Equally comfortable belting out traditional opera standards or rousing, choral
pop anthems, tenor singer Fernando Varela first came to fame as a contestant on
'America's Got Talent' before going on to establish himself as a young,
crossover star of classical and pop music.
Born in Puerto Rico but raised in Florida, Varela grew up performing Michael
Jackson songs for his friends and only discovered classical music at 17 when he
joined the Central Floia Lyric Opera and learned under the tutelage of veteran
director and performer Licia Albanese. He went on to cut his teeth at the...