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Julián Gayarre, el tenor de Roncal

Roncal/Erronkari, Pirineo, Navarra

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Julián Gayarre, el tenor de Roncal

Curiosity · Roncal/Erronkari, Pirineo, Navarra

Sebastián Julián Gayarre Garjón was born in Roncal on 9 January 1844 into a humble family; he worked as a shepherd from the age of thirteen and as a blacksmith before discovering his voice in the Orfeón Pamplonés choir. After training in Madrid and Milan, he triumphed on 2 January 1876 at La Scala with "La favorita" and became the great tenor of his era, performing in London, Paris, Vienna, and Buenos Aires. He died in Madrid on 2 January 1890, at age 45, of bronchopneumonia resulting from the Russian flu pandemic. His embalmed body rests in a mausoleum in Roncal, the work of the sculptor Mariano Benlliure; his birthplace today houses the Casa-Museo Julián Gayarre (Julián Gayarre House Museum).

1844-1890

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