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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. The opera, in its original one act version, was first performed at the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan on 31 May 1884. It was written for an 1883 competition of one-act operas but did not even earn an honourable mention. This may have been because it was written in such haste that the score was all but illegible. His supporters, who included Arrigo Boito, urged the composer to expand the work, and Puccini did, producing a new version later that year, which was followed by modifica
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. The opera, in its original one act version, was first performed at the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan on 31 May 1884. It was written for an 1883 competition of one-act operas but did not even earn an honourable mention. This may have been because it was written in such haste that the score was all but illegible. His supporters, who included Arrigo Boito, urged the composer to expand the work, and Puccini did, producing a new version later that year, which was followed by modifications in 1888, and the final version in 1892
Edgar is an operatic dramma lirico in three acts (originally four acts) by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, Edgar, Puccini’s second opera, was composed on a commission from the publisher Ricordi after the successful reception of his first stage work, Le Villi. The original version had four acts and was tepidly received. In January 1890, Ricordi published a revised version, including a different ending for Act 2. In the autumn of 1891, Puccini revised the work again, cutting the last act and producing a three-act version which would again be revised in 1905. The funeral march from Act 3 was played at Puccini’s funeral, conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
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Manufacturer: Arthaus
Release date: 1 September 2009
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0807280137798 UPC: 807280137798
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