Publisher's Synopsis
Duration: full-lengthPersons: Wilhelm Tell (T) his wife (S) young Tell (S) Marie, his sister (S) Melchtal (Bar) Melchtal's son (T) Gessler (Bar) 2 men of the people, soldier (BBB) tavellor (T) tavellor's wife / tavellors' young children / Surlemann / old man / 2 officers/ 2 soldiers (speakers) choir: SSATB/SSS/ATBorchestra: 1 (Picc) . 2. 2. 2. 2. 3cornet. 2. 0. 0. timp. small drum strAlthoug Grétry cannot escape the shadow of Wagner and Verdi, there is a clear trend favoring a reevaluation of this composer. The opera was greeted with exceptional enthusiasm in Paris in 1791, during the French Revolution. The Swiss freedom fighter was already a well-known character there nearly 15 years before Schillers drama. A number of arias from Grétrys opera even survived the success of Rossinis work of the same name of 1829.
