from Act I of the Italian opera Le Villi by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto: Ferdinando Fontana

Role: Anna, daughter of Guglielmo, engaged to Roberto

Voice Part: soprano       Fach: lyric soprano

Setting: A town in the Black Forest during spring

Synopsis: Anna puts her bouquet from her engagement celebration in Roberto's luggage. He is about to leave to go to Mainz where he has been left a fortune. She hopes that he will think of her when he looks at the flowers.

from Act II of the Italian opera Le Villi by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto: Ferdinando Fontana

Role: Guglielmo Wulf, the head forester, father of Anna

Voice Part: baritone       Fach: lyric baritone

Setting: A town in the Black Forest during spring

Synopsis: Guglielmo's daughter has died, apparently because she has been danced to death by fairies conjured by a witch that has seduced Anna's fiancé, Roberto. Angry at Roberto and filled with sorrow at his daughter's death, Guglielmo prays that the same fairies will wreak their vengeance upon Roberto.

from Act II of the Italian opera Le Villi by Giacomo Puccini

Libretto: Ferdinando Fontana

Role: Roberto, a young man engaged to Anna

Voice Part: tenor       Fach: lyric tenor

Setting: A town in the Black Forest during spring

Synopsis: Anna has been killed by fairies that were conjured by a witch that seduced Roberto when he was away in Mainz. However, he does not find this out until after it happens. Roberto is filled with remorse at letting himself be seduced by another woman and is shocked to find out that his true love is now dead at the hand of the same witch.