A recital by Juan Diego Flórez, the Peruvian tenor, follows a pattern. With Vincenzo Scalera at the piano, the program begins with songs by bel canto composers—Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini. It has some ...

So what kind of tenor is Florez? Well, the Italians might call him a tenore di grazia – a graceful lyric tenor with agility: namely the ability to finely nuance and spin the coloratura with a ...

The fraught-with-peril aria that got the late, legendary Luciano Pavarotti dubbed the “king of the high C’s” will ring out from War Memorial stage Tuesday night, as San Francisco Opera opens its ...

Tenor Juan Diego Flórez, the reigning “King of the High Cs,” brings a program filled with operatic gems including songs by Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi, Gounod, and Puccini, showcasing why he’s one of ...