IN 1993, Juan Diego Florez came to New York, auditioning for a job. Short of cash, the young Peruvian tenor took his guitar and headed for the subway in Times Square – where he literally sang for his ...

For more than a decade, Peruvian Juan Diego Florez and American Lawrence Brownlee have been the world’s leading bel canto tenors, thrilling audiences with their high notes and technical agility in ...

His name is Juan Diego Florez – but to opera lovers around the world, he’s simply Juan hot tamale. Tall, dark and handsome – with a trippingly gorgeous voice to match – the 31-year-old Peruvian tenor ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As a teenager growing up in Peru, singing and playing piano or guitar in his mother’s bar in Lima, Juan Diego Florez had no concept of ...

Juan Diego Flórez's encore of the character Don Ramiro's aria "Si, ritrovarla io giuro" from Act II of Rossini's opera La Cenerentola. The performance at the Metropolitan Opera took place on May 6, ...

Peruvian-born tenor Juan Diego Flórez, 35, sang "La Fille du Régiment" at the Metropolitan Opera last week, and was cheered wildly after the showpiece aria "Ah! Mes Amis," with its nine high C's. He ...

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Under the honorary patronage of His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Founding Honorary ...

Weekend Edition Sunday host Lynn Neary talks with rising opera star Juan Diego Florez, who some say will take over from Luciano Pavarotti as the world's top tenor. Sunday, May 12, 2002 .

Most opera singers practice scales just before a major live performance. Tenor Juan Diego Flórez assisted with the delivery of his first child. The 38-year old Peruvian tenor joined two mid-wives to ...