Alfredo Catalani

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 film Diva. Catalani's other operas were much less successful.

Birth and Death Data: Born Lucca (city and comune in Tuscany, Central Italy), Died August 7, 1893 (Milan (Italian commune and capital city of Lombardy) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1910 - 1935

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 34 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	C-11150	12-in.	10/30/1911	Ah, dunque ei m'amera	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-23402	10-in.	10/10/1919	T'amo ben io!	Renato Zanelli	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-24120	10-in.	5/17/1920	Ebben? Ne andrò lontana	Frances Alda	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-27533	10-in.	2/8/1923	Nel verde maggio	Beniamino Gigli	Tenor vocal solo, with piano and orchestra	composer
Victor	K-2102	12-in.	6/24/1917	Romanza	Cristina Soro	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1924-06-24-14]	10-in.	6/24/1924	Il forestiere	Caterina Gobbi	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	11038	10-in.	approximately 1911	Non fui da un padre	Eugenia Burzio	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	70673	10-in.	between 1920 and 1923	Ebben! ne andrò lontano	Irma Viganò	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	70812	10-in.	approximately 1923	Ebben? Ne andrò lontano	Juanita Caracciolo	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	176	12-in.	approximately August 1910	Ebben? Ne andro lontana	Carolina White	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	364	Not documented	approximately October 1910	Duetto	Bianca Lenzi ; Aldo Stanzani	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	composer
Edison	434	Not documented	December 1910	Ebben, ne andro lontano	Maria Farneti	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	588	10-in.	3/31/1911	Ebben ne andro lontana	Carmen Melis	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	883	10-in.	between November and December 1911	Ebben, ne andro lontano	Lucrezia Bori	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	1134	10-in.	July 1912	Da che tutta mi	Adelina Agostinelli	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2190	10-in.	3/20/1913	Ebben? Ne andro lontana	Carmen Melis	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7645	10-in.	11/22/1920	Ebben? Ne andrò lontana	Claudia Muzio	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7933	10-in.	4/22/1921	Dove son?	Claudia Muzio	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	216aj	12-in.	11/24/1910	Ebben, andrò solà e lontano	Ebe Boccolini	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	CF1627	12-in.	4/3/1928	Ebben? Ne andrò lontana	Carlo Sabajno ; Hina Spani ; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	A1880	10-in.	between May 1923 and October 1925	T'amo ben io	Riccardo Stracciari	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	B132	10-in.	late 1923	Ebben ne andrò lontana	Lina Scavizzi	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WBX173	12-in.	10/29/1927	Dance of the waves	Lorenzo Molajoli ; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	B191	10-in.	late 1923	Non fui da un padre mai benedetta	Lina Scavizzi	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	B192	10-in.	late 1923	O forze recondite	Lina Scavizzi	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

(Results 1-25 of 34 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Catalani, Alfredo," accessed December 26, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104134.

Catalani, Alfredo. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 26, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104134.

"Catalani, Alfredo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 26 December 2025.

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/109661 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/109661

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