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| '''Juan Diego Flórez''' was born in Lima, Peru on January 13, 1973 where his father, Rubén Flórez, was a noted guitarist and singer of Peruvian folk and Creole music. Initially intending to pursue a career in popular music, he entered the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Lima at the age of 17. His classical voice emerged in the course of his studies there under Maestro Andrés Santa María. During this time, he became a member of the Coro Nacional of Peru and sang as a soloist in Mozart's <i>Coronation Mass</i> and Rossini's <i>Le Petite Messe Solennelle</i>. | |||
| '''Juan Diego Flórez''' was born in 1973 in Lima, Peru. He has come into the public light increasingly since the late 1990s. Primarily a Bel Canto tenor, he is justly famous for his roles in Rossini operas. He has released three CD's on the Decca label, which have met with positive reviews regarding his technique. The most common complaint against his singing is his possible lack of individual characterization of each role. | |||
| He received a scholarship to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia where he studied from 1993 to 1996 and began singing in student opera productions in the repertory which is still his specialty today, Rossini and the Bel Canto operas of Bellini and Donizetti. During this period, he also studied with Marilyn Horne at the Santa Barbara Academy Summer School. In 1994 the Peruvian tenor, Ernesto Palacio invited him to Italy to work on a recording of Martin y Soler's opera <i>Il Tutore Burlato</i> and subsequently became Flórez's teacher and mentor. | |||
| Flórez's first big breakthrough and professional debut came at the Rossini Festival in 1996, when at the age of 23 he stepped out of the chorus to take the leading tenor role of Corradino in <i>Matilde di Shabran</i>, when Bruce Ford became ill. He made his debut at La Scala in the same year as the Cavaliere danese in Gluck's <i>Armide</i>. His Covent Garden debut followed in 1997 where he sang the role of Count Potoski in a concert performance (and the first modern performance) of Donizetti's <i>Elisabetta</i>. Debuts followed at the Vienna Staatsoper in 2000 as Rinuccio in <i>Gianni Schicchi</i> and at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 2002 as Count Almaviva in <i>Il barbiere di Siviglia</i>. | |||
| He has been awarded the ''Premio Abbiati 2000'' (awarded by Italian critics for the best singer of the year), the ''Rossini d'oro'', the ''Bellini d'oro'', the ''Premio Aureliano Pertile'', the ''Tamagno Prize'' and the ''L'Opera'' award (Migliore Tenore) for his 2001 performance in <i>La Sonnambula</i> at La Scala. | |||
| He was signed by Decca in 2001 and since then has released three solo recital CD's on the Decca label: <i>Rossini arias</i> which won the 2003 Cannes Classical Award, <i>Un Furtiva Lagrima</i>, won the 2004 Cannes Classical Award, and most recently <i>Great Tenor Arias</i>. | |||
| The CD's have met with positive reviews regarding his technique. The most common complaint about his singing is his possible lack of individual characterization of each role. | |||
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| ===Roles Sung On Stage=== | |||
| '''Bellini'''<br> | |||
| <i>I Capuleti e i Montecchi</i> - Tebaldo<br> | |||
| <i>I Puritani</i> - Arturo<br> | |||
| <i>La Sonnambula</i> - Elvino | |||
| '''Donizetti'''<br> | |||
| <i>Don Pasquale</i> - Ernesto<br> | |||
| <i>Elisabetta</i> - Count Potosky<br> | |||
| <i>L'elisir d'amore</i> - Nemorino<br> | |||
| <i>La Fille du Regimént</i> - Tonio<br> | |||
| <i>Maria Stuarda</i> - Leicester<br> | |||
| '''Gluck'''<br> | |||
| <i>Armide</i> - Cavaliere danese | |||
| '''Lehar'''<br> | |||
| <i>The Merry Widow</i> - Camille de Roussillon | |||
| '''Paisiello'''<br> | |||
| <i>Nina, o sia, pazza per amore</i> - Lindoro | |||
| '''Rossini'''<br> | |||
| <i>Il Barbiere di Siviglia</i> - Conte di Almaviva<br> | |||
| <i>La Cenerentola</i> - Don Ramiro<br> | |||
| <i>L'italiana in Algeri</i> - Lindoro<br> | |||
| <i>Matilde di Shabran</i> - Corradino<br> | |||
| <i>Il Signor Bruschino</i> - Florville<br> | |||
| <i>Semiramide</i> - Idreno<br> | |||
| <i>Le Comte Ory - Comte Ory<br> | |||
| <i>Otello</i> - Rodrigo<br> | |||
| <i>Il viaggio a Reims</i> - Libenskof and Belfiore<br> | |||
| '''Rota'''<br> | |||
| <i>Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze</i> - Fadinard | |||
| '''Strauss'''<br> | |||
| <i>Die Fledermaus</i> - Alfred | |||
| '''Verdi'''<br> | |||
| <i>Falstaff</i> - Fenton | |||
| ===Discography=== | ===Discography=== | ||
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| Conductor: Carlo Rizzi | Conductor: Carlo Rizzi | ||
| CD: Decca Classics (475 618-7) September 2004 | CD: Decca Classics (475 618-7) September 2004 | ||
| == Links == | |||
| {{Opera-singer-stub}} | {{Opera-singer-stub}} | ||
Revision as of 10:03, 2 February 2006
Juan Diego Flórez was born in Lima, Peru on January 13, 1973 where his father, Rubén Flórez, was a noted guitarist and singer of Peruvian folk and Creole music. Initially intending to pursue a career in popular music, he entered the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Lima at the age of 17. His classical voice emerged in the course of his studies there under Maestro Andrés Santa María. During this time, he became a member of the Coro Nacional of Peru and sang as a soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass and Rossini's Le Petite Messe Solennelle.
He received a scholarship to the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia where he studied from 1993 to 1996 and began singing in student opera productions in the repertory which is still his specialty today, Rossini and the Bel Canto operas of Bellini and Donizetti. During this period, he also studied with Marilyn Horne at the Santa Barbara Academy Summer School. In 1994 the Peruvian tenor, Ernesto Palacio invited him to Italy to work on a recording of Martin y Soler's opera Il Tutore Burlato and subsequently became Flórez's teacher and mentor.
Flórez's first big breakthrough and professional debut came at the Rossini Festival in 1996, when at the age of 23 he stepped out of the chorus to take the leading tenor role of Corradino in Matilde di Shabran, when Bruce Ford became ill. He made his debut at La Scala in the same year as the Cavaliere danese in Gluck's Armide. His Covent Garden debut followed in 1997 where he sang the role of Count Potoski in a concert performance (and the first modern performance) of Donizetti's Elisabetta. Debuts followed at the Vienna Staatsoper in 2000 as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi and at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 2002 as Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
He has been awarded the Premio Abbiati 2000 (awarded by Italian critics for the best singer of the year), the Rossini d'oro, the Bellini d'oro, the Premio Aureliano Pertile, the Tamagno Prize and the L'Opera award (Migliore Tenore) for his 2001 performance in La Sonnambula at La Scala.
He was signed by Decca in 2001 and since then has released three solo recital CD's on the Decca label: Rossini arias which won the 2003 Cannes Classical Award, Un Furtiva Lagrima, won the 2004 Cannes Classical Award, and most recently Great Tenor Arias. The CD's have met with positive reviews regarding his technique. The most common complaint about his singing is his possible lack of individual characterization of each role.
Roles Sung On Stage
Bellini
I Capuleti e i Montecchi - Tebaldo
I Puritani - Arturo
La Sonnambula - Elvino
Donizetti
Don Pasquale - Ernesto
Elisabetta - Count Potosky
L'elisir d'amore - Nemorino
La Fille du Regimént - Tonio
Maria Stuarda - Leicester
Gluck
Armide - Cavaliere danese
Lehar
The Merry Widow - Camille de Roussillon
Paisiello
Nina, o sia, pazza per amore - Lindoro
Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Conte di Almaviva
La Cenerentola - Don Ramiro
L'italiana in Algeri - Lindoro
Matilde di Shabran - Corradino
Il Signor Bruschino - Florville
Semiramide - Idreno
Le Comte Ory - Comte Ory
Otello - Rodrigo
Il viaggio a Reims - Libenskof and Belfiore
Rota
Il Cappello di Paglia di Firenze - Fadinard
Strauss
Die Fledermaus - Alfred
Verdi
Falstaff - Fenton
Discography
OPERA
Alahor in Granata Donizetti Conductor: Josep Pons CD: Almaviva (DS 0125) July 1999
Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini Conductor: Ralf Weikert CD: Live performance (1997) Nightingale (NC00402) October 2004
Il barbiere di Siviglia Rossini Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti DVD: Live performance (2005) Decca (074 3111 5 DH2) November 2005 NEW
La Cenerentola Rossini Conductor: Carlo Rizzi CD: Live performance (2000). Rossini Opera Festival e Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pesaro August 2001
Le Comte Ory Rossini Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos CD: Deutsche Grammophon (477 502-0) August 2004
L'Etoile du Nord Meyerbeer Conductor: Wladimir Jurowski CD: Marco Polo December 1997
Falstaff Verdi Conductor: Riccardo Muti DVD (Region 2): DVOPFAL (TDK UK LTD) Live performance filmed in Busseto, 2001
Mitridate Mozart Conductor: Christophe Rousset CD: Decca (289 460 772-2) April 1999
Nina o sia La pazza per amore Paisiello Conductor: Riccardo Muti CD: Ricordi (RFCD 2010) July 2000
Semiramide Rossini Conductor Marcello Panni CD: Nightingale Classics (NC 207013-2) 2001
Il Tutore Burlato Martin y Soler Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya CD: Bongiovanni (GB 2175/76-2) October 1995
ORATORIO & SACRED MUSIC
Cantatas, Vol.2 Rossini Conductor: Riccardo Chailly CD: Decca (466 328-2 DH) April 2001
Messa Solenne Verdi Conductor: Riccardo Chailly CD: Decca (467 280-2) December 2000
Stabat Mater Rossini Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti CD: Agora (AG 161) July 1998
Le Tre Ore dell'Agonia del Nostro Signore Gesu Cristo Niccolo Zingarelli Conductor: Pierangelo Pelucchi CD: Agora (AG 018) November 1995
RECITAL
Canto al Peru (with Ernesto Palacio) Piano: Samuele Pala CD: Bongiovanni (GB 2529-2) 1997
Rossiniana Rossini Conductor: Manlio Benzi CD: Agora (AG 164) May 1998
Vesselina Kasarova Arias & Duets Rossini Conductor: Arthur Fagen CD: RCA (74321 57131 2) March 1999
Rossini Arias Conductor: Riccardo Chailly CD: Decca 470 024-2 January 2002
Una Furtiva Lagrima Bellini, Donizetti Conductor: Riccardo Frizza CD: Decca (473 440-2 DH) April 2003
Juan Diego Florez: Great Tenor Arias Verdi, Gluck, Rossini Conductor: Carlo Rizzi CD: Decca Classics (475 618-7) September 2004
Links
Ernesto Palacio Artists Management
Voce di Tenore (unofficial site)
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