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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〔(''Diva'', IMDb, Undated ).Retrieved: 17 January 2013.〕 cult〔( ''Diva (2008)'' ).Retrieved: 17 January 2013.〕 movie ''Diva''. Catalani's other operas were less successful, partly hampered by inferior libretti. ==Life and career== Catalani was born in Lucca and trained at the Milan Conservatory under Antonio Bazzini. Despite the growing influence of the ''verismo'' style of opera during the 1880s Catalani chose to compose in a more traditional manner. As a result his operas have largely lost their place in the modern repertoire, even compared to those of Massenet and Puccini, whose style his works most closely resemble. The influence of Amilcare Ponchielli can also be recognized in Catalani's work. Like Ponchielli, Catalani's reputation now rests almost entirely on one work. However, while ''La Wally'' enjoys occasional revivals, Ponchielli's ''La Gioconda'' has always been the more popular opera of the two (287 performances to date at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, as opposed to only four for ''La Wally''). In 1893, upon his premature death from tuberculosis in Milan, Catalani was interred in the Cimitero Monumentale, where Ponchielli and conductor Arturo Toscanini also lie. Toscanini was a strong advocate of Catalani's music and named his daughter Wally in recognition of the composer's most successful opera. Toscanini recorded the prelude to Act IV of ''La Wally'' and the "Dance of the Water Nymphs" from ''Loreley'' in Carnegie Hall in August 1952 with the NBC Symphony Orchestra for RCA Victor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alfredo Catalani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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