Juan Diego Flórez - review

Royal Festival Hall, London"Oh, shit," Juan Diego Flórez remarked after a memory lapse caused him to screw up an aria from Rossini's Messa di Gloria. Flórez, for many, has always been Mr Squeaky-Clean, and to say he swears is a bit like saying that Garbo laughs. "I promise not to say any more bad words," he said at encore time. "I'm like Federer, only in tennis you get penalised." The audience whooped in adoration. That boundless charm, to which everyone surrenders, was working its magic yet a...

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