William Tell
Libretto
Victor Joseph Etienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Louis Florent Bis (after Friedrich Schiller)
Premiere
3 August 1829, Paris (Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de musique)
Cast
GUILLAUME TELL (baritone)
ARNOLD (tenor)
WALTER (bass)
MELCHTHAL (bass)
JEMMY (soprano)
GESSLER (bass)
RODOLPHE (tenor)
RUODI (tenor)
LEUTHOLD (bass)
MATHILDE (soprano)
HEDWIGE (contralto)
HUNTSMAN (bass)
CHORUS
Swiss, huntsmen, soldiers
Place
Time
Begin of the 14th century