Daniel Catán's opera Florencia en el Amazonas is tonal, richly orchestrated, and tuneful, qualities that were considered a "wild departure" from modern musical trends at the time of its creation.
Performer Biography
Houston Grand Opera (HGO), the company that commissioned and recorded this opera, has won a Tony Award, three Grammy Awards, and three Emmy Awards, making it the only opera company to win all three honors.
Composition History
Florencia en el Amazonas is the first Spanish-language opera commissioned by a major American company.
Composition History
The libretto for Florencia en el Amazonas was written by Marcela Fuentes-Berain, a protégé of Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez, and is loosely based on his novel "Love in the Time of Cholera."
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Daniel Catán aimed to write beautiful music for a story about the journey to transcendent love, encompassing all its complexities.
Composer Biography
Daniel Catán, the composer, was born in Mexico and received degrees in philosophy from the University of Sussex, before returning to Mexico to work at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
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