VilliLe Villi is an opera ballet in two acts that marked Giacomo Puccini's debut in the world of opera. It was first staged at Teatro dal Verme in Milan in 1884. Librettist Ferdinando Fontana based the story on the ancient legend of the Willis, fantastic creatures representing the souls of young women who were the victims of love. Anna and Roberto are engaged, but during a trip the man is seduced by a woman and his fiance dies of heartbreak. Roberto, who

Étienne Dupuis

Star names here include Dan's pet project the Box Tops

Enclosed within are the separate movements of the four-part Mass by Monteverdi

rhythmical patterns and syncopated motives

Antonio Banderas

exactly like The Magic Flute

Musica Antiqua Praha was recognized as one of the top European ensembles specializing in historically-informed interpretation

this production celebrates women

dancer and multimedia artist Jessica Dessner met by chance in Brooklyn in the late '00s

Born in 1952 and raised in Queens NY

seeking 'to arrive at a sequence which presents not a storyline but an emotional journey

Engaging and surreal