Guillaume Tell (Grétry)

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Operas by André Ernest Modeste Grétry
Le Huron (1767) Les mariages samnites (1768) Lucile (1769) Le tableau parlant (1769) Les deux avares(1770) Zémire et Azor (1771) Le jugement de Midas (1778) L'amant jaloux (1778) Aucassin et Nicolette (1779) Colinette à la cour (1782) L’épreuve villageoise (1782) La caravane du Caire (1783) Richard Coeur-de-lion (1784) Pierre le Grand (1790) Guillaume Tell (1791)
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Guillaume Tell (William Tell) is an opéra comique, described as a drame mise en musique, in three acts by André Grétry, The French text was by Michel-Jean Sedaine based on a play of the same name by Antoine-Marin Lamierre.

[edit] Performance history

It was first performed at the Comédie-Italienne, Paris on 9 April 1791.

[edit] Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere Cast, April 9, 1791 (Conductor: - )
Guesler	baritone
Guillaume Tell	tenor
Madame Tell	soprano
Marie, Guillaume Tell's daughter	soprano
Melktal, the son	tenor
Melktal, the father	baritone

[edit] Sources

Guillaume Tell by David Charlton, in 'The New Grove Dictionary of Opera', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7