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The Real History of Opera

on BBC Radio 4 FM

3/4. Guillaume Tell. Rossini's last opera is about the political ideals of a population rising up against tyrannical overlords. In 1829 - the year before the July revolution - it had a special resonance for the Parisian public for whom it was written. But it had a different kind of impact in Italy, Rossini's home country, much of which was under Austrian rule. With Huw Edwards. Repeated from Tuesday

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