Rossini's William Tell, famous for the use of part of its spectacular overture as the signature tune of The Lone Ranger TV series, is one of the most demanding operas ever written. It's a thrilling ...

William Tell is an opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy and L. F. Bis, based on Friedrich Schiller's play William Tell, which, in ...

The most iconic image from “William Tell” is Jemmy, the Boy with the Apple. Courtesy of Wichita Grand Opera For many, “William Tell” is synonymous with “The Lone Ranger.” The opera’s overture was the ...

Sofia Fomina in 'Guillaume Tell' at Covent Garden in London. Rossini's five act grand opera Guilliaume Tell is having a controversial run of performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in ...

The Wichita Grand Opera will present Rossini’s last masterpiece, “William Tell” – the only production of it this year in the United States. The last production by the Metropolitan Opera was in 1931.

Rossini’s serious operas are generally less well-known than his comedies, and some of them – to tell the truth – are quite dull. His Moses in Egypt, also in this WNO season (October 3), abides our ...

He Sang/She Sang is a new podcast from WQXR for the opera-curious and opera superfans who want to know what all those big voices are really singing about. The podcast follows the radio broadcast ...

BOULDER — Gioacchino Rossini is a familiar name, not only to opera lovers, but also to casual classical music fans. His more popular overtures often open symphony orchestra concerts. Most of his vast ...

LONDON – Gioachino Rossini’s opera “Guillaume Tell” (William Tell) about the Swiss patriot who shoots an arrow that splits an apple atop his son’s head is famed for its overture with the galloping ...

Tell none the less lives on, if nowhere else, in Schiller’s play and Rossini’s opera based on it, of which everyone knows the overture and – perhaps without realizing it – some of the ballet music.