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Guillaume Tell” by Gioachino Rossini libretto (English)

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Contents: Characters; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; Act Four
Characters

Guillaume Tell - baritone
Hedwige, his wife - mezzo-soprano
Jemmy, his son - soprano
Mathilde, a Habsburg princess - soprano
Arnold Melchtal - tenor
Melchtal, his father - bass
Gesler, the Austrian Governor of the cantons of Uri and Schwyz - bass
Walter Furst - bass
Ruodi, a fisherman - tenor
Leuthold, a shepherd - bass
Rodolphe, Captain of Gesler's guard - tenor
A hunter - baritone
Peasants, shepherds, knights, pages, ladies, soldiers

Place: Austrian-occupied Switzerland
Time: 13th century

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Contents: Characters; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; Act Four

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