Movie·1987·2h 58m

William Tell

Directed By

Daniel Schmid

Country

Switzerland

Language

German

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The Story

Original title: Guglielmo 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.

Written By

Hippolyte Bis, Étienne de Jouy

Themes

operaarcheritalian operaopera live performanceswedish history

Production House

Opernhaus Zürich
Condor Films
SRF

Audience Score

80%

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Cast

Antonio Salvadori

Antonio Salvadori

Guglielmo Tell

Salvatore Fisichella

Salvatore Fisichella

Arnoldo

Alfredo Zanazzo

Alfredo Zanazzo

Gualtiero Farst

Jacob Will

Jacob Will

Melchthal

Margaret Chalker

Margaret Chalker

Jemmy

Nadine Asher

Edwige

Thomas Dewald

Thomas Dewald

Un pescatore

Howard Nelson

Howard Nelson

Leutoldo

Alfred Muff

Alfred Muff

Gessler

Maria Chiara

Maria Chiara

Matilde

Peter Straka

Peter Straka

Rodolfo

Peter Stern

Un cacciatore

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Crew

Daniel Schmid

Daniel Schmid

Director

Hippolyte Bis

Writer

Étienne de Jouy

Writer

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