Rossini's 'Guillaume Tell' had a special resonance for its Parisian audience [audio 7min]

Huw Edwards uncovers the history and social context behind operas. Rossini's last opera was Guillaume Tell, about the political ideal of a conservative population rising up against tyrannical overlords. In 1829, the year before the July revolution, it had a special resonance for the Parisian people for whom it was written.