La fata del nord is a composition by Zuelli that was submitted alongside Le villi by Puccini for the Sonsogno publisher's competition. Puccini's composition won second place while Zuelli's took home the prize. Ironically, the only time that it was performed was at the prize concert of the May 4, 1884 competition. The opera, written for piano and voices, was lost to time. but Artistic Director Joshua Collier's friend and collaborator Marco Attura found the clothbound score in an antique store in Italy. This will be the second time in history that this piece will be heard, and the firs time that it will be heard in conjunction with its fellow competitor work.