Musicology Annotation << Back «Ebben?.. Ne andro lontana»: Returning of the «La Wally» to Italian Theatre Oksana V. Tverdokhlebova The article is devoted to the performance of A. Caralani’s opera «La Wally» by the group of Italian theatres. Alongside with the analysis of this production (conductor – Francesco Ivan Ciampa, director – Nicola Berloffa, set designer – Fabio Cherstich, costume designer – Valeria Donata Betella) the article provides information on history of creation of the opera including the summary of its primary source – Wilhelmine von Hillern’s novel «Die Geier-Wally». At fi rst the scenic fate of Catalani’s last composition in the opera genre was successful, but over time “La Wally” descended from the stage and the number of its current stagings in Italy is extremely small. The author of the article tries to find an explanation to this phenomenon, not only by quoting opinions of contemporaries of the composer and researchers of his creativity, but also by subjecting to analysis the dramaturgy and musical language of the work. Keywords: young italian school, Alfredo Catalani, Italian Opera, «La Wally», director Nicola Berloffa, Wilhelmine von Hillern, «Die Geier-Wally». Contacts: E-mail: ks_tv@inbox.ru Pp. 23-28.