Alfonso Ortiz Tirado, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Álamos, Sonora, Mexico
About Alfonso Ortiz Tirado
- Alfonso Ortiz Tirado was an opera singer and medical doctor born in Álamos, Sonora, Mexico.
- His musical talent was apparent early in life, but he studied at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and university to become a doctor.
- He specialized in gynecology as well as general medicine, and eventually became the personal physician of Frida Kahlo and performed surgery on Agustín Lara.
- As a musician, he studied under José Pierson and soon afterward had a successful international career as an opera singer, earning the label of “tenor of the Americas.” He was often cast for productions of L'elisir d'amore and Madame Butterfly.
- He earned a large sum of money doing this, and used it to establish a children’s hospital in Mexico City.
- Ortiz died in 1960, and was interred at the Panteón Frances de la Piedad.
- The Festival de Canto Operístico Tirado in the state of Sonora was named after him.
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