Mexican tenor Rolando Villazón’s 2025-26 Metropolitan Opera production is an opera set in this country starring Nadine Sierra. The final soprano cabaletta of that opera set in this country begins [read slowly] “F, B-flat, D, long D,” and features a long E-flat-6 before the recapitulation. La sonnambula is set in this country, as well as an opera that propelled Luciano Pavarotti to stardom in 1972. La fille du régiment (“la FEE doo RAY-zhee-mahn”) is set in this country. An opera set in this country features the “Mount (*) Everest for tenors,” which Tonio sings to the canteen-girl Marie. An opera whose overture includes a “Ranz (10[2])de Vaches,” (“rahnz duh vash”) which features a duet between the flute and English horn, is set in this country. An opera set in this country depicts the protagonist shooting an apple off his son’s head. For 10 points, name this setting of Rossini’s opera William Tell. ■END■