The overture of his final opera features a galop representing a cavalry charge, and in that opera, Gesler forces the title character to shoot an arrow off his son's head.
This composer's operas include one in which a Syracusean soldier kills Orbazzano in a duel, and another in which Ninetta is falsely accused of stealing a silver spoon. Besides Tancredi and The Thieving Magpie, he wrote an opera in which the title character sings(*) "Largo al factotum" and helps Count Almaviva marry Rosina. The overture of his final opera features a galop representing a cavalry charge, and in that opera, Gesler forces the title character to shoot an arrow off his son's head. For 10 points, name this composer of The Barber of Seville and William Tell.
This composer's operas include one in which a Syracusean soldier kills Orbazzano in a duel, and another in which Ninetta is falsely accused of stealing a silver spoon.
Gioachino Antonio {Rossini}