Joshua Guerrero is an American operatic

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

, focused on Italian repertoire. He appeared as Count Almaviva on a recording of Corigliano's ''

The Ghosts of Versailles ''The Ghosts of Versailles'' is an opera in two acts, with music by John Corigliano to an English libretto by William M. Hoffman. The Metropolitan Opera had commissioned the work from Corigliano in 1980 in celebration of its 100th anniversary, ...

'', which won two Grammy Awards. His first role in Germany was Des Grieux in Puccini's ''

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'' at the

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Career

Born in

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, Nevada, Guerrero was inspired to sing after hearing a rendition by a seminary choir of

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's '' The Lord bless you and keep you''. He studied opera for two years at the

University of California at Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...

, graduating in 2012. He was subsequently a member of the Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program of the Los Angeles Opera and of the

Santa Fe Opera Santa Fe Opera (SFO) is an American opera company, located north of Santa Fe, New Mexico. After creating the ''Opera Association of New Mexico'' in 1956, its founding director, John Crosby, oversaw the building of the first opera house on a newl ...

's Apprentice Artist Program. During his time with the former, he was asked to step into the lead role of Count Almaviva in a production of ''

'', after another tenor withdrew one week before rehearsals started. He first appeared as Edgardo in Donizetti's ''

Lucia di Lammermoor ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' () is a (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel '' The Bride of Lammermoo ...

'' at the

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in his 2017 debut with the company. He has sung in France, as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi's ''

Simon Boccanegra ''Simon Boccanegra'' () is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play ''Simón Bocanegra'' (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play ''El trovador'' had b ...

'' at the

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, in Spain, playing Nemorino in Donizetti's '' L'elisir d'amore'' at the

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, and in England at the

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in 2018, singing Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. In Caracas, Venezuela, he appeared as Rodolfo in Puccini's ''

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'' with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra. In October 2019, he appeared in Germany for the first time, at the

as Des Grieux in Puccini's ''

'' alongside Asmik Grigorian in the title role. A review noted that his voice was both beautifully mellow and strikingly powerful, even in the high register ("... schönstem Tenorschmelz und markant kräftiger Stimmgebung auch in den Höhen"), and his acting like a Latin lover. Another reviewer described his voice as well-focused and radiant, with passion and a talent for sobbing well suited to Puccini, particularly in this role ("eine gut sitzende, strahlende Stimme, mit dem Schuss Leidenschaft und Talent zum Schluchzen, die sich besonders bei (diesem) Puccini ganz gut machen"). In concert, Guerrero sang the tenor solo in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Simón Bolivar Orchestra conducted by

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while touring Europe. He sang in Haydn's '' The Creation'' with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Awards

In 2014, Guerrero won second prize at the

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competition, which was directed by

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. The production of John Corigliano's ''

'', in which he sang Count Almaviva, was recorded and won two

2017 Grammy Awards The 59th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on February 12, 2017. The CBS network broadcast the show live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The ceremony recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, ...

, for

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and

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References

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