El tenor mexicano (The Mexican Tenor)
Sep 18, 2019
Mexican tenor Javier Camarena discovered he wanted to sing Opera the first time he heard it. His passion for singing Opera lead him to test his strengths and determination over and over.
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at age 20 to have yet to come Arena took a left turn in his career path he decided to abandon his engineering degree so he could pursue his true passion music
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► 00:00:38it was the first time he had ever heard Opera and he was completely Enchanted One Voice coach año para por Primera vez super Korean drama position
► 00:00:54sin embargo a via algo que yo no sabía Eva tener que luchar Contra Mis propios limitation es para Ser un verdadero cantante Opera Not only would have you had learned to sing opera but he would become one of the most famous singers of our time
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► 00:07:02have you heard his parents were never happy with his decision to drop engineering for music but they also saw how dedicated he was to Opera when he told them he was thinking of leaving for Guanajuato they supported his choice de Todo era different in Guanajuato for example participating in international singing contests was an important activity for students there who know they missed nuevos maestros
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► 00:09:48Javier's performance that day was a disaster he was singing Ile De Soto the famous Aria or solo set piece from Mozart's Don Giovanni and by the middle of the Aria they asked him to stop
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► 00:10:18Xavier was brokenhearted maybe he was going to end up sweeping streets as his mother told him maybe pursuing his passion for music was a huge mistake me and that has Baja bodily scenario job in Sawa in muchas cosas todos Mis me those same material E7 have you decided to stay in the theater and watch the other contestants perform
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► 00:14:17by winning first place in that contest have you had was invited to perform on the main stage this would be his professional debut as Tanya in the Opera La fille du régiment by Gaetano donizetti
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► 00:14:59after his professional debut have yet toward Mexico singing and he became famous in his country
► 00:15:08dos años después mainly Tyrone akhantar in Suisse in La Casa de l'opéra de Zurich once he arrived in Zurich he was invited to join zurich's International Opera Studio there he was mentored by Francisco at Aisa one of Mexico's most famous Tenors though those Miss profesor he's a mentor has and Sido muy importantes and Makara loss content
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► 00:16:28ten years into his career have yet had conquered every stage in Europe and now he was about to face his Everest the Met he found himself extremely nervous just like that day in battle when he entered his first contest job Ian pasado Diez años aquí ahora Joe estaba allí en el met
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► 00:17:16there's some he could have used first performance at the mint was a success he was repeatedly invited to perform and in 2014 he joined fellow Tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Juan Diego Flores as the only singers in 70 years to give an encore during a complete performance there one will bully got a BB gun tardiness
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► 00:19:10Javier Camarena is one of the most renowned opera singers of our time he lives in Zurich Switzerland with his family and still calls in Palacio de Bellas artes in Mexico City his musical home this year have you had released a new album Contraband Vista the story was written by Lucia vicen CEO a multimedia journalist and consultant based in Quito Ecuador we'd love to know what you thought of this episode
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