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Presenters：Lo King Man / Alex Tam
盧景文 / 譚天樂
Each week, tenor Mr. Alex Tam (first Sunday of the month) and veteran opera producer Prof. Lo King-man (rest Sundays of the month) will present you with an opera of their choice. Enjoy!!
每星期，男高音譚天樂先生 ( 每月首星期日 ) 和資深歌劇監製盧景文教授 ( 餘下星期日 ) ，為你精選一套歌劇精品！
Rossini: William Tell (Part 1)
William Tell: Sherrill Milnes (br)
Arnoldo Melchtal: Luciano Pavarotti (t)
Mathilde: Mirella Freni (s)
Gessler: Ferruccio Mazzoli (b)
Ambrosian Opera Cho., National Phil. Orch / Riccardo Chailly
羅西尼：威廉‧泰爾（第一部份）
威廉•泰爾：米爾士（男中音）
米赫圖：巴筏諾堤（男高音）
美堤達：費蘭妮（女高音）
簡士拿：馬祖尼（男低音）
國家愛樂樂團與亞布斯安歌劇合唱團／沙爾（指揮）
Gioachino Rossini was born in Pesaro, in northern Italy, and brought up in Bologna, where he began to receive his professional training at the Conservatory of Music at the age of 14. He was a prodigy with exceptional talents.
Rossini’s first opera, La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract) was composed and produced in Venice in 1810, when he was barely 18. He wrote his first important opera seria, Tancredi, in 1813 and his great opera buffa, The Barber of Seville, three years later. From then on, Rossini went from success to success. Upon completion of William Tell, his 39th opera, Rossini suddenly decided to retire from composing for the theatre. He was only 37 years old and for the remaining 39 years of his life, he spent his days enjoying himself, living in Bologna and Paris and entertaining friends lavishly. He passed away in Paris, aged 76.
William Tell is based on the play by Friedrich Schiller. The original French libretto was written by Etienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis. The opera’s length, more than 4 hours of music, and casting requirements, such as the extreme high range demanded of the principal tenor, have contributed to the difficulty of producing the work. Its premiere performances at the Paris Opera in 1829 had a disastrous reception. Its Italian version, Guglielmo Tell, with libretto by Calisto Bassi and first performed at the San Carlo Theatre of Naples in 1833, was more successful with critics and audience alike. In subsequent revivals, the Italian version is the one that has been more frequently staged and recorded.
The opera opens with a famous overture which is a masterpiece of tone-poem writing in four movements depicting, respectively, dawn, a storm, call to the dairy cows, and march of the Swiss warriors. To fit our programme duration, we have divided the opera into two parts. Part 1 consists of music up to the first scene of Act III and tells the story of the struggle between the Swiss people and their Austrian governor, the tyrant Gessler; the heroic deeds of William Tell in protecting his compatriots against the foreign forces; and the hopeless love between Arnoldo, a Swiss freedom fighter and Mathilde, a Habsburg princess.
Our recording, in Italian, boasts of a fabulous cast headed by baritone Sherrill Milnes in the title role, tenor Luciano Pavarotti as Arnoldo, soprano Mirella Freni as Mathilde, and bass Ferruccio Mazzoli as Gessler. The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the National Philharmonic Orchestra are conducted by Riccardo Chailly.
Presenters：Lo King Man / Alex Tam
盧景文 / 譚天樂
Rossini: William Tell (Part 1)
William Tell: Sherrill Milnes (br)
Arnoldo Melchtal: Luciano Pavarotti (t)
Mathilde: Mirella Freni (s)
Gessler: Ferruccio Mazzoli (b)
Ambrosian Opera Cho., National Phil. Orch / Riccardo Chailly
羅西尼：威廉‧泰爾（第一部份）
威廉•泰爾：米爾士（男中音）
米赫圖：巴筏諾堤（男高音）
美堤達：費蘭妮（女高音）
簡士拿：馬祖尼（男低音）
國家愛樂樂團與亞布斯安歌劇合唱團／沙爾（指揮）
Gioachino Rossini was born in Pesaro, in northern Italy, and brought up in Bologna, where he began to receive his professional training at the Conservatory of Music at the age of 14. He was a prodigy with exceptional talents.
Rossini’s first opera, La Cambiale di Matrimonio (The Marriage Contract) was composed and produced in Venice in 1810, when he was barely 18. He wrote his first important opera seria, Tancredi, in 1813 and his great opera buffa, The Barber of Seville, three years later. From then on, Rossini went from success to success. Upon completion of William Tell, his 39th opera, Rossini suddenly decided to retire from composing for the theatre. He was only 37 years old and for the remaining 39 years of his life, he spent his days enjoying himself, living in Bologna and Paris and entertaining friends lavishly. He passed away in Paris, aged 76.
William Tell is based on the play by Friedrich Schiller. The original French libretto was written by Etienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis. The opera’s length, more than 4 hours of music, and casting requirements, such as the extreme high range demanded of the principal tenor, have contributed to the difficulty of producing the work. Its premiere performances at the Paris Opera in 1829 had a disastrous reception. Its Italian version, Guglielmo Tell, with libretto by Calisto Bassi and first performed at the San Carlo Theatre of Naples in 1833, was more successful with critics and audience alike. In subsequent revivals, the Italian version is the one that has been more frequently staged and recorded.
The opera opens with a famous overture which is a masterpiece of tone-poem writing in four movements depicting, respectively, dawn, a storm, call to the dairy cows, and march of the Swiss warriors. To fit our programme duration, we have divided the opera into two parts. Part 1 consists of music up to the first scene of Act III and tells the story of the struggle between the Swiss people and their Austrian governor, the tyrant Gessler; the heroic deeds of William Tell in protecting his compatriots against the foreign forces; and the hopeless love between Arnoldo, a Swiss freedom fighter and Mathilde, a Habsburg princess.
Our recording, in Italian, boasts of a fabulous cast headed by baritone Sherrill Milnes in the title role, tenor Luciano Pavarotti as Arnoldo, soprano Mirella Freni as Mathilde, and bass Ferruccio Mazzoli as Gessler. The Ambrosian Opera Chorus and the National Philharmonic Orchestra are conducted by Riccardo Chailly.
