Placido Domingo Honors Juan Diego Florez, Los Angeles, December 2009

Placido Domingo Awards Dinner Honors Juan Diego Florez

From the LA Times"
Digressing from his prepared remarks, Domingo said he has been singing opera for 50 years, beginning as Borsa in "Rigoletto" at the National Opera in Mexico City. "You can imagine how many singers I have heard," he said, before launching into praise for Flórez for "the beauty of his voice, the ability of his coloratura, his great personality and the amazing height of the high notes."


Source: Placido Domingo Awards Dinner Honors Juan Diego Florez

Juan Diego Florez, 'Barber of Seville', Rossini, Los Angeles, December 2009

First reviews for Barber of Seville at LA Opera are in:

From the LA Times

"The big draw is Juan Diego Flórez (he of the high Cs), making his debut in an L.A. Opera production. As the Count, who disguises himself in order to win the ward of an overbearing lecherous old doctor, the Peruvian tenor goes through his many escapades tossing off vocal flourishes left and right as he athletically covers the stage and hops on tables. His sensationally versatile voice is on the slender side for the Chandler, but his arias brought down the house."

Source: Opera Review: 'Barber of Seville' at L.A. Opera

From Concerto Net

Making his Los Angeles Opera debut is Peruvian Juan Diego Flórez as the dashing and mischievous Count Almaviva. He has it all: good looks, incredible acting, and, most of all, a buttery tenor voice. His meticulousness is sung in every note, and it is executed with such rapid clarity, most clearly demonstrated in the oft omitted aria in Act II, “Cessa di più resistere”. It is no wonder that Juan Diego Flórez is justifiably today’s “king” of bel canto.

Source: A Stunning Blockbuster: Barber of Seville at LA Opera

For more information, visit The Barber of Seville at LA Opera

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Who is Winning Domingo, Carreras, Florez, Villazon on Google Searches?

Find below atrend chart on Google searches for each of the 4 tenors. Placido Domingo searches winning for the past 12 months. Also picking up substantially on his participation singing "Panis Angelicus" in Sen. Edward Keendy funeral mass.

Juan Diego Florez, Salzburg, Wien, Austria, August 24, 2009

2009 Salzburg Festival
August 24, 2009

Lied Recital 6 • Aria Recital
Juan Diego Flórez, Tenor
Vincenzo Scalera, Piano

Program of the Concert


Bel Canto with Adrenaline

It is not alone the virtuoso production of high notes that constitutes Flórez’ great bel canto art. “I want people to notice everything I sing in between as well,” he never ceases to point out. His opera performances are marked by an endless breath for legato phrases and a stage presence that transports great feelings. This was very apparent at the 2002 Salzburg Festival at concert performances of Rossini’s La donna del lago.

Full article in Salzburg Festival's Daily

Juan Diego Florez, Pesaro, Italy, August 2009

August 2009 Dates Dates 09, 12, 15, 18

Updated: August 14, 2009

From today's Telegraph, Rossini Opera Festival, review

Returning to the place that propelled him to fame, Juan Diego Flórez delivers laser-like top notes as Zelmira's husband, Ilo.


Posted: August 12, 2009
Zelmira
Pesaro, Italy
Rossini Opera Festival

Adriatic Arena
Domenica 9 agosto, ore 20.00
Mercoledì 12 agosto, ore 20.00
Sabato 15 agosto, ore 20.00
Martedì 18 agosto, ore 20.00
ZELMIRA
Dramma per musica in due atti di Andrea Leone Tottola Edizione critica della Fondazione Rossini, in collaborazione con Universal Music Publishing Ricordi,
a cura di Helen Greenwald e Kathleen Kuzmick Hansell.
Versione Parigi 1826
Direttore ROBERTO ABBADO
Regia GIORGIO BARBERIO CORSETTI
Scene GIORGIO BARBERIO CORSETTI, CRISTIAN TARABORRELLI
Costumi CRISTIAN TARABORRELLI, ANGELA BUSCEMI
Progetto luci GIANLUCA CAPPELLETTI
Interpreti
Polidoro ALEX ESPOSITO
Zelmira KATE ALDRICH
Ilo JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ
Antenore GREGORY KUNDE
Emma MARIANNA PIZZOLATO
Leucippo MIRCO PALAZZI
Eacide FRANCISCO BRITO
Gran Sacerdote SÁVIO SPERANDIO
ORCHESTRA E CORO DEL TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA
Maestro del Coro Paolo Vero
Nuova produzione

Juan Diego Florez, Athens, 20 July 2009

Juan Diego Florez singing Ah! mes amis! in a concert in Athens, under the Parthenon.



An extensive review of the concert can be found at Parsifal79

Updated July 23, 2009
"L' amour, l' amour ... Ah lève toi soleil", Romeo Et Juliette, Charles Gounod Courtesy of Macbett0



Updated July 23, 2009
"Una furtiva lagrima", L'Elisir d'Amore, Donizetti Courtesy of bairaktaris

Juan Diego Flórez, The Met: Live in HD, July 29 2009

One of the most beloved operatic comedies of all time, Il Barbiere di Siviglia was an instant audience favorite at its first showing as part of The Met: Live in HD series in March 2007. Returning to select theaters on Wednesday, July 29th, Il Barbiere di Siviglia cast includes Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Count Almaviva, American mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Rosina and Swedish baritone Peter Mattei in the title role of the swaggering barber. Il Barbiere di Siviglia is directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher and conducted by Maurizio Benini.Information on theaters and hours