Lorena Mora-Mowry, with EscapeLatino in Cincinnati, OH, interviews guest artist Daniel Catan.

Composer Daniel Catán has written four operas: Florencia en el Amazonas, La Hija de Rappacini (Rappaccini's Daughter) and Salsipuedes, A Tale of Love, War and Anchovies; Catán's next opera, Il Postino, based on the Oscar-winning film, will soon debut at LA Opera. His lyrical, romantic style lends itself particularly well to the human voice, which features prominently in the majority of his works; he has been compared to Debussy, Richard Strauss and Puccini. The transcription of his speech, Composing Opera: A Backstage Visit to the Composer's Workshop, gives insight into his inspirations, influences and epiphanies.

Mexican composer, "Composing Opera: A Backstage Visit to the Composer's Workshop," August 14, 1997, Washington, DC.

Composer Daniel Catán died suddenly in 2011, leaving an unfinished work of enormous potential: "Meet John Doe." Catán's widow, Andrea Puente Catán, and conductor Eduardo Diazmuñoz have been leading the effort to finish it.

Andrea Puente-Catan, orchestral harpist, chamber musician, lecturer and promoter of Daniel Catan's legacy talks to Lorena Mora-Mowry about Daniel Catán's unfinished opera 'Meet John Doe' (based on the 1941 Frank Capra film)em about? What makes it interesting? Write a catchy description to grab your audience's attention...