DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Ironic, isn’t it? On Sept. 23, 1973, the great Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda died in Santiago at the age of 69. His death occurred just 12 days after the fall of ...

Daniel Catan's has adapted the popular 1994 film Il Postino as an opera. Acclaimed Mexican composer Daniel Catan's (Rappaccini Daughter, Florencia en el Amazonas, Salsipuedes) has adapted the popular ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The “Ring” has rung. The company coffers are wrung dry. And Los Angeles ...

Italian auteur Mario Martone, who was recently in Cannes with “Nostalgia,” is set to direct a high-profile doc about the late Massimo Troisi, one of Italy’s most beloved comic actors who starred in ...

After blowing a hole in the budget with a controversial Wagner “Ring” cycle in the midst of a sour economy, it would be understandable if the Los Angeles Opera reverted to a holding pattern of ...

Luis Bacalov, an Argentine-born composer whose lilting score for the international hit romance “Il Postino” earned him an Oscar, and whose ominous guitar melodies for dozens of Italian crime movies ...

Watch one of the first music rehearsals with the cast as they learn Daniel Catan's score See one of the first music rehearsals with the original cast of this new opera, including Cristina ...

Millions of people around the world fell in love with the 1994 film Il Postino - and Mexican-born, Los Angeles-based composer Daniel Catán was one of the most smitten. "I immediately thought it would ...

Never before at Opera Saratoga have all aspects of a production been so consistently strong and seamlessly integrated, as with Daniel Catán's "Il Postino," which opened Thursday night. With all ...

The Mining Exchange Hotel complex downtown is still under construction, but the first piece of the Exchange puzzle will open its doors Sunday. Il Postino, a healthy Italian and Mediterranean ...

Based on the Academy Award-winning 1994 Italian film andthe 1985 novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skarmeta, Il Postino tells the story of a young postman who discovers the courage to pursue his ...