

William Tell
Overview
“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.
Year 1987
Studio Opernhaus Zürich, Condor Films, SRF
Director Daniel Schmid
Crew Erich Wonder (Set Designer), Nello Santi (Conductor), Christian Gasc (Costume Designer), Elisabeth Schweeger (Dramaturgy), Jean-Louis Bert (Choreographer), Daniel Schmid (Director)
Popularity 1
Language Deutsch, Français, Italiano