--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Bringing Latin representation to opera and classical music image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Bringing Latin representation to opera and classical music For Puerto Rican Composer, Johanny Navarro, a melody can come to her as she dreams or walks down the street. Composing allows her to share her story with the world, through music. [](https://jadserve.postrelease.com/trk?ntv%5Fat=4&ntv%5Fui=f554d6b3-e91a-433e-bc32-50c350de9b08&ntv%5Fa=Qb0IAAxhjAW-IPA&ntv%5Ffl=H8%5FNIX%5FfVs0Ik5QLWe2EYFKD%5FKE4kIj2My5MLkJLXHGZqjKZ%5F3l66QKqo6Yi5Evi1MfclXksC87fHkiTQiCqYmWkpEDgrILW99DHt9DQOTAKOxSjSsjiMjoqahmglTW3I6HwEDb48DTAFjBATtBHvgZJS-at7Epp-A%5F%5FzPGBvyF7MqJhCI1-H6e-BAzua4fl-h7Aet0U5FkSS%5FdL54QOf%5FIWUvI9Crl5pYyKor%5F3avbccz7Jrh6onXNqIZxdVU4nn-Yeq0XaDqdGVCc4pOIcN0nLuF7PCOoKiQ%5FZKwr6XS63l6o0A%5FNFrRyasGN6PVSGrPgLoIBOcZ5C6x4Jd67%5FIpD1R64OSvYL0tUoT10pVJfME1Fnjzia-EJ2-K-MGul1p8m46-BCTEjvQ%5FZkqMCywLpnjoc93Vl9lSrtNITieiC8crs3TUgsKPcMoM9uxpmxNLdKnS9HQCYNMKSLJn8iRhc1b9s-DkWabkes5kiChpv%5FllrGU5Ojw5Rr8gqyNJ1794RPMsh3r0kQuQSGzyU1qXZm06OU4Bebz3QlaU8QxFw=&ord=2043009595&ntv%5Fht=WzcMagA) [Find Out More](https://jadserve.postrelease.com/trk?ntv%5Fat=4&ntv%5Fui=f554d6b3-e91a-433e-bc32-50c350de9b08&ntv%5Fa=Qb0IAAxhjAW-IPA&ntv%5Ffl=H8%5FNIX%5FfVs0Ik5QLWe2EYFKD%5FKE4kIj2My5MLkJLXHGZqjKZ%5F3l66QKqo6Yi5Evi1MfclXksC87fHkiTQiCqYmWkpEDgrILW99DHt9DQOTAKOxSjSsjiMjoqahmglTW3I6HwEDb48DTAFjBATtBHvgZJS-at7Epp-A%5F%5FzPGBvyF7MqJhCI1-H6e-BAzua4fl-h7Aet0U5FkSS%5FdL54QOf%5FIWUvI9Crl5pYyKor%5F3avbccz7Jrh6onXNqIZxdVU4nn-Yeq0XaDqdGVCc4pOIcN0nLuF7PCOoKiQ%5FZKwr6XS63l6o0A%5FNFrRyasGN6PVSGrPgLoIBOcZ5C6x4Jd67%5FIpD1R64OSvYL0tUoT10pVJfME1Fnjzia-EJ2-K-MGul1p8m46-BCTEjvQ%5FZkqMCywLpnjoc93Vl9lSrtNITieiC8crs3TUgsKPcMoM9uxpmxNLdKnS9HQCYNMKSLJn8iRhc1b9s-DkWabkes5kiChpv%5FllrGU5Ojw5Rr8gqyNJ1794RPMsh3r0kQuQSGzyU1qXZm06OU4Bebz3QlaU8QxFw=&ord=2043009595&ntv%5Fht=WzcMagA) Bringing Latin representation to opera and classical music ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/branded-content/nissan-usa/puerto-rican-composer-brings-latin-rythym-to-classical-world/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/branded-content/nissan-usa/puerto-rican-composer-brings-latin-rythym-to-classical-world/"},"headline":"Bringing Latin representation to opera and classical music","datePublished":"2026-07-20T09:47:18.214Z","dateModified":"2026-07-20T09:47:11.523Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/branded-content/nissan-usa/puerto-rican-composer-brings-latin-rythym-to-classical-world/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/branded-content/nissan-usa/puerto-rican-composer-brings-latin-rythym-to-classical-world/","name":"Bringing Latin representation to opera and classical music"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"219E70DE099B4985A774CF1161EE446A","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/O7nbT9BE/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-05-20T10:30:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/O7nbT9BE.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/branded-content/nissan-usa/puerto-rican-composer-brings-latin-rythym-to-classical-world/","duration":"PT3M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/branded-content/nissan-usa/puerto-rican-composer-brings-latin-rythym-to-classical-world/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```