Raúl Giménez [1](born on September 14, 1950) is an Argentine operatic tenor, associated with the Italian bel canto vocal style.
He studied at the Music Conservatory of Buenos Aires and made his operatic debut at the Teatro Colón as Ernesto in Don Pasquale in 1980.
[2] After appearing in concert and opera throughout South America, he came to Europe in 1984, where he debuted at the Wexford Festival in Ireland in Cimarosa's Le astuzie femminili.
In 1996 he debuted at the Metropolitan Opera New York, as Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia.
His 1987 Nimbus release, Argentinian Songs with pianist Nina Walker, included works by Ginastera, Guastavino, Carlos Buchardo, and composer Abraham Jurafsky, intended for a global audience.