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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Justino Díaz (born January 29, 1940) is a Puerto Rican operatic bass-baritone. In 1963, Díaz won an annual contest held at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, becoming the first Puerto Rican to obtain such an honor and as a consequence, made his Metropolitan debut in October 1963 in Verdi's Rigoletto as Monterone. Díaz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the capital of the island, but lived and…
Known for
- The Opera House — Self (archive footage)2017
- La familia Figueroa: una dinastía musical — Self2015
- Callas Forever — Scarpia2002
- Rafael Hernández, jibarito del mundo — Self1992
- Meyerbeer: L'Africaine — Nélusko1988
- Otello — Iago1986
- Rigoletto — Sparafucile1977
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
- Great Performances — Oroveso1971
- Bizet Carmen — Escamillo1967
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Díaz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Juan
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- music of Puerto Rico
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Image
- Justino Diaz 2021 Kennedy Center Honors (cropped).jpg
- Voice type
- bass-baritone
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- date of birth
- 1939-00-00
- Commons category
- Justino Díaz
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