This gorgeous opera, composed by Daniel Catán to a libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain, inspired by the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez, was commissioned jointly by Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Seattle Opera. Sheri Greenawald won Seattle Opera's Artist of the Year Award the season she sang Florencia Grimaldi.
Sheri Greenawald (Florencia) in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, 1998 © Gary Smith
Sheri Greenawald (Florencia), Erich Parce (Riolobo), and Gabor Andrasy (el Capitán) in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, 1998 © Gary Smith
Yvonne Gonzáles (Rosalba) and Erich Parce (Riolobo) in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, 1998 © Gary Smith
Suzanna Guzmán (Paula), Greg Fedderly (Arcadio), Erich Parce (Riolobo), Yvonne Gonzáles (Rosalba), and Hector Vásquez (Alvaro) in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, 1998 © Gary Smith
Sheri Greenawald (Florencia) and Erich Parce (Riolobo) in Catán’s Florencia en el Amazonas, 1998 © Gary Smith
