Garðar Thór Cortes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Garðar Thór Cortes

Icelandic tenor

Date of Birth: 02-May-1974

Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Profession: actor, singer, stage actor, opera singer

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Garðar Thór Cortes (pronounced Icelandic pronunciation: ?['karðar t?ou?r 'k??r?t?s], born 2 May 1974), is an Icelandic tenor of Icelandic and English parentage.
A former child actor, Garðar subsequently trained as a singer in Vienna, Copenhagen and London.
He has performed various leading tenor roles in operas, as well as a leading part in The Phantom of the Opera in London's West End.
While insisting that he is first and foremost a classical opera singer, it was with his classical crossover album Cortes, released in Iceland in 2005, that Garðar came to prominence.
His debut album in the UK, also titled Cortes, was released on 16 April 2007 and entered the UK Classical Charts at number 1.