And for nearly 20 years, beginning in 1935, Rossini’s heroic William Tell Overture introduced “The Lone Ranger,” first on radio and later on television. Perhaps the question of whether a man ...

By this point, you should already have Gioachino Rossini’s “William Tell Overture” stuck in your head, which is perfect to pair with the synopsis of Hamm’s newest film. Traveling back to ...

When William Tell refuses to salute the tyrannical Governor’s hat, his punishment is to put his son’s life in danger. Rossini’s opera, based on Friedrich Schiller’s play, is performed in Lausanne for ...

Rossini’s thrilling epic, his final masterpiece with the world’s most famous overture, is his most ... folk hero based on Schiller’s play, William Tell is a grandiose ode to freedom.

The 'William Tell Overture' is one of the best-known pieces of music there is - with or without the Lone Ranger. It opens a rather less famous opera by Rossini, which in turn was based on a play ...