Juan Diego Flórez (born Juan Diego Flórez Salom, January 13, 1973) is a Peruvian

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, particularly known for his roles in

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operas. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest decoration, the ''Knight Grand Cross in the

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''.

Biography

Early years

Flórez was born in Miraflores district,

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in 1973, the son of María Teresa Salom Olórtegui and Rubén Flórez Pinedo, a noted guitarist and singer of Peruvian popular and '' 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 huaynos to

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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". 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. During this time, he became a member of the ''Coro Nacional'' of Peru and sang as a soloist in

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's '' Coronation Mass'' and

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's '' Petite messe solennelle''. He received a scholarship to the Curtis Institute in

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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

operas of Bellini and

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. During this period, he also studied with

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at the

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in Montecito. In 1994 the Peruvian tenor,

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invited him to Italy to work on a recording of Vicente Martín y Soler's opera ''Il Tutore Burlato''. Palacio subsequently became Flórez's teacher, mentor and manager and has had a profound influence on his career.

International career

Flórez's first breakthrough and professional debut came in 1996 at the Rossini Festival in the Italian city of

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, Rossini's birthplace. At the age of 23, he stepped in to take the leading tenor role in '' Matilde di Shabran'' when Bruce Ford became ill. He made his debut at

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in the same year as the ''Chevalier danois'' (Danish Knight) in

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's '' Armide'', and later in the year he sang the role of Georges in Meyerbeer's '' L'étoile du nord'' with

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. His

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debut followed in 1997 where he sang the role of Count Potoski in a world premiere concert performance of Donizetti's '' Elisabetta''. Debuts followed at the

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in 1999 as Count Almaviva in ''

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'' and at the New York

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in 2002, again as Count Almaviva. On February 20, 2007, the opening night of Donizetti's ''

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'' at La Scala, Flórez broke the theater's 74-year-old tradition of no encores when he reprised "Ah! mes amis" with its nine high C's following an "overwhelming" ovation from the audience. 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. 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

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in London, the

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in Paris,

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and

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in New York, the Palau de la Música in Barcelona, the Teatro Segura in Lima, and the

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in Salzburg. In a departure from his usual repertoire, he sang "

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" from the Broadway

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'' at the Berlin

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concert in 2005. He was signed by

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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 Rubini'', ''Bel Canto Spectacular'' and

's '' Orphée et Eurydice'', recorded live in May 2008. In addition to his official discography, almost all his professionally performed roles have been preserved in radio broadcasts, and many also by television. He also sang the UEFA Champions League Final Anthem in Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in 2010. Flórez was the guest soloist at the Last Night of the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall in September, 2016. Moving into more lyric roles, he made his debut in Massenet's ''

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'' in Bologna in December 2016, returning to the role in Zurich in April 2017. The Diapason magazine critic described Flórez performance as a triumph, demonstrating his exemplary discipline in accent and phrasing, excellent shading and with the natural allure of a poet.

Voice

Flórez's head and chest registers are perfectly integrated, with no audible break in the

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. The ornaments of

, including the

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, are well executed, and stylistic errors such as intrusive aspirates generally avoided. The singer's mastery of

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, typified in his Idreno (''

Semiramide ''Semiramide'' () is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire's tragedy ''Sémiramis (tragedy), Semiramis'', which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Assyria. The opera was first ...

'') and Corradino ('' Matilde di Shabran''), has been noted by multiple critics.

Awards and distinctions

Flórez has been recognized by his native country with several awards and distinctions. In May 2004, he received the ''

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'', from the Mayor of Lima; the ''Orden al Mérito por servicios distinguidos en el grado de Gran Cruz'' from President

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; and was named an Honorary Professor of San Martín de Porres University. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest honor, the ''Knight Grand Cross in the

'', from President Alan García. He has been an Austrian

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since 2012. Flórez also appeared on the 2- 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). (The portrait of Flórez used on the stamp was by British photographer, Trevor Leighton, and was also used for the cover of his 2003 CD ''Una Furtiva Lagrima''.) 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 ''

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'' at La Scala. In 2009, Flórez was nominated for the Best Classical Vocal Performance in the 52nd

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for his album, ''Bel Canto Spectacular'' (Decca).

Personal life

Flórez married German-born Australian 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 leading citizens, including President

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and author

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, attended. Flórez was present at the birth of his son, Leandro, who was born in April 2011, less than an hour before his father took to the stage in '' Le comte Ory'', broadcast live around the world from the Met. A daughter, Lucia Stella, was born in the family home in Pesaro, Italy, in January 2014.

Roles sung on stage

; Bellini * ''

I puritani ' (''The Puritans'') is an 1835 opera by Vincenzo Bellini. It was originally written in two acts and changed to three acts before the premiere on the advice of Gioachino Rossini, with whom the young composer had become friends. The music was set ...

'' – Arturo * ''

'' – Elvino * "

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" – Pollione ; Bizet * ''

Les pêcheurs de perles ' (, ''The Pearl Fishers'') is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. It was premiered on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, and was given 18 performan ...

'' – Nadir ;

* ''

Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is a Gaetano Donizetti opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's oper ...

'' – Ernesto * '' Elisabetta'' – Conte Potoski * ''

L'elisir d'amore ''L'elisir d'amore'' (; ''The Elixir of Love'') is a (comic melodrama, opera buffa) in two acts by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's (1831). ...

'' – Nemorino * ''

'' – Tonio * ''

Linda di Chamounix ''Linda di Chamounix'' is an operatic '' melodramma semiserio'' in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi. It premiered in Vienna, at the Kärntnertortheater, on 19 May 1842. Performance history ' ...

'' – Carlo * '' Maria Stuarda'' – Leicester * ''

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 Lammermoor''. ...

'' – Edgardo ;

* '' Armide'' – Le chevalier danois * '' Orphée et Eurydice'' – Orphée (concert performance) ; Martín y Soler * ''Il tutore burlato'' – Anselmo (concert performance) ; Massenet * ''

'' – Werther ; Meyerbeer * '' L'étoile du nord'' – Georges * ''

Les Huguenots () is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, it premiered in Paris on 29 February 1836. Composition history '' ...

'' – Raoul ;

; Paisiello * ''Nina, o sia, la pazza per amore'' – Lindoro ;

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* '' Gianni Schicchi'' – Rinuccio ;

* ''

'' – Conte di Almaviva * ''

La Cenerentola ("Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant") is an operatic in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the libretti written by Charles-Guillaume Étienne for the opera '' Cendrillon'' with music by Nico ...

'' – Don Ramiro * ''

L'italiana in Algeri ''L'italiana in Algeri'' (; ''The Italian Girl in Algiers'') is an operatic ''dramma giocoso'' in two acts by Gioachino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Angelo Anelli, based on his earlier text set by Luigi Mosca. It premiered at the Teatro San ...

'' – Lindoro * '' Matilde di Shabran'' – Corradino * ''

Il signor Bruschino ''Il signor Bruschino, ossia Il figlio per azzardo'' ''(Signor Bruschino, or The Accidental Son)'' is a one act operatic farce ( farsa giocosa per musica) by Gioachino Rossini to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa, based upon the 1809 play ''Le ...

'' – Florville * ''

'' – Idreno * '' Le comte Ory'' – Comte Ory * ''

Otello ''Otello'' () is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's play ''Othello''. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the La Scala, Teatro alla Scala, M ...

'' – Rodrigo * ''

La donna del lago ''La donna del lago'' (English language, English: ''The Lady of the Lake'') is an opera composed by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola (whose verses are described as "limpid" by one critic) based on the French translationO ...

'' – Giacomo V * ''

Il viaggio a Reims ''Il viaggio a Reims, ossia L'albergo del giglio d'oro'' (''The Journey to Reims, or The Hotel of the Golden Fleur-de-lis'') is an operatic dramma giocoso, originally performed in three acts,Janet Johnson: ''A Lost Masterpiece Recovered'', pp. 37 ...

'' – Libenskof * '' Zelmira'' – Ilo * ''

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'' – Arnold *'' Ricciardo e Zoraide'' – Ricciardo ; Rota * '' Il cappello di paglia di Firenze'' – Fadinard ;

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* ''

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'' – Fenton * ''

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'' – Duke of Mantua * '' La Traviata'' – Alfredo

Discography

Opera

* ''Alahor in Granata'', Donizetti. Conductor: Josep Pons, CD: Almaviva, 1999 * ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'', Rossini. Conductor: Ralf Weikert CD: Live performance (1997), Nightingale Classics, 2004 * ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'', Rossini. Conductor: Gianluigi Gelmetti, DVD & Blu-ray: Live performance (2005), Decca, 2005 * ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'', Rossini. Conductor:

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, DVD: Live performance (2009), Virgin Classics, 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: Patrick Summers, DVD: Live performance (2008), Decca, 2009 * ''Le Comte Ory'' Rossini. Conductor: Jesus Lopez-Cobos, CD: Live performance (2003), Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 * ''Le Comte Ory'' Rossini. Conductor: Maurizio Benini, DVD: Live performance (2011), Virgin Classics, 2012 * ''Don Pasquale'', Donizetti. Conductor: Maurizio Benini, DVD & Blu-ray: Live performance (2006), Decca, 2007 * ''L'Etoile du Nord'', Meyerbeer. Conductor: Wladimir Jurowski, CD: Marco Polo, 1997 * ''Falstaff'', Verdi. Conductor:

Riccardo Muti Riccardo Muti (; born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He is current music director of the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the ...

, DVD: Live performance (2001), EuroArts, 2003 * ''La Fille du régiment'', Donizetti. Conductor: Riccardo Frizza, DVD: Live performance (2005), Decca, 2006 * ''La Fille du régiment'', Donizetti. Conductor: Bruno 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 per 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 Classics, 2010 * ''Semiramide'', Rossini. Conductor Marcello Panni, CD: Nightingale Classics, 2001 * ''La sonnambula'', Bellini. Conductor: Alessandro de Marchi, CD: Decca (2008) * ''La sonnambula'', Bellini. Conductor: Evelino Pidò, DVD: Live performance (2009), Decca (2010) * ''La traviata'', Verdi. Conductor: Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Streaming video: Live performance (15 December 2018), Met Opera on Demand (2019) * ''Il tutore burlato'', Martin y 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 ore dell'agonia del Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo'', Niccolò Zingarelli. Conductor: Pierangelo Pelucchi, CD: Agora, 1995

Recital

* ''Flórez para Chabuca'' (with Rubén Flórez, his father). Quadrasonic Ideas y Morrison 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'', Bellini, Donizetti. Conductor: Riccardo Frizza, CD: Decca, 2003 * ''Great Tenor Arias'', Verdi, Gluck, Rossini. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi, CD: Decca, 2004 * ''Sentimiento Latino'', Spanish & Latin American songs. Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya, CD: Decca, 2006 * ''Arias for Rubini'', Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini. Conductor: Roberto Abbado, CD: Decca 2007 * ''Bel Canto Spectacular'', Bellini & Donizetti arias & duets. Conductor: Daniel Oren, CD: Decca 2008 * ''Celebración – 2010 Opening night concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles'', Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi arias and Latin American 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

;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 en la Scala de Milán', ''La República'', 1 September 2002
In Art srl International Artists Management
Official Biography and Repertory List of Juan Diego Flórez * Hurwitz, David
'From Peru to Pesaro – Interview with Juan Diego Flórez'
''Classics Today'', May 2002 * Rodríguez, Gustavo, 'Juan Diego Flórez – Notas de una voz', Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, 2007, * Segovia, Emilio, 'La formación de un tenor rossiniano', ''Pro Ópera'', November/December 2003

External links

Official website

Sinfonía por el Perú
{{DEFAULTSORT:Florez, Juan Diego 1973 births Living people Peruvian people of Spanish descent Singers from Lima Peruvian operatic tenors 20th-century male opera singers Curtis Institute of Music alumni Music Academy of the West alumni Decca Records artists Österreichischer Kammersänger Grand Crosses of the Order of the Sun of Peru Knights of the Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco) 21st-century Peruvian male singers 21st-century Peruvian singers 20th-century Peruvian male singers 20th-century Peruvian singers