Guillaume Tell
Opening with what is arguably the most exciting of all operatic overtures, Rossini’s final opera helped to lay the foundations of the genre of French grand opéra that dominated European stages throughout the mid-19th century. The opera’s theme is liberty, as exemplified in the struggle against Austrian occupation led by the Swiss archer and patriot Guillaume Tell: in the opera’s most famous scene, Tell shoots an apple from his son’s head, a feat that inspires his countrymen to revolt.
Rossini
Sunday 5th July at 2.45pm.
Tickets are £16 and £13.50 for concessions (including fees).
The Key Theatre, Embankment Road, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 1EF
Sun 5 Jul 2015