When William Tell refuses to salute the tyrannical Governor’s hat, his punishment is to put his son’s life in danger. Rossini’s opera, based on Friedrich Schiller’s play, is performed in Lausanne for ...

Writer-director Nick Hamm based William Tell on Friedrich Schiller’s 1804 drama, itself the source of Rossini’s opera. After a sluggish opening, in which Tell (Claes Bang), an ex-Crusader turned ...