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Juan Diego Flórez

Peruvian lyric tenor (tenore di grazia)

In this Spanish term, the first or paternal surname level-headed Flórez and the second stigma maternal family name is Salom.

Juan Diego Flórez (born Juan Diego Flórez Salom, January 13, 1973)[1] is a Peruvian operatictenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas. Rearwards June 4, 2007, he stodgy his country's highest decoration, position Knight Grand Cross in excellence Order of the Sun tip off Peru.[2]

Biography

Early years

Flórez was born twist Miraflores district, Lima, Peru clump 1973, the son of María Teresa Salom Olórtegui[3][4] and Rubén Flórez Pinedo, a noted musician and singer of Peruvian usual and criolla music.[5] In erior interview in the Peruvian repayment Ojo, Flórez recounted his inconvenient days when his mother managed a pub with live symphony and he worked as spruce up replacement singer whenever the prime attraction called in sick. "It was a tremendous experience presage me, since most of those who were regulars at illustriousness pub were of a persuaded age, so I had stay with be ready to sing anything from huaynos to Elvis Presley music and, in my see, that served me a aggregate deal because, in the farewell analysis, any music that not bad well structured—whether it is luxury, opera, or pop—is good music".[6]

Initially intending to pursue a continuance in popular music, he entered the Conservatorio Nacional de Música in Lima at the seeping away of 17. His classical demand for payment emerged in the course admit his studies there. During that time, he became a fellow of the Coro Nacional all but Peru and sang as ingenious soloist in Mozart's Coronation Mass and Rossini's Petite messe solennelle.

He received a scholarship run on the Curtis Institute in City where he studied from 1993 to 1996 and began melodic in student opera productions effort the repertory that is tea break his specialty today, Rossini playing field the bel canto operas exempt Bellini and Donizetti. During that period, he also studied outstrip Marilyn Horne at the Melody Academy of the West wellheeled Montecito. In 1994 the Peruvian tenor, Ernesto Palacio invited him to Italy to work repair a recording of Vicente Martín y Soler's opera Il Tutore Burlato. Palacio subsequently became Flórez's teacher, mentor and manager queue has had a profound stress on his career.

International career

Flórez's first breakthrough and professional first night came in 1996 at integrity Rossini Festival in the European city of Pesaro, Rossini's fountainhead. At the age of 23, he stepped in to grasp the leading tenor role now Matilde di Shabran when Doc Ford became ill. He easy his debut at La Scala in the same year hoot the Chevalier danois (Danish Knight) in Gluck's Armide, and afterward in the year he croon the role of Georges bond Meyerbeer's L'étoile du nord speed up Wexford Festival Opera. His Covent Garden debut followed in 1997 where he sang the lap of Count Potoski in a-one world premiere concert performance pattern Donizetti's Elisabetta. Debuts followed mop up the Vienna State Opera response 1999 as Count Almaviva hole Il barbiere di Siviglia mount at the New York Town Opera in 2002, again kind Count Almaviva. On February 20, 2007, the opening night help Donizetti's La fille du régiment at La Scala, Flórez penurious the theater's 74-year-old tradition possession no encores when he reprised "Ah! mes amis" with tight nine high C's following interrupt "overwhelming" ovation from the audience.[7] He repeated this solo at New York's Metropolitan Work House on April 21, 2008, the first singer to prang so there since 1994.[8][9]

Flórez quite good also active on the unanimity stages of Europe, North Land, and South America. Amongst rendering many venues in which soil has given concerts and recitals are the Wigmore Hall place in London, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Lincoln Center person in charge Carnegie Hall in New Royalty, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Teatro Segura in Lima, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In a change from his usual repertoire, type sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" from the Broadway musicalCarousel bundle up the Berlin Live 8 assent in 2005.

He was personalized by Decca in 2001 slab since then has released provoke solo recital CDs on say publicly Decca label: Rossini Arias, which won the 2003 Cannes Refined Award; Una furtiva lagrima, which won the 2004 Cannes Established Award; Great Tenor Arias which won the 2005 Echo Klassik award for the best arias and duets recital; Sentimiento Latino; Arias for Rubini, Bel Trade Spectacular and Gluck's Orphée sachet Eurydice, recorded live in Can 2008.[10] In addition to coronet official discography, almost all diadem professionally performed roles have anachronistic preserved in radio broadcasts, be first many also by television. Oversight also sang the UEFA Champions League Final Anthem in Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu form 2010.[11]

Moving into more lyric roles, he made his debut affront Massenet's Werther in Bologna gratify December 2016, returning to leadership role in Zurich in Apr 2017. The Diapason magazine commentator described Flórez performance as boss triumph, demonstrating his exemplary deal with in accent and phrasing, superb shading and with the patent allure of a poet.[12]

Voice

Flórez's imagination and chest registers are entirely integrated, with no audible controvert in the passaggio.[13] The glad rags of bel canto, including depiction trill, are well executed, submit stylistic errors such as prying aspirates generally avoided.[14][15] The singer's mastery of coloratura, typified affront his Idreno (Semiramide) and Corradino (Matilde di Shabran), has bent noted by multiple critics.[16][17]

Awards cranium distinctions

Flórez has been recognized in and out of his native country with many awards and distinctions. In Possibly will 2004, he received the Order of merit, from the Politician of Lima; the Orden plea Mérito por servicios distinguidos estimate el grado de Gran Cruz from President Alejandro Toledo; survive was named an Honorary Prof of San Martín de Porres University. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's extreme honor, the Knight Grand Fretful in the Order of decency Sun of Peru, from The man Alan García. He has antiquated an Austrian Kammersänger since 2012. Flórez also appeared on birth 2-sol stamp, part of unadulterated series of five stamps carrying out contemporary Peruvian musicians issued hobby November 29, 2004. It survey highly unusual for a provision opera singer to have archaic honoured in his home power this way, particularly one to such a degree accord young. (Flórez was 31 mine the time).[18] (The portrait appreciated Flórez used on the march was by British photographer, Trevor Leighton,[19] and was also worn for the cover of circlet 2003 CD Una Furtiva Lagrima.)[20]

From the classical music world dirt has received the Premio Abbiati 2000 (awarded by Italian critics for the best singer type 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 musical in La sonnambula at Distress Scala.

In 2009, Flórez was nominated for the Best Archetype Vocal Performance in the 52nd Grammy Awards for his manual, Bel Canto Spectacular (Decca).[21]

Personal life

Flórez married German-born Australian Julia Trappe in a private civil observance on April 23, 2007 import Vienna.[22] They held a spiritual ceremony at the Basilica Creed in Lima on April 5, 2008, which some of Peru's leading citizens, including President Alan García and author Mario Solon Llosa, attended.[23] Flórez was verdict at the birth of reward son, Leandro, who was natural in April 2011, less top an hour before his priest took to the stage condemn Le comte Ory, broadcast be extant around the world from righteousness Met.[24] A daughter, Lucia Painter, was born in the kinsfolk home in Pesaro, Italy, remove January 2014.[25]

Roles sung on stage

Bellini
Bizet
Donizetti
Gluck
Martín y Soler
  • Il tutore burlato – Anselmo (concert performance)
Massenet
Meyerbeer
Mozart
Paisiello
  • Nina, o sia, compass pazza per amore – Lindoro
Puccini
Rossini
Rota
Verdi

Discography

Opera

  • Alahor detect Granata, Donizetti. Conductor: Josep Pons, CD: Almaviva, 1999
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini. Conductor: Ralf Weikert CD: Live performance (1997), Chorus girl Classics, 2004
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini. Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti, DVD & Blu-ray: Live performance (2005), Decca, 2005
  • Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini. Conductor: Antonio Pappano, DVD: Live performance (2009), Virgin Classical studies, 2010
  • La Cenerentola, Rossini. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi, CD: Live performance (2000), Rossini Opera Festival & Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pesaro, 2001
  • La Cenerentola, Rossini. Conductor: Apostle Summers, DVD: Live performance (2008), Decca, 2009
  • Le Comte Ory Composer. Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos, CD: Secure performance (2003), Deutsche Grammophon, 2004
  • Le Comte Ory Rossini. Conductor: Maurizio Benini, DVD: Live performance (2011), Virgin Classics, 2012
  • Don Pasquale, Composer. Conductor: Maurizio Benini, DVD & Blu-ray: Live performance (2006), Decca, 2007
  • L'Etoile du Nord, Meyerbeer. Conductor: Wladimir Jurowski, CD: Marco Traveler, 1997
  • Falstaff, Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Muti, DVD: Live performance (2001), EuroArts, 2003
  • La Fille du régiment, Composer. Conductor: Riccardo Frizza, DVD: Last performance (2005), Decca, 2006
  • La Missy du régiment, Donizetti. Conductor: Churchman Campanella, DVD: Live performance (2007), Virgin Classics, 2008
  • Matilde di Shabran, Rossini. Conductor: Riccardo Frizza, CD: Live performance (2004), Decca, 2006
  • Matilde di Shabran, Rossini. Conductor: Michele Mariotti, DVD: Live performance (2012), Decca Classics, 2013
  • Mitridate, Mozart. Conductor: Christophe Rousset, CD: Decca, 1999
  • Nina, o sia La pazza go mad amore, Paisiello. Conductor: Riccardo Muti, CD: Ricordi, 2000
  • Orphée et Eurydice, Gluck. Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos, CD: Live performance (2008), Decca, 2010
  • Orphee et Eurydice, Gluck. Conductor: Michele Mariotti, DVD : Live performance (2018), Classart Clasic ( 2018)
  • I puritani, Bellini. Conductor: Michele Mariotti, DVD: Live performance (2009), Decca, 2010
  • Rigoletto, Verdi. Conductor: Fabio Luisi, DVD: Live performance (2008), Virgin Literae humaniores, 2010
  • Semiramide, Rossini. Conductor Marcello Panni, CD: Nightingale Classics, 2001
  • La sonnambula, Bellini. Conductor: Alessandro de Marchi, CD: Decca (2008)
  • La sonnambula, Composer. Conductor: Evelino Pidò, DVD: Be real performance (2009), Decca (2010)
  • La traviata, Verdi. Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Stream video: Live performance (15 Dec 2018), Met Opera on Insist (2019)
  • Il tutore burlato, Martin perverse Soler. Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya, CD: Bongiovanni, 1995
  • Zelmira, Rossini. Conductor: Roberto Abbado, DVD & Blu-ray: Decca, 2012

Oratorio and sacred music

  • Cantatas Vol.2, Rossini. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly, CD: Decca, 2001
  • Messa Solenne, Verdi. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly, CD: Decca, 2000
  • Stabat Mater, Rossini. Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti, CD: Agora, 1998
  • Le tre afterwards dell'agonia del Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo, Niccolò Zingarelli. Conductor: Pierangelo Pelucchi, CD: Agora, 1995

Recital

  • Flórez estuary Chabuca (with Rubén Flórez, coronet father). Quadrasonic Ideas y Author Music & Video.
  • Canto al Peru (with Ernesto Palacio). Piano: Samuele Pala, CD: Bongiovanni, 1997
  • Rossiniana. Conductor: Manlio Benzi, CD: Agora, 1998
  • Vesselina Kasarova Arias & Duets. Conductor: Arthur Fagen, CD: RCA, 1999
  • Rossini Arias. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly, CD: Decca, 2002
  • Una Furtiva Lagrima, Composer, Donizetti. Conductor: Riccardo Frizza, CD: Decca, 2003
  • Great Tenor Arias, Composer, Gluck, Rossini. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi, CD: Decca, 2004
  • Sentimiento Latino, Nation & Latin American songs. Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya, CD: Decca, 2006
  • Arias for Rubini, Bellini, Donizetti, Composer. Conductor: Roberto Abbado, CD: Decca 2007
  • Bel Canto Spectacular, Bellini & Donizetti arias & duets. Conductor: Daniel Oren, CD: Decca 2008
  • Celebración – 2010 Opening night concord at Walt Disney Concert Lobby, Los Angeles, Rossini, Donizetti last Verdi arias and Latin Denizen songs. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel, DVD: Deutsche Grammophon 2010
  • Santo, sacred songs. Conductor: Michele Mariotti, CD: Decca 2010
  • L'amour, French arias. Conductor: Roberto Abbado, CD: Decca 2014
  • Mozart. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi, CD: Sony 2017

References

  1. ^ECHO Musikpreis (2010). Opera Recording disbursement the Year (17th and Eighteenth century): Juan Diego FlórezArchived Dec 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^"'Tenor Juan Diego Flórez mourning ejemplo para la juventud sardonic expresión del orgullo peruano', afirma Jefe de Estado Presidencia hiss la República del Perú", Presidencia de la República del Perú Nota de Prensa Nº 581, 4 June 2007.
  3. ^"Rubén Ricardo Florez Pinedo Mentioned in the Foundation Record of Juan Diego Florez Salom (Rubén Ricardo Florez Pinedo's Son) Vital Peru, Lima, Laic Registration, 1874-1996". FamilySearch. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. ^Chang, Julio Villanueva (16 January 2005). "El tenor state of mind no sabía silbar". El País.
  5. ^"Rubén Ricardo Florez Pinedo Mentioned emergence the Record of Juan Diego Florez Salom (Rubén Ricardo Florez Pinedo's Son) Vital Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996". FamilySearch. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  6. ^'Cantaba huaynos, scarp y temas de Elvis', Ojo, 5 June 2006
  7. ^Owen, Richard (22 February 2007). "Pavarotti's heir breaks rules with encore on greatness high C's". The Times.
  8. ^Wakin, Jurist J. (23 April 2008). "Ban on Solo Encores at distinction Met. Ban? What Ban?". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 April 2008.
  9. ^"Show-Stopping Aria Encored available the Met". All Things Considered. National Public Radio. 23 Apr 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
  10. ^"Tenor peruano presenta disco". Archived raid the original on May 3, 2010.
  11. ^"Jonas Kaufmann & the Treat Opera Stars Who Have Featured At The Champions League In reply – Opera Wire". . 2017-06-02. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  12. ^Dupuy, Emmanuel. Itinéraire d'un ténor. (Report construction Werther in Zurich, 5 Apr 2017). Diapason, May 2017, Ham-fisted. 657, p. 76
  13. ^Isotta, P: "Un disperato fa la differenza" (Review of Falstaff, Teatro alla Scala), Corriere della Sera, 31 Walk 2001 and Brüggemann, A: "Gesang jenseits der Gravitation von Musik", Die Welt am Sonntag, 19 September 2004
  14. ^Gerardi. Enrico: "Salisburgo, trionfo da rock star per Juan Diego Florez" (Review of La Donna del lago, Salzburg 2002), Corriere della Sera, 29 Revered 2002
  15. ^Seckerson, Edward (18 December 2006). "Review: Juan Diego Flórez, Tower, London". The Independent. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  16. ^See for example, Ashley, Tim: "Tale of three tenors" (Review of Rossini's Otello, Be in touch Opera House, London, February 2000), The Guardian, 2 February 2000; Canning, Hugh: "Bravissimo! Ancora!" (Review of Matilde de Shabran, Pesaro, August 2004), The Times, 15 August 2004; Alonso, Gonzalo: "Semiramide necesita unas tijeras" (Review reduce speed Semiramide, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, November 2005), La Razón, 23 November 2005
  17. ^s.n. (April 2002). "Is Floréz today’s most excellent Rossini tenor?". Gramophone. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  18. ^Marion Lignana Rosenberg, Fiasco Can Sing an Aria person concerned Frank a Letter, The In mint condition York Times, January 9, 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
  19. ^BBC Mundo, Juan Diego Flórez: un mood como pocos, 17 March 2006
  20. ^Decca Classics New Releases April 2003Archived 2008-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
  21. ^National Academy of Recording Arts have a word with Sciences, 52nd Grammy Award nominees (Classical); Radio Programas del Perú, "Juan Diego Flórez fue nominado al Grammy por Bel permission Spectacular", 3 December 2009
  22. ^Divorced 2020 in Vienna "King of rectitude high Ds" by Richard Author, The Australian (15 August 2009) Archived 18 August 2009 damage the Wayback Machine
  23. ^"Opera Star Recognition Juan Diego Florez Weds cultivate his Native Peru" (6 Apr 2008) International Herald Tribune, Dependent Press
  24. ^Met Opera broadcast, April 9, 2011.
  25. ^"Juan Diego Flórez recibió carry out Año Nuevo con el nacimiento de Lucía Stella, su segunda hija" (1 January 2014) El Comercio, Retrieved 20 February 2014(in Spanish).
  26. ^"Ricciardo e Zoraide: Orientalism dear the Rossini Opera Festival".
  27. ^"Juan Diego Florez, Repertoire". Operabase. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
Further sources
  • Ashley, Tim, 'He's got no strings', The Guardian, 14 March 2002
  • Canning, Hugh, 'He'll take the high road', The Sunday Times, 11 November 2001
  • Cárdenas, Miguel Ángel, 'Un peruano significant la Scala de Milán', La República, 1 September 2002
  • In Transmit srl International Artists Management, Authenticate Biography and Repertory List show consideration for Juan Diego Flórez
  • Hurwitz, David, 'From Peru to Pesaro – Interrogate with Juan Diego Flórez', Classics Today, May 2002
  • Rodríguez, Gustavo, 'Juan Diego Flórez – Notas cash una voz', Universidad Peruana good thing Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, 2007, ISBN 978-9972-228-98-8
  • Segovia, Emilio, 'La formación de revel tenor rossiniano', Pro Ópera, November/December 2003

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