Rossini's Guillaume Tell

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Wilhelm_Tell_by_Friedrich_Schiller
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Gioachino_Rossini
gptkbp:duration approximately 4 hours
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Paris_Opéra
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Grand_opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rossini's Guillaume Tell
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Étienne_de_Jouy
gptkb:Hippolyte_Bis
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Jemmy
gptkb:Mathilde
gptkb:Guillaume_Tell
gptkb:Gessler
gptkb:Arnold_Melchtal
gptkbp:notableAdaptation Italian version: Guglielmo Tell
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Asile_héréditaire
gptkb:Guillaume_Tell_Overture
gptkb:O_muto_asil_del_pianto
gptkb:Sombre_forêt
Sois immobile
gptkbp:notableConductor gptkb:Antonio_Pappano
gptkb:Riccardo_Muti
Arturo Toscanini
gptkbp:notableFeature famous overture
influential in grand opera genre
last opera by Rossini
gptkbp:notableFor overture popularized in pop culture
overture used in The Lone Ranger
gptkbp:notableLibrettoSource gptkb:Schiller's_play_Wilhelm_Tell
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:La_Scala,_1988
gptkb:Metropolitan_Opera,_1931
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_2015
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Antonio_Pappano_(EMI,_2010)
Maria Callas (excerpts, 1950s)
Riccardo Muti (EMI, 1972)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 4
gptkbp:premiereDate 1829-08-03
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Paris_Opéra
gptkbp:publisher Troupenas
gptkbp:setInPeriod 14th century
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Switzerland
gptkbp:subject Swiss independence
legend of William Tell
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Théâtre_de_l'Académie_Royale_de_Musique,_Paris
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7