Bis, based on friedrich schiller 's play wilhelm tell, which, in turn, drew on the william tell legend. Bis, based on friedrich schiller's play william tell, which, in turn, drew on the william tell legend. While the fishermen ruodi flirts with his sweetheart, guillaume tell muses on the political situation in his fatherland, which is suffering under the habsburg occupation.
Guillaume tell is an opera in four acts by gioachino rossini to a french libretto by etienne de jouy and hippolyte bis, based on friedrich schiller's play wilhelm tell Tell is championed by melcthal, patriarch of the village, and (hesitantly) by melcthal's son arnold, who is in love with the austrian princess mathilde. Based on the legend of william tell, this opera was rossini's last, even though the composer lived for nearly forty more years.
As rodolphe and the soldiers promise retribution (que du ravage, que du pillage sur ce rivage pèse l'horreur!), tell's family and friends take comfort in tell's skills as an archer, which will surely save them. Guillaume tell leads the swiss resistance against the austrian overlords, led by gessler
