Alfredo Catalani
Alfredo Catalani, born on June 19, 1854, in Lucca, Italy, was an Italian
composer. He studied piano and composition under Fortunato Magi at the Institute
of Music in Lucca and later moved to Paris to study at the conservatory with
François Bazin and Antoine-François Marmontel. Catalani's early works included
La Falce, premiered in Milan in 1875, and Elda, later revised as Loreley, which
debuted in Turin in 1890. His most notable operas are Dejanice (1883) and La
Wally (1892), the latter featuring the aria "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" famously
interpreted by Renata Tebaldi. He died o...
