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William Tell (1987)

“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.

  • TV Movie
  • Music

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Antonio SalvadoriAntonio SalvadoriGuglielmo Tell
  • Photo of Salvatore FisichellaSalvatore FisichellaArnoldo
  • Photo of Alfredo ZanazzoAlfredo ZanazzoGualtiero Farst
  • Photo of Jacob WillJacob WillMelchthal
  • Photo of Margaret ChalkerMargaret ChalkerJemmy
  • Photo of Nadine AsherNadine AsherEdwige
  • Photo of Thomas DewaldThomas DewaldUn pescatore
  • Photo of Howard NelsonHoward NelsonLeutoldo
  • Photo of Alfred MuffAlfred MuffGessler
  • Photo of Maria ChiaraMaria ChiaraMatilde

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