Golden Age Clips of the Week--Asile héreditaire

I'm still on a Guillaume Tell kick, after having seen it last weekend at Caramoor. I do wish I could have seen the second performance for comparison, but it was not to be.

I offer you this week some prime clips of the daunting tenor aria "Asile héreditaire"

First the amazing Nicolai Gedda, from a 1973 recording:





The amazing Gregory Kunde, who deserves more space in this blog, Pesaro, 1985:


Marcello Giordani, Paris Opéra, no date given. I find this fascinating because he was clearly tired, but still has ringing high notes, especially the final "Aux armes!":


This is Chris Merritt, although the YouTube poster gives no information about soloist, orchestra, chorus, venue, or date:



Salvatore Fisichella, 1987, Zürich, in Italian:
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