Relationship 1928 (1930 - 30 April 1940) her death It was at the Met where Galli met her future husband, Giulio Gatti-Casazza, former superintendent at La Scala and director of the Met since 1908. Initially she was his mistress; they married in 1930 at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Jersey City, New Jersey. When her husband retired in 1935, the couple returned to Italy, residing at a villa on Lake Maggiore. She died in Milan on April 30, 1940. Gatti, 23 years older, died the following September.