This is a partial discography of William Tell (French: Guillaume Tell), an opera with music by Gioachino Rossini and a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis. The work was first performed on 3 August 1829 by the Paris Opera at the Salle Le Peletier. It was first performed in Italian as Guglielmo Tell in Germany on 28–29 January 1831 in Dresden and in Italy on 17 September 1831 in Lucca (translated by Calisto Bassi).[1]

French original as Guillaume Tell

Year Cast:
Guillaume Tell,
Arnold Melchtal,
Walter Furst,
Jemmy,
Hedwige,
Gessler,
Mathilde,
Ruodi,
Rodolphe,
Leuthold 		Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra 		Label[2]
1972 Gabriel Bacquier,
Nicolai Gedda,
Kolos Kováts,
Mady Mesplé,
Jocelyne Taillon,
Louis Hendrikx,
Montserrat Caballé,
Charles Burles,
Ricardo Cassinelli,
Leslie Fyson 		Lamberto Gardelli,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Ambrosian Opera Chorus[3] 		Audio CD: EMI CMS
Cat: 7 69951–2;
Angel
Cat: CDMD 69951
1998 Thomas Hampson,
Giuseppe Sabbatini,
Wojtek Smilek,
Dawn Kotoski,
Michaela Ungureanu,
Egils Silins,
Nancy Gustafson,
Mathias Zachariassen,
John Dickie,
Yu Chen 		Fabio Luisi,
Chorus and Orchestra of the
Vienna State Opera
(Recorded live on 24 October,
incomplete) 		Audio CD: Orfeo d'Or
Cat: C640 0530
2011 Gerald Finley,
John Osborn,
Matthew Rose,
Elena Xanthoudakis,
Marie-Nicole Lemieux,
Carlo Cigni,
Malin Byström 		Antonio Pappano,
Orchestra and Chorus of the
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia,
incomplete 		Audio CD: EMI,
Cat:
2013 Andrew Foster Williams,
Michael Spyres,
Nahuel Di Pierro,
Tara Stafford,
Alessandra Volpe,
Raffaele Facciolà,
Judith Howarth 		Antonino Fogliani,
Virtuosi Brunensis, Bach Chamber Choir Poznan,
(First totally uncut version recorded live during the XXVth Belcanto Opera Festival Rossini in Wildbad 2013) 		Audio CD NAXOS 8.660363-66,
(including the omitted or alternative numbers and the new finale of the three-act version)
2015 Nicola Alaima,
Juan Diego Flórez,
Simon Orfila,
Amanda Forsythe,
Veronia Sieoni,
Luca Tittoto,
Marina Rebeka,
Celso Albelo,
Alessandro Luciano,
Wojtek Gierlach 		Michele Mariotti,
Teatro Comunale di Bologna orchestra and chorus,
Graham Vick, stage director 		Video DVD Decca Records
Cat:0743871
2017 Gerald Finley,
John Osborn,
Alexander Vinogradov,
Sofia Fomina,
Enkelejda Shkosa,
Nicolas Courjal,
Malin Byström,
Enea Scala,
Michael Colvin,
Samuel Dale Johnson 		Antonio Pappano,
The Royal Opera orchestra and chorus,
Damiano Michieletto, stage director 		DVD:Opus Arte
Cat:OABD7195D

Italian translation as Guglielmo Tell

Year Cast:[4]
Guglielmo Tell,
Arnoldo,
Valter,
Melchtal,
Jemmy,
Eduige,
Gessler,
Matilde,
Ruodi,
Rodolfo,
Leutoldo
 Conductor,
Opera House and Orchestra 		Label[2]
1952 Giuseppe Taddei,
Mario Filippeschi,
Giorgio Tozzi,
Plinio Clabassi,
Graziella Sciutti,
Miti Truccato Pace,
Fernando Corena,
Rosanna Carteri,
Tommaso Soley,
Antonio Pirino,
Mario Zorgniotti 		Mario Rossi,
Orchestra and Chorus of
Radio Italiana, Milan
(Recording of a performance with cuts, broadcast on 8 March) 		Audio CD: Warner Fonit
Cat: 8573 87489-2
1956 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Gianni Jaia,
Giuseppe Modesti,
Ivan Sardi,
Jolanda Mancini,
Giannella Borelli,
Enrico Campi,
Anita Cerquetti,
Tommaso Soley,
Antonio Pirino,
Sergio Nicolai 		Mario Rossi,
Orchestra and Chorus of
Radio Italiana, Milan[5][6]
(Broadcast on 5 September) 		Audio CD: Myto
Cat: 3MCD 001 212;
Andromeda
Cat: ANDRCD 5045
1965 Giangiacomo Guelfi,
Gianni Raimondi,
Paolo Washington,
Bruno Marangoni,
Leyla Bersiani,
Anna Maria Rota,
Silviano Pagliuca,
Leyla Gencer,


Enrico Campi 		Fernando Previtali,
Orchestra and Chorus of the
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
(Recorded live on 11 December) 		Audio CD: Great Opera Performances
Cat: G.O.P. 715;
Opera d'Oro
Cat: OPD 1461
1972 Norman Mittelmann,
Nicolai Gedda,
Mario Rinaudo,
Agostino Ferrin,
Flora Rafanelli,
Maria Casula,
Luigi Roni,
Eva Marton,
Vittorio Terranova,
Dino Formichini,
Giorgio Giorgetti 		Riccardo Muti,
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and Chorus, Florence 		CD: Gala Records,
Cat: 100616
1978-9 Sherrill Milnes,
Luciano Pavarotti,
Nicolai Ghiaurov,
John Tomlinson,
Della Jones,
Elizabeth Connell,
Ferruccio Mazzoli,
Mirella Freni,
Piero di Palma,
Cesar Antonio Suarez,
Richard van Allan 		Riccardo Chailly,
National Philharmonic Orchestra,
Ambrosian Opera Chorus 		Audio CD: Decca (London)
Cat: 417 154–2;
Decca
Cat: 475 7723
1988 Giorgio Zancanaro,
Chris Merritt,
Giorgio Surjan,
Franco De Grandis,
Amelia Felle,
Luciana D' Intino,
Luigi Roni,
Cheryl Studer 		Riccardo Muti,
Orchestra and Chorus of the
Teatro alla Scala, Milan[7]
(Recorded live in December) 		Audio CD: Philips
Cat: 422-391-2;
DVD: Image Entertainments
Cat: ID 4357 ;
Opus Arte
Cat: OA LS 3002 D;
Opus Arte
Cat: OA 3001

German translation as Wilhelm Tell

Year Cast
Wilhelm Tell,
Arnold,
Melchtal,
Jemmy,
Hedwig,
Ruodi,
Matilda 		Conductor,
Opera house and Orchestra 		Label[2]
1953 Theodor Horand,
Gert Lutze,
Hellmuth Kaphahn,
Margarete Hahnkamm,
Elisabeth Holtkamp,
Heinz Holzke,
Annaliese Schubert-Heuhaus 		Herbert Kegel,
Leipzig Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 		Audio CD: Walhall
Cat: 0239

References

Notes

  1. ^ Loewenberg 1978, columns 719–721.
  2. ^ a b c Recordings of William Tell on operadis-opera-discography.org.uk
  3. ^ Fregosi, William (1993). "Guglielmo Tell. Gioachino Rossini". The Opera Quarterly. 9 (4): 259–264. doi:10.1093/oq/9.4.259. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  4. ^ The Italian role names are based on the translation by Calisto Bassi. View at Google Books.
  5. ^ Braunstein, Joseph (1952). "Reviews of Records - Rossini: William Tell". The Musical Quarterly. 38 (4): 667–671. doi:10.1093/mq/xxxviii.4.667-b. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  6. ^ Fregosi, William (2000). "Guglielmo Tell. Gioachino Rossini". The Opera Quarterly. 16 (4): 677–680. doi:10.1093/oq/16.4.677. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  7. ^ Hamilton, David (1991). "Guillaume Tell. Gioachino Rossini". The Opera Quarterly. 8 (1): 117–121. doi:10.1093/oq/8.1.117. Retrieved 20 October 2007.

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