Le Villi

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Le Villi is Giacomo Puccini’s first staged opera, a one-act work blending Romantic supernatural themes with lyrical Italian melodrama.

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Le Villi canonical 3

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instanceOf one-act opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
acts 1 ⓘ
alternativeTitle Le Willis ⓘ
basedOn legend of the Willis ⓘ
belongsToCatalogue Puccini operas ⓘ
competition 1883 Sonzogno opera competition ⓘ
composer Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
compositionEndYear 1884 ⓘ
compositionStartYear 1883 ⓘ
containsCharacter Anna ⓘ
Guglielmo Wulf ⓘ
Roberto ⓘ
The Willis ⓘ
containsNumber “Se come voi piccina io fossi” ⓘ
“Torna ai felici dì” ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
firstPerformanceConductor Franco Faccio ⓘ
firstPublisher Casa Ricordi ⓘ
firstStagedOperaOf Giacomo Puccini ⓘ
genre lyric opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
influencedBy French Romantic ballet Giselle ⓘ
linked to: ballet "Giselle"
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Ferdinando Fontana ⓘ
musicalForm through-composed ⓘ
notableFor being Puccini’s first staged opera ⓘ
orchestration full Romantic orchestra ⓘ
originalCompetitionResult not awarded a prize ⓘ
originalTitle Le Villi ⓘ
period late Romantic ⓘ
premiereDate 1884-05-31 ⓘ
premierePlace Teatro Dal Verme, Milan ⓘ
revised 1884 ⓘ
1885 ⓘ
revisedActs 2 ⓘ
setting Black Forest ⓘ
settingPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
structure two parts with intermezzo ⓘ
style Romantic ⓘ
subject a faithless lover punished by supernatural spirits ⓘ
a young woman who dies of grief and becomes a willi ⓘ
subsequentReception successful at premiere ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
love ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
supernatural ⓘ

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Giacomo Puccini → notableWork → Le Villi ⓘ
Le Villi → originalTitle → Le Villi ⓘ
Puccini operas → includesWork → Le Villi ⓘ