Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 3 August 1829 (Conductor: François Habeneck) |
|---|---|---|
| Guillaume Tell | baritone | Henri-Bernard Dabadie |
| Hedwige, his wife | mezzo-soprano | Mlle Mori |
| Jemmy, his son | soprano | Louise-Zulme Dabadie |
| Mathilde, a Habsburg princess | soprano | Laure Cinti-Damoreau |
| Arnold Melchtal | tenor | Adolphe Nourrit |
| Melchtal, his father | bass | Bonel |
| Gesler, the Austrian Governor of the cantons of Uri and Schwyz |
bass | Alexandre Prévost |
| Walter Furst | bass | Nicolas Levasseur |
| Ruodi, a fisherman | tenor | Alexis Dupont |
| Leuthold, a shepherd | bass | Ferdinand Prévôt |
| Rodolphe, Captain of Gesler's guard | tenor | Jean-Étienne-Auguste Massol |
| A hunter | baritone | Beltrame Pouilley |
| Peasants, shepherds, knights, pages, ladies, soldiers | ||
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