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Theater an Der Wien

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Catalanis Last Opera, *La Wally*A November 2021 production at the Theater an der Wien, featuring romantic music performed by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Orosco-Estrada and a powerful performance in the title role by Polish soprano Izabela Matula*La Wally* is the masterpiece and final opera by the 19th-century Italian composer Alfredo Catalani (18541893). Although it is rarely staged, the aria from Act I, Farewell, My Native Home (Ebben Neandrolontana), is often performed on its own and is widely known. The renowned conductor Toscanini held Catalani in such high esteem that he named his daughter Wally after the heroine.It premiered on January 20, 1892, at La Scala in Milan. Although it is often classified as a verismo opera, it is actually more influenced by Wagner, German Romanticism, and the operas of his contemporary Massenet; the orchestra features a richly colore