After a many-year hiatus, an opera seria by Gioachino Rossini returns to La Scala: Guillaume Tell. In his final masterpiece, the composer from Pesaro groomed his language for Parisian audiences, adapting it to the new romantic sensibility before his farewell to the scenes. La Scala now presents the work for the first time in the original French version. It is conducted by Michele Mariotti, consummate interpreter of Rossini and a fellow Pesarese. The director is Chiara Muti, who developed her talent at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano before going on to create opera productions for the Opera di Roma, the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and the Regio of Turin.