Whatever one may think of the Three Tenors phenomenon, there is no doubt that Messrs. Pavarotti, Domingo, and Carreras significantly upped the popular interest in opera. Now, the ‘next great superstar tenor’ has been anointed, and he is Juan Diego Florez, “described by Pavarotti as the singer who could replace him.” Florez, like so many other great tenors of the new breed, has built his reputation on substance rather than flash and dash. But will the allure of superstardom prove too strong to resist?