| Giacomo Puccini operas |
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• Le Villi (1884) • Edgar (1889) • Manon Lescaut (1893) • La bohème (1896) • Tosca (1900) • Madama Butterfly (1904) • La fanciulla del West (1910) • Il trittico (Il tabarro, Suor Angelica, Gianni Schicchi) (1918) • Turandot (1926) |
“Le Villi” by Giacomo Puccini ♡
The WilisPremiere / date of written: 31 May 1884
Le Villi (The Willis or The Fairies) is an opera-ballet in two acts that marks the operatic debut of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini. Composed to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, it is based on the short story Les Willis by Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, which draws from the same Central European legend used in the famous ballet Giselle.
Libretti
Italian–English side-by-side translation
| # | Language | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italian
  |
Ferdinando Fontana |
| 2 |
English
|
original libretto
side-by-side of the original libretto
History
- 1884 May 31 — Premiere of Giacomo Puccini's first opera, 'Le Villi', at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan.
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