Mexico’s Ópera de Bellas Artes presents a tribute featuring excerpts from his operas as well as conversations on his life and work.

Host Ana Lara features the composer on her radio show and podcast Hacia una nueva música on Mexico’s Radio UNAM.Īpril 8th, 9th & 11th Ópera de Bellas Artes Throughout the month of April, we invite you to join Wise Music Classical and artists across Mexico and the United States as we honour his life and his music. His lyrical, romantic operas are not only a pleasure to hear, but a pleasure to sing. With his love for opera came a profound understanding of how to write for the human voice, a proficiency that is undoubtedly one of the most important facets of his legacy. His lush and sumptuous Florencia en el Amazonas was the first Spanish-language opera to be commissioned by a major American company.

Born in Mexico in 1949, Catán went on to earn degrees from prestigious institutions in both the United Kingdom and the United States, including Yale, where he studied with Milton Babbitt. The loss was most keenly felt in the opera world, where artistic leaders and audiences alike had embraced him and his music with great enthusiasm and respect. Ten years ago this month, the classical music community was shocked by the sudden death of beloved composer Daniel Catán.

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