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Catalani, Alfredo

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | Copyright

Catalani, Alfredo (b Lucca, 1854; d Milan, 1893). It. composer. Friend of Boito who wrote lib. for La Falce (Milan 1875). Operas show affinity with Ger. romantics, e.g. Weber and Marschner, and were Elda (1876, rev. 1889 as Loreley), Dejanice (1883), Edmea (1886), and La Wally (1891), the last-named being the best and most popular of his works, highly esteemed by Toscanini, who named his daughter after it.

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	In review: Wexford, Ireland Magazine article from: Opera News Freeman, John W January 1, 1999 700+ words ...the main survivor into our century, with an occasional last gasp from one of Alfredo Catalani's progeny. Gomes' music sounds more like Ponchielli than like Catalani. Fosca, with a libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni (author of Aida), lacks...
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