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 ...

As opera composer Daniel Catán tells the story, many years ago he had a poet friend who wrote “really wonderful erotic” verse. So one memorable evening Catán decided to try out a few lines on his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Virginia Opera is delivering a fresh package of firsts in its latest production: “Il Postino.” The 2010 opera that opens Friday will be the VOA’s first “From Screen to Stage” offering, in which it ...

Take an inside look at the creative process behind producing Il Postino Take an inside look at the creative process behind the opera with footage of the cast and crew during an initial production ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. “Poetry is like bread; it should be shared by all,” Nobel-winning ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ordinary 69-year-old tenors are rarely entrusted with passionate love duets, but Plácido Domingo is no ordinary ...

Il Tempo Del Postino is the flagship commission of the Manchester International Festival, in which 14 artists respond to a question - what if an exhibition was not a way to occupy space, but a way to ...

In his last but equally career-defining role, Massimo Troisi played the simple postman who befriends exiled poet Pablo Neruda (Noiret), from whom he grows to love poetry. A favourite film of many, it ...