What is "loreley"

Loreley is a three-act azione romantica opera by Alfredo Catalani, composed to a libretto by Angelo Zanardini, Giuseppe Depanis, Carlo D'Ormeville and others.

The opera is an extensive reworking of Catalani's dramma fantastico Elda, originally to a text by Carlo D'Ormeville, which was first given in Turin in 1880 under Carlo Pedrotti, with Adelina Stehle, Nadina Boulicioff, Enrico Barbacini, Sante Athos and Édouard de Reszke.

Loreley is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was historically part of the Duchy of Nassau, a sovereign state until 1866, and is currently located in the Nassau Nature Park. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, adjacent to the Nassau district and approx. 25 km southeast of Koblenz. Its seat is in Sankt Goarshausen. It was named after the Loreley Rock. On 1 July 2012, it merged with the former Verbandsgemeinde Braubach. Initially, the new Verbandsgemeinde was named "Braubach-Loreley", but it was renamed "Loreley" on 1 December 2012.

The Verbandsgemeinde Loreley consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

1. Auel
2. Bornich
3. Braubach
4. Dachsenhausen
5. Dahlheim
6. Dörscheid
7. Filsen
8. Kamp-Bornhofen
9. Kaub
10. Kestert
11. Lierschied

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12. Lykershausen

13. Nochern
14. Osterspai
15. Patersberg
16. Prath
17. Reichenberg
18. Reitzenhain
19. Sankt Goarshausen
20. Sauerthal
21. Weisel
22. Weyer