In 2003, four years before his death, acclaimed Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti was asked who would be his successor. "If I had to name one, I would say Juan Diego Florez," he said, hailing the ...

Massenet's Werther from the Royal Opera House Werther from the Royal Opera House With superstar tenor Juan Diego Florez in the title role, conducted by Edward Gardner.

Zeinab Badawi profiles four operatic stars in 2021: leading lights of the opera world Cecilia Bartoli and Juan Diego Florez and two names for the future, Benjamin Bernheim and Cecilia Rangwanasha.