505K views · 39K reactions |  Gallop towards the weekend with Rossini's William Tell Overture! We're sharing this performance as part of the Services For Education City Music Festival! Check out many more performances here  #SFECMF | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Facebook

#JustReleased Gioachino Rossini's Overture to William Tell Gioachino Rossini is among the most gifted and prolific opera composers the world has ever produced. In 1829 when he was thirty-seven years old he completed his grandest and last opera, William Tell (Guillaume Tell). Rossini wanted this to be his masterpiece, and it grew into massive proportions: three long acts lasting over four hours. The overture, both in length and scope, has the feeling of a tone poem. It is in four basic sections:

46 reactions · 3 comments | Sneak peek at William Tell  A grandiose ode to freedom with a famous apple and an even more famous overture. Rossini's final masterpiece streams on January 13 at 19:00 CET from Irish National Opera. ➕ https://operavision.eu/performance/william-tell | OperaVision | Facebook