JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Eulogizer is a new column (soon-to-be blog) that highlights the life accomplishments of famous and not-so-famous Jews who have passed away recently. Learn about their ...

Internationally renowned composer Daniel Catán died in Austin over the weekend. Catán, 62, was living there this semester while working on an opera commissioned by the University of Texas' Butler ...

LOS ANGELES ― Daniel Catan, an opera composer and librettist whose works including “Il Postino” and “Florencia en el Amazonas” have been praised for their lyrical romanticism and humane generosity of ...

December is just around the corner — a time when we look back at musical events, catalog our favorite records of the year and, inevitably, remember musicians who died. Catán was born in Mexico City, ...

Composer Daniel Catán died suddenly on Saturday, April 9, at age 62 in Austin, Texas according to reports confirmed by his publisher, Associated Music Publishers/G. Schirmer. The cause of death is ...

AUSTIN, Texas – Mexican composer Daniel Catan has died while working on a new opera in Austin, Texas, a University of Texas spokeswoman said Monday. He was 62. The cause of his death on Friday was not ...

LOS ANGELESLOS ANGELES — Verdi and Puccini didn’t have to compete with DVDs. Daniel Catan, his creative team and singers do, giving them a daunting task as they worked on “Il Postino,” the opera ...

For more than nine decades, the Metropolitan Opera Radio Broadcasts have brought opera into millions of homes, playing a vital and unparalleled role in the development and appreciation of opera in ...