The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Daniel Catán
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* Notes * Daniel Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas (Act II pictured, photograph by David Allen) had a long overdue Bay Area premiere at Opera San José last weekend. The attractive new production features lots of strong singing. The music is reminiscent of Puccini, lots of shimmery swells of sound. The orchestra sounded robust under…
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* Notes * A vibrant production of Daniel Catán's Florencia en el Amazonas opened at San Diego Opera last night. The sets and singing had much to recommend it, and it was easy to see why this piece has been revived multiple times in the almost 22 years since its premiere in Houston. The music…
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Opera composer Daniel Catán died yesterday in Austin, Texas. He was 62. NPR | Biography
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* Notes * The Los Angeles Opera 2010-2011 season opened with the world premiere of Daniel Catán's Il Postino. The music is lush and ornate, has soaring lyrical lines, and is pretty enough to not scare those wary of new music. Though the action takes place in Italy, and the title is Italian, the libretto…
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