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 |