Alfredo Catalani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlfredo Catalani
Italian operatic composer
Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1854
Place of Birth: Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Date of Death: 07-Aug-1893
Profession: composer, musicologist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About 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 cult movie Diva.
- Catalani's other operas were much less successful.
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