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spanish name|Flórez|Salom Juan Diego Flórez Salom (born January 13, 1973 in Lima , Peru ) Echo (music award)|ECHO Musikpreis (2010). http://www.echoklassik.de/2010_juan_diego_florez Opera Recording of the Year (17rh and 18th century): Juan Diego Flórez is a Peruvian opera tic tenor , particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest decoration, the Gran Cruz de la Orden del Sol del Perú ."'Tenor Juan Diego Flórez es ejemplo para la juventud y expresión del orgullo peruano', afirma Jefe de Estado Presidencia de la República del Perú", http://www.presidencia.gob.pe Presidencia de la República del Perú Nota de Prensa Nº 581, 4 June 2007.
Biography
Early years
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 popular and Música criolla|criolla music. In an interview in the Peruvian newspaper Ojo , Flórez recounted his early days when his mother managed a pub with live music and he worked as a replacement singer whenever the main attraction called in sick. "It was a tremendous experience for me, since most of those who were regulars at the pub were of a certain age, so I had to be ready to sing anything from huayño s to Elvis Presley music and, in my mind, that served me a great deal because, in the final analysis, any music that is well structured—whether it is jazz, opera, or pop—is good music".'Cantaba huaynos, rock y temas de Elvis', Ojo , 5 June 2006
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 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart 's Coronation Mass (Mozart)|Coronation Mass and Gioachino Rossini|Rossini 's Petite Messe Solennelle .
He received a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Music|Curtis Institute in Philadelphia where he studied from 1993 to 1996 and began singing in student opera productions in the repertory that is still his specialty today, Rossini and the bel canto operas of Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini and Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti . During this period, he also studied with Marilyn Horne at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. In 1994 the Peruvian tenor, Ernesto Palacio invited him to Italy to work on a recording of Vicente Martín y Soler 's opera Il Tutore Burlato . He subsequently became Flórez's teacher, mentor and manager and has had a profound influence on his career.
1996 – present
Update|date=April 2011Flórez's first breakthrough and professional debut came in 1996, at the Rossini Opera Festival|Rossini Festival in the Italian city of Pesaro, Rossini's birthplace. At the age of 23, he stepped in to take the leading tenor role in Matilde di Shabran when Bruce Ford (tenor)|Bruce Ford became ill. He made his debut at La Scala in the same year as the Chevalier danois (Danish Knight) in Christoph Willibald Gluck|Gluck 's Armide (Gluck)|Armide . His Royal Opera House|Covent Garden debut followed in 1997 where he sang the role of Count Potoski in the world premiere of Donizetti's Otto mesi in due ore|Elisabetta . Debuts followed at the Vienna State Opera in 1999 as Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville|Il barbiere di Siviglia and at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 2002, again as Count Almaviva. On February 20, 2007, the opening night of Donizetti's La fille du régiment at La Scala , Flórez broke the theater's 74-year-old tradition of no encores when he reprised "Ah& #33; mes amis" with its nine high C's following an "overwhelming" ovation from the audience.cite news |last=Owen |first=Richard |title=Pavarotti's heir breaks rules with encore on the high C's |work= The Times |date=22 February 2007 He repeated this solo encore at New York's Metropolitan Opera House on April 21, 2008, the first singer to do so there since 1994.cite news |first=Daniel J. |last=Wakin |title=Ban on Solo Encores at the Met. Ban? What Ban? |work= The New York Times |date=23 April 2008|url= http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/23/arts/music/23aria.html? _r=1& scp=1& sq=florez& st=nyt& oref=slogin |accessdate=23 April 2008cite news |title=Show-Stopping Aria Encored at the Met |work= All Things Considered |publisher= National Public Radio |url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=89884693 |date=23 April 2008|accessdate=24 April 2008
Flórez is also active on the concert stages of Europe, North America, and South America. Amongst the many venues in which he has given concerts and recitals are the Wigmore Hall in London, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Teatro Segura in Lima, and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In a departure from his usual repertoire, he sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" from the Broadway musical theatre|musical Carousel (musical)|Carousel at the Berlin Live 8 concert in 2005.
He was signed by Decca Records|Decca in 2001 and since then has released six solo recital CDs on the Decca label: Rossini Arias , which won the 2003 Cannes Classical Award; Una furtiva lagrima , which won the 2004 Cannes Classical Award; Great Tenor Arias which won the 2005 Echo Klassik award for the best arias and duets recital; Sentimiento Latino ; Arias for Giovanni Battista Rubini|Rubini and most recently, Bel Canto Spectacular . His latest recording is Gluck 's Orphée et Eurydice , recorded live in May 2008. http://www.peru.com/noticias/portada20100426/93443/Tenor-peruano-Juan-Diego-Florez-vuelve-al-Teatro-Real-de-Madrid-y-presenta-disco? utm_source=feedburner& utm_medium=feed& utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WwwperucomRssHomeActualidad+%28www.peru.com%3A+RSS+Home+Actualidad%29 "Tenor peruano presenta disco" In addition to his official discography, almost all his professionally performed roles have been preserved in radio broadcasts, and many also by television.
Voice
Flórez has a Tenor#Lirico-Leggiero tenor|leggiero tenor voice of exceptional beauty which, while not of great size,citation needed|date=March 2009 is nevertheless audible in even the largest houses due to the predominance of high frequencies in its harmonic structure.citation needed|date=March 2009 Its compass is two octaves, up to and including the high E flat ( Zelmira , 2009 in live performance, also on CD in an aria by Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini —"All udir de padre afflitto"—in the CD Arias for Rubini ), the higher part of its range being particularly strong and brilliant, with almost no sense of effort, while the lowest notes are comparatively weaker.citation needed|date=March 2009 The head and chest registers are perfectly integrated, with no audible break in the passaggio .Isotta, P: "Un disperato fa la differenza" (Review of Falstaff , Teatro alla Scala), Corriere della Sera , 31 March 2001 and Brüggemann, A: "Gesang jenseits der Gravitation von Musik", Die Welt|Die Welt am Sonntag , 19 September 2004 His breath control is impeccable, allowing the longest phrases to be sustained with apparent ease.citation needed|date=June 2009 The ornaments of bel canto , including the trill (music)|trill , are well executed, and stylistic errors such as intrusive Aspiration (phonetics)|aspirates generally eschewed.Gerardi. Enrico: "Salisburgo, trionfo da rock star per Juan Diego Florez" (Review of La Donna del lago , Salzburg 2002), Corriere della Sera , 29 August 2002 Perhaps the most distinctive technical accomplishment is the singer's mastery of coloratura heard to best effect in his Idreno ( Semiramide ) and Corradino ( Matilde di Shabran ).See for example, Ashley, Tim: "Tale of three tenors" (Review of Rossini's Otello , Royal Opera House, London, February 2000), The Guardian , 2 February 2000; Canning, Hugh: "Bravissimo& #33; Ancora!" (Review of Matilde de Shabran , Pesaro, August 2004), The Times , 15 August 2004; Alonso, Gonzalo: "Semiramide necesita unas tijeras" (Review of Semiramide , Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, November 2005), La Razón , 23 November 2005
Awards and distinctions
Juan Diego Flórez has been recognized by his native country with several awards and distinctions. In May 2004, he received the Orden al Mérito Cultural de Lima , from the Mayor of Lima; the Orden al Mérito por servicios distinguidos en el grado de Gran Cruz from President Alejandro Toledo; and was named an Honorary Professor of San Martín de Porres University. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest honor, the Gran Cruz de la Orden El Sol del Perú , from President Alan García.
Flórez also appeared on the 2- Peruvian nuevo sol|sol stamp, part of a series of five stamps honouring contemporary Peruvian musicians issued on November 29, 2004. It is highly unusual for a living opera singer to have been honoured in his home country this way, particularly one so young. (Flórez was 31 at the time).Marion Lignana Rosenberg, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/09/arts/music/09rose.html He Can Sing an Aria or Frank a Letter, The New York Times , January 9, 2005. Retrieved 26 June 2008. (The portrait of Flórez used on the stamp was by British photographer, Trevor Leighton, BBC Mundo, http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/misc/newsid_4705000/4705636.stm Juan Diego Flórez: un tenor como pocos, 17 March 2006 and was also used for the cover of his 2003 CD Una Furtiva Lagrima .)Decca Classics http://www.deccaclassics.com/newsandnewreleases/april2003/473440.html New Releases April 2003
From the classical music world he has received 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.
In 2009, Flórez was nominated for the Best Classical Vocal Performance in the 52nd Grammy Awards for his album, Bel Canto Spectacular (Decca). National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences , http://www.grammy.com/nominees? category=190 52nd Grammy Award nominees (Classical); Radio Programas del Perú , http://www.rpp.com.pe/2009-12-03-juan-diego-florez-fue-nominado-al-grammy-por-bel-canto-spectacular-noticia_22688 "Juan Diego Flórez fue nominado al Grammy por Bel canto Spectacular", 3 December 2009
Personal life
Flórez married German-born Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25914528-5013575,00.html "King of the high Ds" by Richard Morrison, The Australian (15 August 2009) Julia Trappe in a private civil ceremony on April 23, 2007 in Vienna. They held a religious ceremony at the Basilica Cathedral in Lima on April 5, 2008, which some of Peru's greatest celebrities, including President Alan García and author Mario Vargas Llosa , attended.Associate Press, "Opera Star Star Juan Diego Florez Weds in his Native Peru", International Herald Tribune , 6 April 2008. Flórez was present at the birth of his son, Leandro, who was born on April 9, 2011, less than an hour before Flórez took to the stage in Le comte Ory , broadcast live around the world from the Met.Met Opera broadcast, April 9, 2011.
Roles sung on stage
; Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini
I Capuleti e i Montecchi — Tebaldo (student performance)
I puritani — Arturo
La sonnambula — Elvino
; Gaetano Donizetti|Donizetti
Don Pasquale — Ernesto
Elisabetta — Conte Potoski (concert performance)
'' L'elisir d'amore — Nemorino
La fille du régiment — Tonio
Maria Stuarda — Leicester
; Christoph Willibald Gluck|Gluck
Armide (Gluck)|Armide — Le chevalier danois
Orfeo ed Euridice|Orphée et Eurydice — Orphée (concert performance )
; Franz Lehár|Lehár
The Merry Widow — Camille de Rosillon (student performance)
; Vicente Martín y Soler|Martín y Soler
Il tutore burlato — Anselmo (concert performance)
; Giacomo Meyerbeer|Meyerbeer
'' L'étoile du nord — Georges
; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro|Le nozze di Figaro — Basilio (student performance)
; Giovanni Paisiello|Paisiello
Nina, o sia, la pazza per amore — Lindoro
; Luis Prado|Prado
The Nightingale and the Rose — The student (student performance)
; Giacomo Puccini|Puccini
Gianni Schicchi — Rinuccio
; Gioachino Rossini|Rossini
The Barber of Seville|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 (Rossini)|Otello — Rodrigo
La donna del lago — Giacomo V
Il viaggio a Reims — Belfiore (student performance) & Libenskof
http://www.mindef.gob.pe/menu/historicos/himno/himno.htm Juan Diego Flórez singing the National Anthem of Peru – Official web site of the Ministry of Defense of Peru.
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