Rossini’s last opera, written at the age of 37, was his masterpiece Guillaume Tell, which we hear in a recording that features Montserrat Caballé, Mady Mesplé, Nicolai Gedda, and Gabriel
Bacquier.
William Tell
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Playlist:
12:00 pm
- Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
- Release Year: 1983
12:07 pm
- Guillaume Tell: Act I: Part 1
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: Montserrat Caballé, soprano ; Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Jocelyne Taillon, mezzo-soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Gabriel Bacquier, baritone ; Louis Hendrikx, bass
- Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- CD/Album: Rossini - Guillaume Tell
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 69951
- Release Year: 1973
1:03 pm
- Guillaume Tell: Act I: Part 2
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: Montserrat Caballé, soprano ; Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Jocelyne Taillon, mezzo-soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Gabriel Bacquier, baritone ; Louis Hendrikx, bass
- Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- CD/Album: Rossini - Guillaume Tell
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 69951
- Release Year: 1973
1:38 pm
- Guillaume Tell: Act II
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: Montserrat Caballé, soprano ; Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Jocelyne Taillon, mezzo-soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Gabriel Bacquier, baritone ; Louis Hendrikx, bass
- Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- CD/Album: Rossini - Guillaume Tell
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 69951
- Release Year: 1973
2:46 pm
- Guillaume Tell: Act III
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: Montserrat Caballé, soprano ; Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Jocelyne Taillon, mezzo-soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Gabriel Bacquier, baritone ; Louis Hendrikx, bass
- Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- CD/Album: Rossini - Guillaume Tell
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 69951
- Release Year: 1973
3:50 pm
- Guillaume Tell: Act IV
- Composer: Gioachino Rossini
- Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Soloists: Montserrat Caballé, soprano ; Mady Mesplé, soprano ; Jocelyne Taillon, mezzo-soprano ; Nicolai Gedda, tenor ; Gabriel Bacquier, baritone ; Louis Hendrikx, bass
- Conductor: Lamberto Gardelli
- CD/Album: Rossini - Guillaume Tell
- Record co./Cat #: EMI 69951
- Release Year: 1973
4:27 pm
- Un ballo in maschera: Act I: Scene 2
- Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
- Ensemble: RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus
- Soloists: Leontyne Price, soprano ; Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano ; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor ; Robert Merrill, baritone ; Reri Grist, soprano ; Ezio Flagello, bass
- Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf
- CD/Album: Verdi - Un ballo in maschera
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 6645
- Release Year: 1967
4:56 pm
- Die Meistersinger: Prelude (excerpt)
- Composer: Richard Wagner
- Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Fritz Reiner
- CD/Album: Reiner Conducts Wagner
- Record co./Cat #: RCA 4738
- Release Year: 1983