Jun 10, 2021
Growing up in Piedras Negras on the Mexican border with the United States, Eleazar first experienced opera from a recording his father borrowed of The Three Tenors, and he went on to buy a videotape of them, which he analysed for their differing vocal techniques, deciding which he thought sounded better, and taking meticulous notes of his observations. With no immediate opportunities to develop his growing obsession, Eleazar’s dad looked into a singing programme in a nearby city, where he was shipped off to at the age of fifteen, and began his lifelong journey as a singer. From his early Placido Domingo voice scholarship given by Mexico’s most renowned young artist programme to being a top prize winner in the Carlo Morelli National Competition in Mexico City, Eli went on to San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Merola Opera Programme, before he landed at a crossroads and had to take a decision that would affect the rest of his career.
Read more about Eleazar on his website here and follow him on instagram @themexicantenor