Puccini's first opera is based on the same legend that inspired this work, which was written by Theophile Gautier especially for its star Carlotta Grisi.
Puccini's first opera is based on the same legend that inspired this work, which was written by Theophile Gautier especially for its star Carlotta Grisi. With the help of St. Georges, Gautier finished the script and convinced its composer to abandon La Jolie Fille de Gand in favor of this piece featuring characters like Myrtha and Bathilde, supernatural beings who have died before their wedding day and now haunt the earth. When the title character realizes that her love might abandon her she commits suicide. The work ends with Albrecht visiting her grave and being compelled to dance until he dies, yet by the end the true love of the heroine saves him. FTP identify this 1841 ballet about the "Villi" the masterpiece of Adolphe Adam.
Puccini's first opera is based on the same legend that inspired this work, which was written by Theophile Gautier especially for its star Carlotta Grisi.
Giselle