Alfredo Catalani was an Italian operatic composer. He is best remembered for his operas Loreley and La Wally. 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 cult movie Diva. Catalani's other operas were less successful, partly hampered by inferior libretti.
Read more: Wikipedia
