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Quadrilingual volume: Italian, English, French, German.
Gioachino Rossini based one of his greatest operas on the legend of Swiss hero William Tell, a father and talented marksman from the county of Uri. A tyrant named Gessler, who represented the ruling Austrian Hapsburgs, placed his hat on a pole in the town square and made everyone bow to it. Tell refused to bow and was arrested. Gessler told Tell he would be freed if he could shoot an apple off the top of his son's head with an arrow. Tell's courage inspired the Swiss to rebel against their Austrian rulers. Rossini's opera was so loved by the Swiss people that for years they would play its music on their klaxon horns. Tell's story is told by Cristina Marsi and magnificently illustrated by Stefania Pravato.
Made in Italy, printed on prestigious certified eco-friendly paper by Cartiere Fedrigoni with vegetable inks.
LaMa House is the publisher of the Paramica and Arabesque lines of books for children, presenting classic works of opera and ballet in an accessible graphic format, which will be enjoyed by people of all ages. Not children's opera or children's ballet, but the classics told in an abbreviated format, accompanied by rich illustrations that invoke the key scenes and plot lines from the stage versions. Plus, each story is presented simultaneously in several languages, including the original Italian, and translations in English and at least two other languages.
