Guillaume Tell

Opera: Work details

Composer: Gioachino Rossini
Music title: Guillaume Tell (1829)
Librettist: Etienne de Jouy
Librettist: Hippolyte-Louis-Florent Bis
Work definition: Opera in four acts
Title notes: Also known as 'William Tell'
Based on: Based on the play 'Wilhelm Tell' by Friedrich von Schiller
Language: French
World premiere: 3 August 1829, Opéra, Paris
ROH premiere: 6 June 1845, Theatre Royal of Brussels
ROH company premiere: 29 June 1990, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Guillaume Tell (1990) The Royal Opera (2 performances online)
Guillaume Tell (2015) The Royal Opera (7 performances online)