Alfonso Ortiz Tirado

Alfonso Ortiz Tirado
Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, undated.
Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, undated.
Background information
Birth nameAlfonso Ortiz Tirado
Born1893-01-24
Álamos, Sonora, Mexico
OriginMexico
Died1960-09-07
Mexico City, Mexico
GenresClassical, opera
Occupation(s)Tenor, physician
InstrumentVoice
Years active1920s–1950s

Alfonso Ortiz Tirado (Álamos, Sonora, 24 January 1893 – Mexico City, 7 September 1960) was an opera singer and medical doctor. His musical talent was apparently evident early in life, but he studied at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and university to become a doctor. He specialized in gynecology as well as general medicine, and eventually became the personal physician of Frida Kahlo and performed surgery on Agustín Lara. As a musician, he studied under José Pierson and soon afterward had a successful international career as an opera singer, earning the label of “tenor of the Americas.” He was often cast for productions of L'elisir d'amore and Madama Butterfly. He earned a large sum of money doing this, and used it to establish a children's hospital in Mexico City. Ortiz died in 1960, and was interred at the Panteón Francés de la Piedad. The Festival de Canto Operístico Alfonso Ortiz Tirado in the state of Sonora was named after him.[1]

References

  1. ^ Jimenez Gonzalez, Victor Manuel, ed. (2010). Sonora: Guía para descubrir los encantos del estado [Sonora: Guide to discover the charms of the state] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Editorial Océano de Mexico SA de CV. p. 21. ISBN 978-607-400-319-2.


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