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La Plaza; Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Daniel Catan

02/10/2004

APT Master LPLZ 404


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Series
La Plaza
Program
Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Daniel Catan
Program Number

LPLZ 404

Series Description

Premiered January 10, 1979- Officially La Plaza as a separate series title ended after season 28 (2006). It was replaced by the interview series: Maria Hinojosa: One-on-One which premiered in 2007.

Producer Raquel Ortiz anticipates that the bilingual series will serve as a plaza for the entire local Latino community. Ortiz also served as the host during the first season along with guest hosts. The program format varied from week to week, between musical specials, documentaries, in-studio debates, both locally produced and acquired. Spanish language programs were subtitled in English and English language programs were captioned in Spanish.

See January 1979 Prime Time Program Guide for cover story. Series release date: 1/10/1979

Program Description

Host Ilan Stavans chats with Daniel Catan, Latin America’s pre-eminent living composer of opera, on February 10. Born in Mexico City, Catan is widely regarded as the most important composer of opera in Latin America. Stavans and he discuss Catan’s highly acclaimed work, "Florencia en el Amazonas."

Duration

00:26:37

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Creators
Ortiz, Raquel (Series Producer)
Citation
Chicago: “La Plaza; Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Daniel Catan,” 02/10/2004, GBH Archives, accessed January 22, 2025, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BCA67E08773848C4A133DEB086792E2F.
MLA: “La Plaza; Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Daniel Catan.” 02/10/2004. GBH Archives. Web. January 22, 2025. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BCA67E08773848C4A133DEB086792E2F>.
APA: La Plaza; Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Daniel Catan. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_BCA67E08773848C4A133DEB086792E2F
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