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.
Andre-Gretry
