William Tell
“Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have merely forgotten it.” (Daniel Schmid) This is the material from which the most Swiss of all operas is made: the legendary Wilhelm Tell – a Swiss hero: straightforward, a primus inter pares of the indomitable freedom fighters, a good shot, surefire. A myth that becomes a poetic playground: nature in turmoil, the struggle for freedom and forbidden love. A legendary overture at a gallop with an iconic post horn motif – all this and much more in the thirty-seventh and last opera by Rossini.
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Cast
12 people
Antonio Salvadori
Guglielmo Tell
Salvatore Fisichella
Arnoldo
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Alfredo Zanazzo
Gualtiero Farst
Also in
Aida
Jacob Will
Melchthal
Also in
Linda di Chamounix
Margaret Chalker
Jemmy
Also in
Elektra
Nadine Asher
Edwige
Also in
Linda di Chamounix
Thomas Dewald
Un pescatore
No other roles listed
Howard Nelson
Leutoldo
Alfred Muff
Gessler
Also in
Elektra
L'Upupa & Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe
Maria Chiara
Matilde
Also in
Hannah and Her Sisters
Aida
Peter Straka
Rodolfo
Also in
Mozart: Mitridate Re Di Ponto
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Peter Stern
Un cacciatore
Daniel Schmid Director · Étienne de Jouy Writer Hippolyte Bis Writer
First release September 6, 1987 · Produced in Switzerland · Languages French, German, Italian
Production
Opernhaus Zürich
Production
Condor Films
Production
SRF
Production
Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Guglielmo Tell
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · German · Italian
Release dates
Switzerland · September 6, 1987
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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