Today, this opera is mostly remembered for its overture, which features sections called prelude, storm, Ranz de Vaches (or call of the cows), and a finale which features a cavalry charge led by the trumpets and horns. Mathilde, a Hapsburg princess, and Arnold Melcthal confess their love for each other in this opera, which is forbidden by the political situation.  The title character sings ―sois immobile‖ at the opera‘s climax, and Gesler, the governor of Uri and Schwyz is toppled,  as the protag
Today, this opera is mostly remembered for its overture, which features sections called prelude, storm, Ranz de Vaches (or call of the cows), and a finale which features a cavalry charge led by the trumpets and horns. Mathilde, a Hapsburg princess, and Arnold Melcthal confess their love for each other in this opera, which is forbidden by the political situation.  The title character sings ―sois immobile‖ at the opera‘s climax, and Gesler, the governor of Uri and Schwyz is toppled,  as the protagonist‘s son stands still. The last opera of Gioachino Rossini, FTP, name this opera based on a Friedrich  Schiller play, the story of a Swiss folk hero.
Today, this opera is mostly remembered for its overture, which features sections called prelude, storm, Ranz de Vaches (or call of the cows), and a finale which features a cavalry charge led by the trumpets and horns.