Luis Ernesto Alva y Talledo, better known as Luigi Alva (born 10 April 1927 in Paíta, Peru) is a Peruvian operatic tenor. A Mozart and Rossini specialist, Alva achieved fame with roles such as Don Ottavio (in Don Giovanni), Count Almaviva (in The Barber of Seville) and Fenton (in Verdi's Falstaff). He retired from the stage in 1989.[1]
- ^ Bourne, Joyce and Kennedy, Michael (2004). "Alva, Luigi (Alva Talledo, Luis Ernesto)", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music 4th edition, p. 16. Oxford University Press.