The late Mexican composer Daniel Catán, known for his lush, lyrical operatic compositions, brought a unique voice to contemporary opera. His works, such as “Il Postino” and “Florencia en el Amazonas,” ...

“Everything in this story always returns to love. That’s the main message in all of its facets,” says Ana María Martínez when asked about the story of Daniel Catán‘s opera Florencia en el Amazonas.

When San Diego Opera opens “Florencia en el Amazonas” on Saturday, the star soprano will be singing the title role for the very first time. But that’s no problem for Elaine Alvarez, who was virtually ...

Just as the Met’s debut of Mexican composer Daniel Catan’s FLORENCIA EN EL AMAZONAS (FLORENCE IN THE AMAZON) began the other day, a member of the audience yelled out “Viva la ópera en español!” (“Long ...

Instead of watching a world championship, a handful of Angelenos chose to spend Super Sunday listening to a world premiere. Pacific Serenades opened its 2004 season by introducing its latest ...

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Over the years, Indiana University’s Opera Theater has given us a rich sampling of contemporary operas, the most recent having been Jake Heggie’s powerful “Dead Man Walking,” just last season. This ...

For more than seven decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez didn’t create the character of Florencia Grimaldi, but he did open the door to the world of magical realism through which she emerged, as the heroine of Daniel Catan’s Florencia ...

Daniel Catan, a Mexican composer best known in the United States for his operatic adaptation of the Italian film “Il Postino,” died April 8 in Austin of undisclosed causes. He was 62. The Los Angeles ...

Blistering heat, lightning, thunder, wind, rain and towering cloud formations that were exploding over the mountaintops. Last week’s weather pattern was like a crazy mixed-up grab bag. Local TV ...