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DESCRIPTION:Sep 25 - Oct 4\, 2026\nThe Cradle of Liberty seems just the cit
 y for Gioachino Rossini’s operatic paean to Liberty par excellence. Yet 
 according to the Boston Lyric Opera\, their season-opening William Tell is
  Beantown’s first in better than a century and a half. Written for the P
 aris Opéra at the pinnacle of its prestige\, William Tell marked the 37-y
 ear-old composer’s farewell from the stage\, with more than half his lif
 e still before him. Of all his operas\, it is by a wide margin and against
  steep competition the grandest and most symphonic. From its four-movement
  overture (“Hi-yo\, Silver!”) to the grandiloquent mountaintop choral 
 scene for Switzerland’s founding fathers\, not to forget the hero’s ti
 me-stopping plea with his son not to move a muscle when Dad levels his cro
 ssbow at the apple on the boy’s head\, this is music of thrilling color 
 and imagination. And we haven’t even touched on the love story\, with it
 s retro bel canto fireworks! Vita Tzykun and David Adam Moore\, who share 
 directing and design credits\, bring to the party experience in vocal perf
 ormance\, television specials for the likes of Lady Gaga\, gallery art\, a
 nd eye-popping costume couture. The Boston Lyric’s veteran music directo
 r David Angus\, in demand at leading institutions around the globe\, is th
 e conductor. The Metropolitan Opera stalwart George Gagnidze takes the nob
 le title role\, facing down James Demler as Gessler\, Switzerland’s Aust
 rian oppressor. Anya Matanović and Konu Kim appear as Mathilde and Arnold
 \, lovers in defiance of their hereditary political allegiances.
LOCATION:Boston Lyric Opera\, 559 Washington St\, Boston\, MA 02111\, USA
SUMMARY:William Tell\, by Gioachino Rossini
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