Horn fanfares herald the approach of Gesler, the Austrian governor, whom the Swiss detest, and his entourage. 搜索发现. The famous trumpet call heralds the patriotic Swiss army, and leads to the equally famous double-time galop used as the theme to The Lone Ranger program on radio and television. Revived, Arnold points them to the weapons cache that his father and Tell had prepared. 成长任务. The overture premiered in Paris on August 3, 1829, and was the introductory minutes of the composer’s last opera, Guilllaume Tell (William Tell). Mathilde, idole de mon âme!...Ô ma patrie, mon cœur te sacrifie... – "Ah, Mathilde, idol of my soul...O my fatherland, my heart sacrifices to you..."). 2, Transcriptions pour piano de Georges Cziffra. Characters portrayed on the Obers and Unters include: Hermann Gessler, Walter Fürst, Rudolf Harras and William Tell. 新手上路. She tells the other women she intends to beg Gesler for Tell's life. Leuthold arrives, telling the assembled villagers that the boat carrying Tell, Gesler and the soldiers is being driven towards the rocks by a storm that has broken over the lake – Leuthold believes that the chains have been removed from Tell's hands, so that he might pilot the boat to safety. [6] Another version of the story refers only to Act II. The performance was very well reviewed, and marked the first full performance of the work in the history of the Proms. As Rodolphe and the soldiers promise retribution (Que du ravage, que du pillage sur ce rivage pèse l'horreur! The assembled Swiss are horrified at this cruelty, but Jemmy urges his father to courage, and refuses to be tied up for the challenge. Il meurt victime de son amour pour son pays – "Save William! Gesler and the soldiers come into view, intent on recapturing Tell, who kills Gesler with a single shot and the cry, "Let Switzerland breathe!" 2, Don't Stop the Music: Music from the ABC Series, Rossini: Ouvertures transcrites pour instruments à vent, Sommernachtskonzert (Summer Night Concert) 2018, Classic Kids: A Fun Way for Children to Enjoy the Classics, Deutsche Grammophon: The Mono Era 1948-1957, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Last Night of the Proms [RPO], Igor Markevitch: The Complete HMV Recordings, Rossini, R. Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Wagner, Dvorák. Fabio Luisi said that Rossini planned for William Tell to be his last opera even as he composed it. Her son enters, along with Mathilde, whom Hedwige entreats for assistance. 4, Legendary Artists: USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Romantic Classics: Bizet, Ravel, Schubert, Rossini, Brahms, Verdi, A Calendar Of Classics - A 12 CD Set Of Romantic Classics For Every Month Of The Year, Famous Classical Waltzes, Overtures, Dance, Rossini: Overtures; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Highlights), The Good Life: Famous Classical Overtures, Vol. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). However, when Walter tells him that Gesler has executed his father Melchthal, Arnold vows revenge (Qu'entends-je? [1] The often-performed overture in four sections features a depiction of a storm and a vivacious finale, the "March of the Swiss Soldiers". Soldiers sing of the glories of Gesler and the Emperor. In 2010 there was an important revival of the opera, when it opened the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia's season, under Antonio Pappano. Next is a pastoral countryside scene with woodwinds, particularly English horn and flute, suggesting a pair of shepherds calling to one another across an Alpine valley, though that is not what it represented when the overture was used for Elizabethan England. 4, The Good Life: The Greatest Overtures and Symphonies, Great Conductors of the 20th Century: Artur Rodzinski, The Only Classical Box Set You'll Ever Need, Arturo Toscanini: Conducts Rossini Overtures, Field of Dreams: Classical Music with the Countryside in Mind, Tribute to Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900-1973), 101 Famous Classical Masterpieces, Vols. 6 [Transworld], Beethoven: Sympyhony No. Arnold, aware of Tell's arrest, is dispirited, but, set on revenge, draws strength from being in his father's former home and sings a moving lament (Ne m'abandonne point, espoir de la vengeance... Asile héréditaire... – "Do not abandon me, hope of vengeance... Home of my forefathers"). Betsy Schwarm is a music historian based in Colorado. Resolved, they leave to storm Altdorf and free Tell. Gradually, the theme that had been introduced by the cello builds and expands, ultimately bridging to new thematic material, restless and anxious in nature, suggestive of an oncoming storm. [3] In 1864 Offenbach quoted the patriotic trio from Act 2, "Lorsque la Grèce est un champ de carnage" in La Belle Hélène.[3]. The day is the hundredth anniversary of Austrian rule in Switzerland. 6 "Pastorale"; Giuseppe Verdi & Gioacchino Rossini: Preludes & Overtures, Beecham Conducts Favorite Overtures, Vol.1, Gioacchino Rossini: Overtures to William Tell, The Barber of Seville, L'Italiana in Algeri, Schubert: Symphony No. Political concerns have also contributed to the varying fortunes of the work. The clouds break, and the sun shines on a pastoral scene of wild beauty. – "What do I hear? I Don't Like Classical Music, But I Kinda Like This! Tell confesses his desire to kill Gesler with the second arrow, and both he and Jemmy are seized for execution. Arnold and his band enter, and break the happy news: they have taken Altdorf. The Complete RCA and Sony Album Collection, Popular Overtures: Smetana, Rossini, Verdi, Wagner, Rossini: Complete Overtures, Vol. The fisherman, Ruodi, sings a gentle love song from his boat (to orchestral accompaniment from the harps and flutes). He seeks to escape to the opposite shore, but the cowardly Ruodi refuses to take him in his boat, fearing that the current and the rocks make approaching the opposite bank impossible. The opera was Rossini's last, although he lived for nearly 40 more years. He sings an anguished aria to Jemmy, instructing him (Sois immobile – "Stay completely still"), and the two separate. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. They leave, amid conflicting cries of "Anathema on Gesler" from the people, and "Long live Gesler" from the soldiers. [8], In the later 20th century there were major productions in Florence (1972), Geneva (1979, 1991), La Scala (1988), Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1989), Covent Garden (1990), and then Opéra Bastille (2003)[3] as well as at the Sportspalace in Pesaro (lasting over 5 hours, 1995). [18], This article is about the Rossini opera. ô crime! 51: Overtures, Berühmte Ouvertüren (Famous Overtures), Vol. 8: The Best of Opera, Mendelssohn: Symphony No. Arnold sees Mathilde, who declares herself "disabused of false grandeur" and ready to join the fight for liberty at his side. The people acclaim his victory, and Gesler is enraged. The whole of it?". [5] As Hofer, or the Tell of the Tyrol, the opera was first performed at Drury Lane in London on 1 May 1830 (in English), with a production in Italian following in 1839 at Her Majesty's, and in French at Covent Garden in 1845. Resigned, Tell retrieves his bow from the soldiers, but takes two arrows from his quiver and hides one of them. William Tell Overture, composition by Gioacchino Rossini. She serves on the music faculty of Metropolitan State University of Denver and gives pre-performance talks for Opera Colorado and the Colorado Symphony... Gioachino Rossini, photograph by Étienne Carjat. The often-performed overturein four sections features a depictio… Scene 1: A ruined/deserted chapel in the Altdorf palace grounds. They question Arnold as to why he loves Mathilde, a member of the oppressing Austrians. During the Crimean War John MacLeod transcribed "La tua danza sì leggiera", a chorus part in the third act, to create the tune "The Green Hills of Tyrol", a well-known retreat march in the Scottish bagpipe tradition. [6] In New York, William Tell was first presented on 19 September 1831. https://www.britannica.com/topic/William-Tell-Overture. The Teatro San Carlo produced the opera in 1833, but then did not give another production for around 50 years. 1-5, Concert in the Park: A Festival of Beautiful Music, The Royal Treasury of Classical Music, Vol. [15] Its high-energy finale, "March of the Swiss Soldiers", is particularly familiar through its use in the American radio and television shows of The Lone Ranger. Would-be "confederates" arrive, sharing and reinforcing his hope of vengeance. Finally, Tell draws his bow, shoots, and drives the arrow through the apple and into the stake. ), Tell's family and friends take comfort in Tell's skills as an archer, which will surely save them. In Italy, because the work glorified a revolutionary figure against authority, the opera encountered difficulties with the Italian censors, and the number of productions in Italy was limited. Gesler's guards arrive, led by Rodolphe, who is further incensed by the villagers' prayers and their evident joy at the escape. It is the men of the canton of Unterwalden coming to join the fight, and describing their journey in a rather gentle refrain (Nous avons su braver). His father's rebuke provokes an outpouring of despair from Arnold: in his recitative we learn of his previous service in the forces of the Austrian rulers, his rescue of Mathilde from an avalanche, and the conflict between his love for her and his shame at serving the "perfidious power". William Tell (French: Guillaume Tell, Italian: Guglielmo Tell) is a French-language 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 turn, drew on the William Tell legend. In some versions, Mathilde, Jemmy and Hedwige sing a moving trio (Je rends a votre amour un fils digne de vous – "I return to your love a son worthy of you"). It is the day of the Shepherd Festival, in May, near Lake Lucerne. It is Jemmy who notices the hurried approach of the pale, trembling and wounded shepherd, Leuthold, who killed one of Gesler's soldiers to defend his daughter and is fleeing the governor's forces. Performances have been given in both French and Italian. Mathilde enters and claims Jemmy in the name of the emperor, refusing to let a child die (Vous ne l'obtiendrez pas – "You will not have him"). In its vivid programmatic qualities and in its use of a rousing popular dance (the galop), the overture, chestnut though it may be, was once well ahead of its time. Tell informs them of Gesler's death, but cautions that Altdorf still stands. 编辑入门. 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Sur la rive étrangère" (Mathilde, act 3), "Asile héréditaire... Amis, amis, secondez ma vengeance" (Arnold, act 4), Osborne, Richard (2004), "Rossini's Life", in Emanuele Senici (Ed.