Rossini's Guillaume Tell (opera)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rossini's_Guillaume_Tell_(opera)

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn	William Tell (play by Friedrich Schiller)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber	Rossini S.87
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Gioachino_Rossini
gptkbp:duration	approximately 4 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed	gptkb:Paris_Opéra
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:Grand_opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Rossini's Guillaume Tell (opera)
gptkbp:language	gptkb:French
gptkbp:lastOperaByComposer	true
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Étienne_de_Jouy gptkb:Hippolyte_Bis
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Jemmy gptkb:Mathilde gptkb:Gessler gptkb:William_Tell gptkb:Arnold_Melchtal
gptkbp:notableAdaptation	William Tell Overture (frequently used in popular culture) Lone Ranger theme (from overture)
gptkbp:notableAria	gptkb:Asile_héréditaire gptkb:O_muto_asil_del_pianto gptkb:Sombre_forêt Sois immobile
gptkbp:notableConductor	gptkb:Antonio_Pappano gptkb:Gianandrea_Gavazzeni gptkb:Claudio_Abbado gptkb:Riccardo_Muti gptkb:Lamberto_Gardelli
gptkbp:notablePerformance	gptkb:Vienna_State_Opera gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_London gptkb:Zurich_Opera_House gptkb:La_Scala,_Milan gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_New_York Paris Opéra Bastille
gptkbp:notableRecording	Decca 1986 (conducted by Riccardo Muti) EMI 1972 (conducted by Lamberto Gardelli) EMI 1984 (conducted by Antonio Pappano) Warner Classics 2013 (conducted by Antonio Pappano)
gptkbp:numberOfActs	4
gptkbp:overture	gptkb:William_Tell_Overture
gptkbp:premiereDate	1829-08-03
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Paris_Opéra
gptkbp:publisher	Troupenas
gptkbp:setInPeriod	14th century
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:subject	freedom heroism tyranny Swiss independence
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Philipp_Stölzl
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7