Overture william tell gioachino rossini biography

Although it boasts one of the most famous sequences of music in existence, Gioachino Rossini’s William Tell is hardly a staple of the operatic repertoire. At five hours long in its original composition, and with a challengingly high male singing part, it is rarely heard in its entirety.

Victorian Opera’s current production of William Tell, a three-hour abridged version, is the first in Australia in over years.

The opera is certainly most famous for its minute Overture, the piece that sets the scene for it.

Few excerpts of classical music have been used (and indeed, parodied) in popular media as frequently.

Overture william tell gioachino rossini biography

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Now widely recognised as the theme to The Lone Ranger, the tune also appeared in Stanley Kubrick’s film A Clockwork Orange (in an electronic arrangement by American composer Wendy Carlos). Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and The Flintstones can all be credited for the Overture’s presence in popular cartoons.

The work premiered at the Paris Opéra in , not long after Rossini sett