Alfredo Catalani (Lucca June 19, 1854 – Milan August 7, 1893), was an Italian operatic composer, best known for the works La Wally (1892, to a libretto by Luigi Illica, containing Catalani's most famous aria, "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from Act I) and Loreley (1890). Other operas were less successful, hampered by poor libretti. Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (220th in leap years), with 146 days remaining. ... 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan. ... La Wally is an four-act opera by Alfredo Catalani, composed on a libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed in Milan on the January 20, 1892. ... Born: CastellArquato, near Piacenza, Italy, 9 May 1857 Died: Colombarone, Italy, 16 Dec. ... Loreley is a three-act azione romantica opera by Alfredo Catalani, composed to a libretto by Angelo Zanardini, Giuseppe Depanis, Carlo DOrmeville and others, first performed at the Teatro Regio in Turin on 16 February 1890. ...

Catalani was opposed to the verismo style becoming popular during the 1880s. His works have largely fallen out of the repertoire, in favor of Massenet and Giacomo Puccini, whose music his work most resembles; the influence of Amilcare Ponchielli can also be detected. Nevertheless La Wally does enjoy very occasional revivals. Verismo was an Italian literary movement born approximately between 1875 and 1895. ... // Development and commercial production of electric lighting Development and commercial production of gasoline-powered automobile by Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. ... Jules (Émile Frédéric) Massenet (May 12, 1842 - August 13, 1912) was a French composer. ... Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, and Madama Butterfly, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire[1]. Some of his melodies, such as O mio babbino caro... Amilcare Ponchielli (August 31, 1834 – January 17, 1886) was an Italian composer, largely of operas. ...

Catalani trained at the Conservatorio di Milano under Antonio Bazzini (1818–1887), who became the Conservatory's director and who also guided Puccini. On his early death in 1893 (the result of tuberculosis), Catalani was interred in the Cimitero Monumentale in Milan, where Ponchielli and conductor Arturo Toscanini also lie. Toscanini was a strong advocate of Catalani's music. Antonio Bazzini Antonio Bazzini (March 11, 1818-Feb 10, 1897) was an Italian violinist, composer and teacher born in Brescia, Italy. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... The Cimitero Monumentale in Milan, Italy is a very large cemetery located on the square given its name, Piazzale del Cimitero Monumentale. ... Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. ...

Operas

• La falce (The Sickle), Milan 19 July 1875
• Elda, Turin, 31 January 1880, revised as Loreley, Turin, 16 February 1890
• Dejanice, Milan, 17 March 1883
• Edmea, Milan, 27 February 1886
• La Wally, Milan, 20 January 1892

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External links

• Alfredo Catalani

Further reading

• (Alfred Catalani), 1992. The Politics of Opera in Turn-Of-The-Century Italy: As Seen Through the Letters of Alfredo Catalani, Richard M. Berrong, translator. (Studies in the History and Interpretation of Music)