Javier Camarena

Javier Camarena is arguably today's top Mexican tenor, a successor to Plácido Domingo and his major role in the musical life of that country. A specialist in bel canto Italian opera and the music of Mozart, Camarena has appeared on major stages in North America and Europe. He was born on March 26, 1976, in Xalapa in Mexico's Veracruz state. His father was a technician at a nuclear plant. He studied the flute in high school, but made plans for a career in electrical engineering. At the University of Veracruz and then at the University of Guanajuato, however, he switched his m...