Enter the rehearsal room of Victorian Opera's biggest production - Rossini's 'William Tell'.
The epic opera has not been staged in Australia for over 100 years and is set to grip audiences with its ever pertinent message of hope for a harmonious existence in a darkened world.
Thomas Hampson portraits Guillaume Tell by Rossini. Other singers are Giuseppe Sabbatini (Arnold), Nancy Gustafsson (Mathilde), Egils Silins (Gessler) 1997
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Guillaume ( William ) Tell - Gioachino Rossini - 1995
Guillaume Tell - Michele Pertusi
Arnold Melchtal - Gregory Kunde
Walter Furst - Ildebrando d' Arcangelo
Mathilde - Daniela Dessi
Melchthal - Frode Olsen
Leuthold - Eldar Aliev
Jemmy - Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz
Hedwige - Monica Bacelli
Ruodi - un pêcheur - Paul Austin Kelly
Gesler - Riccardo Ferrari
Rodolphe - Jeffrey Francis
Un Chasseur - Mario Utzeri
Conductor - Gianluigi Gelmetti
Orchestra - Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
Chorus - Prague Chamber Chorus - Chorus of Polish Radio Cracow