Daniel Catan (1949-2011) was born in
Mexico, studied philosophy in England, and earned a Ph.D. in composition
at Princeton. Despite his studies under serialists like Milton Babbitt,
Catan has forged a reputation based on his unerring melodic instinct,
his lush, highly chromatic harmonic style, and his rich scoring. His
opera "Florencia en el Amazonas" is one of the sensations of the
contemporary opera scene, thrilling audiences at major opera houses
around the world with wave after wave of melody and passion. Indeed,
"melody and passion" pretty much sum up the essence of Catan's music. Those
words are certainly applicable to "Rappaccini's Daughter," which was
premiered in 1988. Like "Florencia," this earlier opera has a Spanish
libretto, but while "Florencia" is based upon the works of Gabriel
Garcia Marquez, "Rappaccini's Daughter" is based upon Octavio Paz, the
Mexican poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.
Daniel Catan (1949-2011)
Rapaccini's Daughter (Opera Highlights);
Obsidian Butterfly
Conductor(s): Diazmunoz, Eduardo
Orchestra(s): Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
Choir(s): Convivium Musicum Chorus
Artist(s): Mora, Fernando de la; Suaste, Jesus; Vazquez, Encarnacion
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