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Alfredo Catalani
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Alfredo Catalani was an Italian composer and musicologist, born on 19 June 1854 in Lucca. He was educated at the Milan Conservatory, where he was also employed, studying under Antonio Bazzini. He composed in the genres of opera and symphony, and ten of his works are catalogued by Europeana.
Catalani died of tuberculosis on 7 August 1893 in Milan and was buried at the city's monumental cemetery.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1854-06-19
- Active to
- 1893-08-07
Discography
- La Wally1969
- Verismo Arias1977
- Loreley1991
- La Wally1997
- Operisti1998
- Per Orchestra1998
- La Wally1998
- La Wally2000
- Ero e Leandro / Contemplazione / Il Mattino2014
- La Wally2016
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 37,075
- Total plays
- 131,720
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Alfredo Catalani (June 19, 1854 – August 7, 1893), was an Italian operatic composer. He is 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. Catalani was born in Lucca. He was opposed to the verismo style becoming popular during the 1880s. His works have largely fallen out of the repertoire <a href="https://www.last
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alfredo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Lucca
- Place of death
- Milan
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Educated at
- Milan Conservatory
- Employer
- Milan Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Student of
- Antonio Bazzini
- Genre
- symphony
- Image
- Alfredo Catalani (before 1893) - Archivio Storico Ricordi FOTO000807 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Alfredo Catalani
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1854-06-19
- date of death
- 1893-08-07
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- place of burial
- monumental cemetery of Milan
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Alfredo Catalani
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Works in European collections
10 objects attributed to Alfredo Catalani, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
La Wally: T 'amo ben io! (I love you); (act 1)/(A. Catalani)
"Ebbene?... Andrò sola e lontana..." - (atto l.o) : La Wally / (Catalani)
Loreley: Lascia per or che libera/(Catalani)
![La Wally: “Well, I will move on” (Ebben? ne andro lontana)/(Catalani). [Text: Luigi Illica]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F017885%2Ffon_snp_a_017885_02.jpg&type=IMAGE)
La Wally: “Well, I will move on” (Ebben? ne andro lontana)/(Catalani). [Text: Luigi Illica]
La Wally: Ebben?... Ne andrò lontana; (act 1)/(Catalani)
Dejanice : dramma lirico in quattro atti ; da rappresentarsi al Teatro alla Scala, carnevale - quaresima 1882 - 83
Elda : dramma fantastico in quattro atti ; Teatro Regio di Torino, carnevale - quaresima 1879-80
La Wally : riduzione drammatica in quattro atti ; Teatro alla Scala, 1891 - 92
Dejanice : lyrisches Drama in 4 Akten
Edmea : dramma lirico in tre atti ; da rappresentarsi al Teatro alla Scala, stagione di carnevale - quaresima 1885 - 86
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Encyclopedic overview
Alfredo Catalani
Alfredo Catalani (19 June 1854 – 7 August 1893) was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley (1890) and La Wally (1892). La Wally was composed to a libretto by Luigi Illica, and features Catalani's most famous aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana." This aria, sung by American soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez, was at the heart of Jean-Jacques Beineix's 1981 film Diva. Catalani's other operas were much less successful.
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