William Tell (Italian: Guglielmo Tell), composed by Gioachino Rossini

This is a vintage sheet of music and text from the opera William Tell (Italian: Guglielmo Tell), composed by Gioachino Rossini. The page presents both the Italian and English translations for Act I, Scene I of the opera. It includes the musical notation and lyrics for the chorus "E Il Ciel Sereno" ("Fair is the Morn"), a part of the well-known opera. William Tell is famous for its overture and as a key part of Rossini's legacy, focusing on the Swiss folk hero William Tell and his struggle for freedom from Austrian rule.

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• William Tell is an opera in four acts by Italian composer Gioachino Rossini, first performed in 1829. It is one of Rossini's final operas and known for its challenging vocal parts and its stirring overture, which has become iconic in popular culture.
• The scene depicted here describes a village in the Swiss mountains and features the first musical number of the opera, a choral ode to nature and freedom.
• The bilingual nature of the text—presenting both Italian and English—suggests it was printed for an English-speaking audience or performers.