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Legendary Spanish Operatic Tenor and Conductor
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In 1990, atop the Roman Forum with Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras, he helped ignite opera’s global renaissance, not as spectacle alone, but as shared human ritual. His voice carried the weight of Verdi’s Otello not just with technical mastery, but with psychological intimacy honed over 150+ roles across five decades, more than any tenor in history. He pioneered the 'verismo tenor' approach: singing dramatic Italian roles with Spanish lyrical nuance, reshaping how Don José in Carmen or Calaf in Turandot could sound both fiery and tender. As General Director of the Washington National Opera and LA Opera, he championed over 30 world premieres and launched Operalia, a competition that has launched careers from Anna Netrebko to Pretty Yende, not as patron, but as daily mentor reviewing scores and coaching diction. His conducting, especially of zarzuela and Latin American works, revived nearly forgotten scores from Cuba, Mexico, and Argentina, treating them with the same scholarly rigor as Mozart.
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