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From the Italian Opera Season at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Presented by S. A. Gorlinsky 'GUGLIELMO TELL'

Thu 13^th Mar 1958, 19:30 on Third Programme

'William Tell '
An opera in four acts
Libretto by Jouy and Bis
(after Schiller)
Music by Rossini
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader. Steven Staryk )
CONDUCTED BY VINCENZO BELLEZZA
Chorus Master, Mario Tagini
Producer, Bruno Nofri
SCENE: Switzerland in the year 1340
ACT 1
An open space by a lake on May Day
Denis Stevens writes on page 6

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Unknown:: William Tell
Leader:: Steven Staryk
Conducted By:: Vincenzo Bellezza
Chorus Master:: Mario Tagini
Producer:: Bruno Nofri
Unknown:: Denis Stevens
Guglielmo Tell:: Gino Bechi
Edvige, his wife:: Clara Betner
Jemmy, his son:: Odilia Rech
Arnoldo, in love with Matilde:: Mario Filippeschi
Melchtal, his father, the patriarch:: Lorenzo Gaetani
Gualtiero a Swiss patriot:: Guerrando .Rigiri
A fisherman:: Lorenzo Sabatucci
Leutoldo, a Swiss herdsman:: Augusto Fratl
Gessler, the Austrian governor of the district:: Gino Calo
Matilde, his sister:: Onelia Fineschi
Rodolfo, captain of the guards:: Mario Ferrara

Source: Radio Times

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