Juan Bou Roig by Kloch & Dutkiewicz

Juan Bou Roig (1849-1901); Spanish tenor.
He studied voice on the island of his birth (Mallorca) and made his debut at the age of 20 at the Teatro Principal de Palma in Rossini's opera "Guillaume Tell". He toured the opera houses in Spain and Italy (1869-1895); in Italy under the name Giovanni Roig. He had a wide repertoire: Der Freischütz (Von Weber), La favorite (Donizetti), Ernani (Verdi), L'Africaine (Meyerbeer), Faust (Gounod), Mefistófele (Boïto), La Gioconda (Poncielli, Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi), La Traviata (verdi) etc.

He retired from the stage in 1895 because of a malady and he settled in his hometown Felanitx on Mallorca, where he became city manager at the Townhall.