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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

“Il Postino,” which is having its debut run at Los Angeles Opera right now, is almost shockingly easy to like. Operatic premieres aren’t supposed to be like this. They’re supposed to be challenging to ...

At the final performance of “Il Postino” Saturday night, Los Angeles Opera was sold out and then some. I’m told the company scrambled to find seats for the company’s music director, James Conlon, who ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Veteran auteur Mario Martone, whose Naples-set drama “Nostalgia” launched last year from Cannes, has quite a lot in common with ...

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 ...

The romantic story combines elements of Cyrano de Bergerac with details of the real life of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. The poet’s exile was in fact to nearby Argentina, but in this version, as in the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Italian director Mario Martone, who has been on the festival and awards circuit over the past year with Oscar submission and Cannes title Nostalgia, is at the Berlinale with his passion ...