JDF Conquors Chicago!
INTERVIEW in CHICAGO (see URL for complete interview, in English, lo siento!)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/chi-0510020357oct02,1,7979304.story?coll=chi-ent_music-hed
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Florez: At ease with his fame, his fans and his voice
By John von Rhein
Tribune music critic
Published October 2, 2005
Now that the wheezing Three Tenors road show has long since run out of gas and the trio's famed linchpin, the 69-year-old Luciano Pavarotti, is limping through what is being billed as his "worldwide farewell celebration tour," inquiring minds want to know who the next Pavarotti is going to be.
The popular press has wasted little time crowning the Big Guy's heir apparent: Juan Diego Florez.
For good reason. In less that a decade, the darkly handsome Peruvian heartthrob, 32, has spun a sensational light lyric tenor, amazing vocal virtuosity and a charismatic stage presence into a major international career.
And he has done so singing the most florid and highest-flying music in the tenor repertory -- the early 19th Century Italian opera known as bel canto (Italian for "beautiful singing"), the light, agile style of vocalism expected by composers Rossini and Bellini.
Having touched off feeding frenzies at virtually all the leading opera houses, the bel canto poster hunk is about to make his long-awaited Lyric Opera debut as Don Ramiro, the Prince Charming role in Rossini's "La Cenerentola," singing opposite mezzo-soprano Vesselina Kasarova. Lyric's revival of its venerable Jean-Pierre Ponnelle production opens Wednesday at the Civic Opera House . . .
Rave Reviews, in Enlgish (lo siento, amigos!)
http://www.jcarreras.homestead.com/FlorezRevCenerChic05.html#anchor_13459de Chicago Tribune:
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. . . Even by the high standards of present-day Rossini singing, Flórez in his long-awaited company debut as Don Ramiro, and Kasarova as the scullery-maid-turned-princess Angelina, made a dream duo at Wednesday's opening.
Flórez is a Prince Charming to the manner born. This is a lyric tenor voice that's ideal for Rossini, diamond-bright in tone yet sweet where required, firm in definition and even throughout its range. His high notes have thrilling ping to them, his diction is immaculate, and he sails through the most demanding coloratura like a downhill skier taking every curve in elegant stride. He achieves every expressive nuance without sacrificing stylishness or security of line.
The young Peruvian tenor also is a remarkably assured stage performer who cuts a noble figure even in valet attire. . . .
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. . . Making his eagerly anticipated Lyric debut, Florez was a prince to swoon over. His tenor is a vibrant instrument, light and agile in Rossini's highly ornamented vocal fireworks but powerful and secure in the opera's ringing high notes. His Don Ramiro was a gentle, ardent lover but capable of convincingly hot wrath when defending Cenerentola. . .
BRAVO JDF ! ! !