Vitali married Italian tenor Augusto Paoletti (stage name Paolo Augusti) in 1871 and they had three daughters, Claudina, Ida, and Augusta.
Vitali made her debut as a singer at age 17 in the role of Gilda in a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto[5] in Modena.
[4] In 1866, Gioachino Rossini rewrote the role of Ninetta in his opera The Thieving Magpie specifically for Vitali to sing.
[6] Vitali left the stage in 1894 when her work at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona was cancelled after a bomb exploded and the theater was closed for repairs.
[8] In addition to her own compositions, she translated at least one of Gaetano Donizetti's songs ("Il giglio e la rosa") from French to Italian.