Le Villi

The show will be seen in a new staging of the opera curated by the Modenese theater in coproduction with I Teatri di Reggio Emilia directed by Cristina Pezzoli the scenes by Giacomo Andrico the costumes by Andrea Grazia and the lights by Mauro Panizza He directs Pier Giorgio Morandi at the helm of the Filarmonica of the Italian Opera Bruno Bartoletti and the choir of the Coro Lirico Association of Città di Piacenza Teatro Comunale di Modena Le Villi was the first work for the theater composed by Giacomo Puccini and constituted the decisive step towards his glory as an international opera artist The opera which lasted an hour and a half was performed for the first time at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on 31 May 1884 The Italian libretto by Ferdinando Fontana is based on the story Les Willis that JeanBaptiste Alphonse Karr developed his turn from the ballet Giselle music by Adolphe Adam on text by Théophile Gautier 1841