William Tell

William Tell — Plot

“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.

• Release date
• September 6, 1987
• Runtime
• 178 min
• Genres
• TV Movie, Music
• Director
• Daniel Schmid

William Tell — Cast

Antonio Salvadori Guglielmo Tell Salvatore Fisichella Arnoldo Alfredo Zanazzo Gualtiero Farst Jacob Will Melchthal Margaret Chalker Jemmy

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Nadine Asher Edwige Thomas Dewald Un pescatore Howard Nelson Leutoldo