▁the ▁original ▁music ▁that ▁was ▁in ▁an ▁orn ate ▁style ▁unf ashion able ▁in ▁Paris , ▁Ross ini ▁accommod ated ▁local ▁prefer ences ▁by ▁adding ▁d ances , ▁h ymn - like ▁numbers ▁and ▁a ▁greater ▁role ▁for ▁the ▁ch orus . ▁ ▁Ross ini ' s ▁mother , ▁Anna , ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 7 ; ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁devoted ▁to ▁her , ▁and ▁he ▁felt ▁her ▁loss ▁deeply . ▁She ▁and ▁Col b ran ▁had ▁never ▁got ▁on ▁well , ▁and ▁Serv ad io ▁suggests ▁that ▁after ▁Anna ▁died ▁Ross ini ▁came ▁to ▁res ent ▁the ▁surv iving ▁woman ▁in ▁his ▁life . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 8 ▁Ross ini ▁wrote ▁Le ▁comte ▁O ry , ▁his ▁only ▁French - language ▁com ic ▁opera . ▁His ▁determ ination ▁to ▁reuse ▁music ▁from ▁Il ▁vi aggio ▁a ▁Re ims ▁caused ▁problems ▁for ▁his ▁libre tt ists , ▁who ▁had ▁to ▁adapt ▁their ▁original ▁plot ▁and ▁write ▁French ▁words ▁to ▁fit ▁existing ▁Italian ▁numbers , ▁but ▁the ▁opera ▁was ▁a ▁success , ▁and ▁was ▁seen ▁in ▁London ▁within ▁six ▁months ▁of ▁the ▁Paris ▁premi ere , ▁and ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 1 . ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁Ross ini ▁wrote ▁his ▁long - await ed ▁French ▁grand ▁opera , ▁Guillaume ▁Tell , ▁based ▁on ▁Friedrich ▁Sch iller ' s ▁ 1 8 0 4 ▁play ▁which ▁drew ▁on ▁the ▁William ▁Tell ▁legend . ▁ ▁Early ▁ret irement : ▁ 1 8 3 0 – 1 8