (Mezzosoprano): Marta Valero or Montserrat Bertral
· Jemmy (Soprano): Maya Planas or Helena Abad
· Gessler i Leutold (Bass): Josep Ferrer or Xavi Fernàndez
· Melcthal: Emiliano Pardo or Carles Pijuan
· Comediant: Enric Blasi or Ferran López

Musicians:
· Piano: Manuel Ruiz or Olga Kharitonina
· Flute/Piccolo: Jaume Cortadellas
· Horn: Pau Valls

A production of: GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU