William Tell

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.

CH

Made in CH

8/10

1987

TV Movie
Music
Opernhaus ZürichSRF

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Cast

Antonio Salvadori

Antonio Salvadori

As Guglielmo Tell

Salvatore Fisichella

Salvatore Fisichella

As Arnoldo

Alfredo Zanazzo

Alfredo Zanazzo

As Gualtiero Farst

Jacob Will

Jacob Will

As Melchthal

Margaret Chalker

Margaret Chalker

As Jemmy

Nadine Asher

Nadine Asher

As Edwige

Thomas Dewald

Thomas Dewald

As Un pescatore

Howard Nelson

Howard Nelson

As Leutoldo

Alfred Muff

Alfred Muff

As Gessler

Maria Chiara

Maria Chiara

As Matilde

Peter Straka

Peter Straka

As Rodolfo

Peter Stern

Peter Stern

As Un cacciatore

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