Le Villi

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, premiered at Milan's Teatro Dal Verme, on 31 May 1884.

Le Villi
Opera–ballet by Giacomo Puccini
Original 1884 advertisement in Gazzetta Musicale di Milano
LibrettistFerdinando Fontana
LanguageItalian
Based onJean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr's short story "Les Willis"
Premiere
31 May 1884 (1884-05-31)
Teatro Dal Verme, Milan

A performance typically lasts 64 minutes.

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