| Florencia en el Amazonas | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Daniel Catán | |
 The opera's setting, a steamboat on the Amazon in the early 1900s | |
| Librettist | Marcela Fuentes-Berain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Based on | Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez |
| Premiere | 25 October 1996 |
Florencia en el Amazonas (English title: Florencia in the Amazon) is an opera in two acts composed by Daniel Catán. It contains elements of magical realism in the style of Gabriel García Márquez and uses a libretto by Marcela Fuentes-Berain, one of his pupils. The characters are inspired by García Márquez, but the story is not drawn directly from any of his works. Florencia was co-commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Opera, and Seattle Opera and premiered in Houston on October 25, 1996. It was the first Spanish-language opera to be commissioned by major United States opera houses.[1]
- ^ Tommasini, Anthony (29 October 1996). "In Houston, a Premiere Of a Mexican's Work". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 September 2016.