60. Le Villi

First performance: 31 May 1884 at the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan.
Cast: Rosina Caponetti (Anna), Antonio D'Andrade (Roberto), Erminio Peltz (Guglielmo); conductor: Arturo Panizza.

First performance of the two-act version: 27 December 1884 at the Teatro Regio, Turin.
Cast: Elena Boronat (Anna), Luigi Filippi-Bresciani (Roberto), Agostino Gnaccarini (Guglielmo); conductor: Giovanni Bolzoni.

First performance with the new Romanza: after 24 January 1885 at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.
Cast: Romilda Pantaleoni (Anna), Andrea Anton (Roberto), Delfino Menoti, later Angelo Tamburlini (Guglielmo); conductor: Franco Faccio.

First performance of the definitive version: 7 November 1889 ta the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan.
Cast: Elena Thériane (Anna), Michele Mariacher (Roberto), Mario Sammarco (Guglielmo); conductor: Alessandro Pomè.

Guglielmo Wulf (Baritone)
Anna, sua figlia (Soprano)
Roberto (Tenor)
Chorus: Soprano I, lI and III, Tenor I and Il, Bass.

Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English horn, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, Contra-bassoon, 4 Horns, 2 Trumpets, 2 Cornets, Cornet à piston, 3 Trombones, Bass trombone [in the autograph called Trombone basso, Ophicleide, Cimbasso, and Basstuba], Timpani, Bass drum, Cymbals, Triangle, Tam-tam, Carillon, Bell, Harp, Strings.

Approdo musicale 1959, 44-46; Immagini 1968, Nos. 38-48; Hopkinson 1968, 1-4; Basso 1976, 420; Critica, 21-23 and 28-31; Gherardi 1977, 271-275; Magri 1983, 23-26; Turner 1983, 87-88; Budden 1989; Schickling 1989, 47-65; Girardi 2000, 20-35; Fairtile 1996; Schickling 2000a; Budden 2002, 37-57.