Puccini: Le Villi

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BR Klassik
Release Date
April 18, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Giacomo Puccini, Ferdinando Fontana
    • PERFORMER
      Munich Radio Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Kang Wang, Boris Pinkhasovich, Anita Hartig
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. Prélude

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    2. Act I: Evviva! Evviva! Evviva! (Chorus, Guglielmo)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Boris Pinkhasovich

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    3. Act I: Se come voi piccina io Fossi (Anna, Roberto)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Anita Hartig, Kang Wang

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    4. Act I: Non esser; Anna mia, mesta si tanto (Roberto, Anna)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kang Wang, Anita Hartig

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    5. Act I: Presto! Presto in Viaggio (Chorus, Roberto, Anna)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kang Wang, Anita Hartig

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    6. Act I: Angiol di dio! (Guglielmo, Anna, Roberto, Chorus)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Boris Pinkhasovich, Anita Hartig, Kang Wang

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    7. Act II: Intermezzo: L'abbandono: Come un giglio reciso nel feretro ella giace! (Chorus)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    8. Act II: Intermezzo: La tragedia

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    9. Act II: No, possibil non è (Guglielmo)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Boris Pinkhasovich

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    10. Act II: Anima santa della figlia mia (Guglielmo)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Boris Pinkhasovich

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    11. Act II: Ei giunge! Anna! (Chorus, Roberto)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kang Wang

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    12. Act II: Torna ai felici dì (Roberto, Chorus)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kang Wang

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    13. Act II: Forse ella vive (Roberto, Chorus)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kang Wang

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    14. Act II: Cammina! Cammina! (Anna, Roberto, Chorus)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Anita Hartig, Kang Wang

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    15. Act II: Tu dell'infanzia mia (Anna, Roberto)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Anita Hartig, Kang Wang

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić

    16. Act II: Qui noi t'aspettiam, traditor (Chorus, Roberto, Anna)

      Composer: Giacomo Puccini

      Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester

      Performer: Kang Wang, Anita Hartig

      Conductor: Ivan Repušić


GIACOMO PUCCINI "LE VILLI" - Opera ballo in two parts Libretto by Ferdinando Fontana after the story "Les Willis" by Alphonse Karr With his first stage work 'Le Villi', the young Giacomo Puccini instantly struck a chord with his contemporaries. His unerring instinct for deeply moving melodies made him a beacon of hope for a new generation of Italian opera composers. In this 'opera ballo' he masterfully set to music the gruesomely beautiful legend of an unfaithful fiance who is killed by the frenzied dance of the "Willis" - elemental spirits haunting the Black Forest. On October 13, 2024, a few weeks before the centenary of the composer's death on November 29, the Munich Radio Orchestra presented a concert performance of the two-act version of 'Le Villi' at the city's Prinzregententheater. Anita Hartig, Kang Wang and Boris Pinkhasovich performed the solo parts, the Bavarian Radio Chorus sang, and the Munich Radio Orchestra played under it's chief conductor, Ivan Repusic. To mark the 100th anniversary of the great Italian composer's death, BR-KLASSIK is now presenting the live recording of this extraordinary concert on CD. 'Le Villi' was composed in the autumn of 1883. The 25-year-old Puccini, who had just passed his final exams at the Milan Conservatory, took part in a one-act opera competition organised by the publisher Sonzogno, but came away empty-handed. The premiere of the one-act version on May 31, 1884 at the Teatro dal Verme in Milan was nevertheless a sensational success, largely due to the magical sound of the music and the charming melodies. Admittedly, the dramaturgy of this 'opera ballo' was probably too unusual for it to remain in the stage repertoire for very long. It's sensational success quickly faded and could not be revived even after several reworkings (the two-act version created in 1884, and first performed on December 26 of that year at the Teatro Regio in Turin, forms the basis of this recording). Nevertheless, this first work paved the way for all of Puccini's subsequent operatic triumphs. - Celebrating the Puccini year 2024, the Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Ivan Repusic presents the composer's first stage work 'Le Villi' in the two-act version from 1884 in Italian - Recording of a recent concert on October 13, 2024 from the Prinzregententheater in Munich - Featuring renowned opera performers Anita Hartig, Kang Wang and Boris Pinkhasovich as well as the Bavarian Radio Chorus