Le Villi (The Willis or The Fairies) is an opera-ballet in two acts (originally one) composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, based on the short story Les Willis by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr. Karr's story was in turn based in the Central European legend of the vila, also used in the ballet Giselle. The opera, in its original one-act version, was first performed at the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan, on 31 May 1884.

Original Name Le Villi
Librettist Ferdinando Fontana (based on the short story Les Willis by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr)
Date of composition 1884
Premiered 1884, May 31st (Teatro Dal Verme) in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy
Type Opera
Spoken language Italian
Instruments Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
Voice (Baritone) - or Bass- Guglielmo, the head forester
Voice (Soprano) - Anna, Guglielmo's daughter
Voice (Tenor) - Roberto, a young man
Autotranslations beta Giacomo Puccini: The Willis or The Fairies
Giacomo Puccini: The Willis or The Fairies
Giacomo Puccini: The Willis or The Fairies