Juan Diego Flórez

Juan Diego Flórez Tenor

Biography

Born in Lima in 1973, tenor Juan Diego Flórez began singing and playing Peruvian folk and pop music at an early age. At the age of 17, he enrolled at the National Conservatory of Music in Lima and three years later won a scholarship to continue his vocal studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In 1996 he made his professional debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, where he was hired on short notice to sing the tenor role of Corradino in Matilde di Shabran.

In the same year, at the age of 23, he was invited to make his debut at La Scala in Milan for the opening of the season under Riccardo Muti. Since then, he has appeared on the world's most important opera stages under the direction of the world's greatest conductors. Early in his career, he made a name for himself with his interpretations of the Belcanto repertoire, and later with his portrayals of French Romantic heroes.

Juan Diego Flórez has recorded numerous solo albums as well as complete operas on CD and DVD. In 2024 he will launch his own label with a new album dedicated to Zarzuela. In 2011, Juan Diego Flórez founded "Sinfonía por el Perú", an inclusive social project that runs orchestras and choirs throughout Peru to help the most vulnerable.

At the Opéra national de Paris: L'Italienne à Alger (Lindoro), 2000; La Cenerentola (Don Ramiro), 2002; La Dame du lac (Giacomo V), 2010; La Fille du régiment (Tonio), 2012.

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