Alfredo Catalani
(1854-1893)

operatic composer

Died aged 39

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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Commemorated on 1 plaque

In questa casa il ... nacque Alfredo Catalani [full inscription unknown]

Via degli Asili, Lucca, Italy where they was born (1854)