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Orchestra E Coro Del Maggio: Giacomo Puccini - Le Ville (opera-Ballet
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Le ViIIi is an opera-baIlet in two acts that marked Giacomo Puccinis debut in the world of opera. lt was first staged at the Teatro dal Verme in Milan in 1884. Librettist Ferdinando Fontana based the story on the ancient legend of the WilIis, fantastic creatures representing the souIs of young women who were the victims of love. Anna and Roberto are engaged, but he becomes seduced by another woman and his fiancée dies of heartbreak. Roberto, who is subsequentIy abandoned and left penniIess, is haunted by remorse and attacked by the revengeful fairies and Annas ghost. Elements of the more mature Puccini are already recognisable: the characters of Anna and Roberto anticipate the archetypaI Iove victim and man without quaIities of his Iater operas; while some of the composers touches of harmony and aria structure aIso portend his future success. |
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