What is "maddalena"

Maddalena ( Italian for Magdalen) may refer to:

• La Maddalena, in Sardinia
• Maddalena (opera), a one-act opera composed by Sergei Prokofiev
• Maddalena Pass, in the Alps
• Maddalena (1954 film), a 1954 Italian film directed by Augusto Genina
• La Maddalena (2008 film) a 2008 Italian film
• Maddalena, a 1971 film directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz
• Maddalena lunatic asylum, a famous insane asylum, in Aversa, near Naples, Italy

It can also refer to:

• Maddalena, the assistant to anthropologist Charles Godfrey Leland
• Maddalena Allegranti (1754-1829), Italian opera singer
• Maddalena Musumeci, an Italian water polo player

Maddalena is an opera in one act by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, who also wrote the libretto based on a play by Magda Gustavovna Lieven-Orlov under the pen name Baron Lieven. That play was in turn based on Oscar Wilde's play '' A Florentine Tragedy.

Maddalena is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Augusto Genina. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival.