As a fellow in the LA Opera’s Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artists program, the tenor Joshua Guerrero was already proving a fine artist to have on call. For a rare revival of John Corigliano’s elaborate pastiche The Ghosts of Versailles, he learned, at very short notice, the demanding role of Count Almaviva. Subsequently, he earned extra stripes as Greenhorn in Jake Heggie’s Moby-Dick. But his future, as everyone could tell, lay in the glamorous Italian repertoire, which has swiftly become his bread and butter on top stages all over the world. Critics in Germany have waxed eloquent over Guerrero’s combination of heart-on-sleeve passion, mellow tone, and stalwart power. One wrote, with evident approval, of his uninhibited “sobbing” in music, supposedly a plus in Puccini. That’s not a quality we have much time for, and in truth, our experience with Guerrero doesn’t bear that description out. We do love his emotional honesty. Returning to Los Angeles for a recital with piano, Guerrero can speak to us in his most intimate way—an occasion Angeleno voice fanciers won’t want to miss. —Matthew Gurewitsch