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Оглавление(1854–93)
Dejanice (1882)
Loreley (1879)
La Wally ( 1891)
Born in Lucca, educated in Paris and settling finally in Milan, where he became professor of composition at the conservatoire, Catalani had the misfortune to be a slightly older contemporary of Puccini who outclassed and overshadowed him. A lifelong invalid, his early death at thirty-nine left him with just one opera which survives in (fairly) regular repertory, La Watty. Its Nordic theme is typical of the German Romantic interests that make the music of this Italian composer unusual for its place and time.
