Le Villi

E293847

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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Label Occurrences
Le Villi canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
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 ballet "Giselle"
surface form: French Romantic 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 self-link
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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Subject: Le Villi
Description of subject: Le Villi is Giacomo Puccini’s first staged opera, a one-act work blending Romantic supernatural themes with lyrical Italian melodrama.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giacomo Puccini notableWork Le Villi
Le Villi originalTitle Le Villi self-link