Giacomo Puccini: La Tregenda from Le Villi

Already in his first opera, Le villi (1884), everything that would later characterize his stage works is evident: a feeling for melodic and lyricism, a subtle drawing of characters and a colorful orchestral language that unfolds in a symphonic interlude. Its second part is entitled La tregenda (Witches' Sabbath); Here, in a wild tarantella rhythm, Puccini depicts the dance of the deceived girls who have become Villis and drag their unfaithful lovers to their deaths.