 Born in Holguin, Cuba; he graduated from the Superior Institute of the Arts, where he studied under professor Raul Camayd and soprano Nayade Proenza. He became the leading baritone with the Teatro Lirico “Rodrigo Prats” in Holguin.
Then four years later, he joined the Teatro Lirico Nacional in Havana, where he performed such roles as Enrico in “Lucia di Lammermoor”, Marcelo in “La Boheme”, Alfio in “Cavalleria Rusticana”, Tonio in “Pagliacci”, Figaro in “Il Barbieri di Siviglia”, Don Giovanni in “Don Giovanni”, and Iago in “Othello”. His extended repertoire of Spanish and Cuban Zarzuelas includes: “El Cafetal”, “Cecilia Valdes”, “Maria la O”, “La del Manojo de Rosas”, “La Leyenda del Beso”, “La del Soto del Parral”, and “Luisa Fernanda”.
He has appeared as a guest in France, Spain, and Portugal in the operas “Lucia di Lammermoor” and “La Traviata”. In the year 2000, Nelson left Cuba to perform with O.C.E.S.A. in Mexico City, and with them he performed the role of Don Quixote in “Man of La Mancha”. He and his wife currently reside in Miami, Florida.
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