GIOACHINO ROSSINI
GUILLAUME TELL
CONTENTS
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SYNOPSIS P.
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A LEAP INTO THE FUTURE INTERVIEW WITH BERTRAND DE BILLY P.
12
ORIGIN, FIGURE AND IMPACT OF THE SWISS LEGEND OF TELL JEAN RUDOLF VON SALIS P.
14
GRAND OPÉRA, GUILLAUME TELL AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS SUSANNE KAULICH
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22
WILHELM – GUILLAUME – GUGLIELMO WILLIAM WEAVER P.
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A RETIRED COMPOSER EDUARD HANSLICK P.
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WOULD YOU SCREAM A LITTLE LESS THAN USUAL THIS EVENING? CHRISTIAN SPRINGER P.
36
PERFORMERS OF GUILLAUME TELL AT THE OPERA IN VIENNA MICHAEL JAHN P.
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IMPRINT
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
GUILLAUME TELL OPER in four acts Libretto VICTOR-JOSEPH ETIENNE DE JOUY & HIPPOLYTE LOUIS FLORENT BIS
ORCHESTRA
STAGE ORCHESTRA
3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo) 2 oboes (2nd doubling cor anglais) 2 clarinets / 2 bassoons 4 horns / 4 trumpets 3 trombones / percussion timpani / 2 harps violin I / violin II viola / cello / double bass 2 harps / 4 horns / 1 bell
AUTOGRAPH Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris WORLD PRÈMIERE 3 AUGUST 1829 Opéra, Salle de la rue Le Peletier, Paris PREMIÈRE AT THE HOUSE ON THE RING 27 JUNE 1869 Vienna Court Opera DURATION
4H
INCL. 2 INTERMISSIONS