Opera Scotland

Scottish premiere for Puccini

Posted 21 Apr 2017

Le Villi is based on the same legend as the ballet Giselle and was written in 1883. The opera-ballet was Puccini's first stage work, and this performance at the Theatre Royal Glasgow marks its Scottish premiere.

Scottish Opera's Music Director, Stuart Stratford, conducts soloists Karen Slack as Anna, Stephen Gadd as Guglielmo and Peter Auty as Roberto. The latter two singers were both last seen at October's Sunday Series performance of L'amico Fritz, and they are joined by a chorus and the Orchestra of Scottish Opera.

This concert also includes Preludio Sinfonico, Crisantemi and Capriccio Sinfonico. It is performed during the run of the Company's staged production of Puccini's classic La bohème, also conducted by Stuart Stratford, which has performances in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Inverness.

Stuart Stratford said: 'We are delighted to conclude this year's Sunday Series: Opera in Concert with Puccini's first stage work which offers a wonderful contrast to La bohème. It is a great opportunity to hear Puccini's seldom-performed first opera and to experience, in the first half of the concert, three of his exquisite early orchestral pieces.' 

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