DVD + Blu-Ray:
Alfredo Catalani: La Wally - Theater an der Wien

Catalani’s masterpiece, first performed in 1892 at La Scala in Milan, is best known for its aria “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana”.

With nuanced harmonies and colourful instrumentation, he pays great attention to the orchestra sound. He chose highly unusual material for his opera: the successful novel “Die Geier-Wally” by Wilhelmine von Hillern tells the story of a young woman who does not fit any of the gender clichés of the time. Unlike many earlier operatic heroines commanded to marry against their will, Wally does not look for a solution in society, but instead runs away to the mountains. Her husband must be her equal, someone unafraid to face both a bear and her father. “Izabela Matula - A Wagnerian hell of a woman with a great soprano.” (Kronenzeitung) // “Catalani’s highly dramatic music finds an intense advocate in Andrés Orozco-Estrada on the podium of the excellently disposed Wiener Symphoniker.” (Wiener Zeitung)

Original title Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Genre Opera
Recording location Theater an der Wien, November 2021
Duration 135 mins
Production Company A co-production of UNITEL and ORF III in cooperation with Vereinigte Bühnen Wien
Composer Alfredo Catalani
Orchestra / Band Wiener Symphoniker
Conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Choir Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Chorus Master Erwin Ortner
Stage Director Barbora Horáková Joly
Soloist Izabela Matula, Leonardo Capalbo, Jacques Imbrailo, Ilona Revolskaya, Alastair Miles