Justino Díaz
Acting
January 29, 1940 (86 years old)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
10
Acting Credits
Biography
Justino Díaz (born January 29, 1940) is a Puerto Rican operatic bass-baritone. In 1963, Díaz won an annual contest held at the Metropolitan Opera of New York, becoming the first Puerto Rican to obtain such an honor and as a consequence, made his Metropolitan debut in October 1963 in Verdi's Rigoletto as Monterone. Díaz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the capital of the island, but lived and was raised in the town of Cataño. He attended Robinson Elementary School where, at the age of 8, he st...
Known For
Filmography
The Opera House
2017
as Self (archive footage)
8.3
La familia Figueroa: una dinastía musical
2015
as Self
Callas Forever
2002
as Scarpia
6.5
Rafael Hernández, jibarito del mundo
1992
as Self
Meyerbeer: L'Africaine
1988
as Nélusko
7.5
Otello
1986
as Iago
6.2
Rigoletto
1977
as Sparafucile
9
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
8
Great Performances
1971
as Oroveso
6.1
Bizet Carmen
1967
as Escamillo
7.3