La Wally

La Wally is an opera in four acts by composer Alfredo Catalani, to a libretto by Luigi Illica, first performed at La Scala, Milan, on 20 January 1892. It was Catalani's last opera. The libretto is based on a hugely successful Heimatroman by Wilhelmine von Hillern (1836–1916), The Vulture Maiden (Die Geier-Wally). Wally, short for Walburga, is a girl with some heroic attributes.