Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: SSSAAABarBarB - choir: SATB - 1(picc).2.2.2. - 2.2.0.0. - timp - cow horn - str) SKU: BR.EB-8911
Drama in 3 Acts. Composed by Andre-Ernest-Modeste Gretry. Choir; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf. Opera; Music theatre; Classical. Piano/Vocal Score. 160 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8911. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8911). ISBN 9790004185773. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.
Duration: full-length Persons: 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/ATB orchestra: 1(Picc).2.2.2. 2.3cornet.2.0.0. timp.small drum str Althoug Gretry 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 Gretrys opera even survived the success of Rossinis work of the same name of 1829.
