Juan Diego Flórez Delivers Baby and Then Sings Live in HD

Juan Diego with wife Julia at their wedding

"Tenor Juan Diego Florez has really delivered: a host of high Cs to a worldwide audience of millions -- and minutes earlier, his own baby boy in New York City. Florez helped two midwives in the birth of his son, Leandro Florez, at 12:25 p.m. Saturday. The tenor had stayed up all night with his wife, Julia, after she went into labor at their rented apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. While the couple awaited the birth of their first child, the world waited for the 38-year-old Peruvian to sing the tenor lead in Rossini's comic opera Le Comte Ory at the nearby Metropolitan Opera -- starting at 1 p.m. The baby got the cue: He bawled first. He came into the world in time for his daddy to hold him for a minute before rushing to the Met. 'It was beautiful,' Florez said later in an interview during the broadcast. 'It was a home birth with a pool, in the water, it was very nice and very calm.'" [Source]

"Le Comte Ory" Sneak Preview Videos From the MET

Watch Juan Diego Flórez, Joyce DiDonato and Diana Damrau in videos taken from the dress rehearsal of Rossini's Le Comte Ory that opens this Thursday, March 24 at 8PM EST at the Metropolitan Opera. Videos excerpts include Act I Duet, Act III Trio and more! Click here to view.

Renée Fleming Schmoozes Daniel Radcliffe & Juan Diego Flórez

Opera meets Broadway (Photo: Joseph Marzullo/WENN)

The opera soprano did double-duty on Saturday (March 19). First she hosted the Metropolitan Opera's "Live in HD" series broadcast of Lucia di Lammermoor during the afternoon. One of the highlights during the second intermission was when Fleming was joined by renowned Rossini-specialist Juan Diego Flórez. The tenor appeared in a tight leather jacket and talked about how sexy his upcoming production of Le Comte Ory is going to be, so sexy in fact that at one point Renée started singing "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life." That evening she attended the Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. After the performance she joined Katie Couric and Charles Robbins to visit with the star of the show Daniel Radcliffe. I suspect the backstage event may have been more for the benefit of Fleming and Couric's young teen daughters who also attended. More pictures after the jump. [Source]

Renée Fleming's daughter,
Amelia Ross, with Daniel Radcliffe