Hoy newspaper reports on the success of Dominican baritone Raymond Tavarez. It highlights that he will become the first Latin American to sing the Magnificat before Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in Italy on occasion of the Easter celebration. Tavarez migrated at 18 to Italy where he studied at the Milan Musical School. Later he traveled to the US to begin a successful career. He has performed with Placido Domingo, Rafael Lebron, Pury Toro, Francisco Chain Casanova, Abraham Lincoln Okendo, among other classic lyric singers. He has also performed with pop performers, such as Rocio Durcal, Jose Jose, Braulio, Yango, Rafael de España, Jose Feliciano, Celia Cruz, Nelson Ned, Milly Quezada and Elvis Crespo.
