Relayed from the Drill Hall, Thorpe Street Barracks
THE ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE CONCERTINA BAND : Conductor, R. BROADHURST
THIS Opera was the last that Rossini wrote.
It is based on tho stirring story of the liberation of Switzerland, the rousing of the forest cantons by William Tell, and the overthrow of the tyrant Gessler.
Rossini first worked upon a French translation of Schiller's drama on this subject, and then, finding it unsuited for his purpose, brought in another dramatist to write his libretto.
Much of the music is finer and more imaginative than that of the composer's earlier operas.