Classical Composer: | Catalani, Alfredo |
---|---|
Lyricist: | Illica, Luigi |
Work: | La Wally |
Year Composed: | 1892 |
Instrumentation: | 2+1, 2+1, 2+1, 2 - 4, 2, 3, 1 timp, perc, str, soli (6), chor |
Publishers: |
Edwin F. Kalmus Ricordi |
Duration: | 02:00:00 |
Period: | Romantic |
Work Category: | Opera |
Work Information
Available Recording(s)
The most popular opera of Alfredo Catalani is La Wally, a work that persuaded the great conductor Toscanini to choose the name Wally for his daughter. The opera was first mounted at La Scala, Milan, in 1892. The heroine, Wally, loves Hagenbach but is ordered by her father to marry Gellner, on whose account she leaves home. The opera culminates in the death of Hagenbach and Wally in an avalanche, their love for each other finally revealed, alter a series of misunderstandings. Wally's aria Ebben, ne andrà lontana, occurs in the first act, when she refuses Gellner and resolves to leave home rather than marry him, as her father wishes.
No. | Catalogue No. | Album Title | Label | Featured Artist |
---|