Daniel Catán obituary

Mexican-born composer often compared with Puccini and DebussyThe Mexico-born composer Daniel Catán, who has died aged 62 from a heart attack, was one of the many significant musical figures to emerge from central and south America in recent years. The five operas he wrote – most recently Il Postino – shed the last inhibitions in his generation's retreat from modernism into unabashed romanticism.Though his style was often compared with that of Puccini and Debussy, it changed with every work,...

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