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Why there was outrage at Rossini's William Tell rape scene.

On the opening night of the Royal Opera House's new production of Rossini's William Tell in London the audience booed a rape scene while the music played on. Should it have been included? Australian conductor Dane Lam and the novelist and theatre critic Michael Arditti talk to Razia Iqbal.

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