Daniel Catán is a Mexican composer known particularly for his operas. He studied philosophy and music at the University of Sussex and the University of Southampton. The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or México; regarding the use of the variant spelling Méjico, see section The name below) is a country located in North America, bordered to the north by the United States of America, to the southeast by Guatemala and Belize, to... A composer is a person who writes music. ... This article is about opera as an art form. ... Philosophy (from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom), as a practice, aims at some kind of understanding, knowledge or wisdom about fundamental matters such as reality, knowledge, meaning, value, being and truth. ... Music is an art, entertainment, or other human activity which involves organized sound, though definitions may vary. ... University of Sussex Logo © University of Sussex The University of Sussex is an English campus university located near the East Sussex village of Falmer, near Brighton and Hove and on the edge of the South Downs. ... The University of Southampton is a British university, with a reputation for quality research. ...

Catán was the first Mexican composer to have an opera produced in the United States. He has also composed orchestral and chamber works and film music. The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...

Works

Orchestral

• En Un Doblez Del Tiempo (1982)

Operas

• Rappaccini's Daughter (1991)
• Florencia en el Amazonas (1996)
• Salsipuedes, a Tale of Love, War and Anchovies (2004)