GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Wiliam Tell Tragic Opera in four acts (Libretto by E. De Jouy and H. Bis based on Schiller).

PART 1 - 58'
Act I
“Arresta... Quali sguardi” – Scene and duet by Arnold and Tell.
“Delle antiche virtudi” – Melchttal’s recitative.
“Passo a sie”.

Act II
“Selva opaca”.
“Deserta brughiera” – Mathilde’s scene and aria.
“Tutto apprendi o sventurato” - Scene and duet by Mathilde and Arnold, Tell and Jemmy.

PART 2 - 47'
Act III
“Ah! Se privo di speme è l’amore” – Mathilde’s scene and aria.
Passo dei soldati.
“Resta immobile” – Scene and prayer by Tell.

Act IV
Prelude.
“Oh muto asil del pianto” – Arnold’s scene and aria.
“Sottratto a orribil nembo” – Scene and trio: Mathilde, Edwige and Jemmy.
“Tubbo canbia, il ciel s’abbella” - Finale.

Mathilde: Maria Chiara, soprano
Arnold: Salvatore Fisichella, tenor
William Tell: Lee Roisum, baritone
Melchtal, Walter, Gessler: Franco de Grandis, bass
Edwige: Caterina Calvi, contralto
Jemmy: Laura Aikin, mezzo-soprano

ORCHESTRA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA conducted by Nello Santi