“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.
Stars: Antonio Salvadori, Salvatore Fisichella, Alfredo Zanazzo, Jacob Will, Margaret Chalker, Nadine Asher
Crew: Erich Wonder (Set Designer), Nello Santi (Conductor), Christian Gasc (Costume Designer), Elisabeth Schweeger (Dramaturgy), Jean-Louis Bert (Choreographer), Daniel Schmid (Director)
Country: Switzerland
Language: Français, Deutsch, Italiano
Studio: Opernhaus Zürich, Condor Films, SRF
Runtime: 178 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 06, 1987
IMDb: 10
