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 cult movie
Diva. Catalani's other operas were much less successful.