Loreley is an opera (azione romantica) in three acts composed by Alfredo Catalani to a libretto by Angelo Zanardini [it], Carlo D'Ormeville [it] and others.

Loreley kept the essential story of Elda but moved the setting back from the Baltic Sea to the Rhine River of the original myth.

Catalani, by this time seriously ill with tuberculosis, fretted that Ricordi was ignoring his work and primarily concentrating on Puccini.

The world premiere of Loreley finally took place on 16 February 1890 at the Teatro Regio in Turin conducted by Edoardo Mascheroni.

The production, with Virginia Ferni Germano in the title role, had sets by Ugo Gheduzzi and costumes designed by Adolfo Hohenstein.

By the 21st century, Loreley had been largely forgotten, although its arias are still sung in recitals, and excerpts from the opera were performed at the 2016 Bard Music Festival.

[4][1][5] In 2017, the entire opera was performed again in an open air production at the St. Galler Festspiele [de] in Switzerland.

[6] Setting: the banks of the Rhine in 1500[7] Act 1 Walter is betrothed to Anna of Rehberg, niece of the Margrave of Biberich.

Act 3 As the funeral of Anna takes place, the grief-stricken Walter falls into a faint on the shores of the river.

Individual arias from Loreley have been recorded by various singers, including Claudia Muzio, Celestina Boninsegna, Magda Olivero, Beniamino Gigli, and Mario Del Monaco.