Bros was born in
Barcelona and studied at the
Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu under Jaime Francisco Puig. He won one of the special prizes in the
Francisco Viñas Singing Competition in 1986 and made his debut the following year in
Palma de Mallorca as the tenor soloist in
Carmina Burana. His operatic debut came on 15 November 1991 in
Sabadell when he appeared as Don Ottavio in
Don Giovanni. Between 1991 and 1992 he sang in small provincial theatres in
Catalonia where his roles included the Duke of Mantua in
Rigoletto, Fernando in
La favorita and Nadir in
Les pêcheurs de perles. The major breakthrough in his career and his debut at Barcelona's
Gran Teatre del Liceu came unexpectedly on 9 November 1992 when on 12-hours notice he substituted for the ailing tenor
Fernando de la Mora in the opening night of
Anna Bolena starring
Edita Gruberova. His performance as Riccardo Percy caused a sensation and opened the doors to an international career. During the 1990s he made his house debuts in most of the leading opera houses of Europe, including the
Teatro Regio di Parma as the Duke in
Rigoletto (1994);
Teatro de São Carlos in Lisbon as Fenton in
Falstaff (1994);
Vienna Staatsoper as Nemorino in ''
L'elisir d'amore (1995); Teatro San Carlo in Naples as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (1996); Royal Opera House in London as Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore
(1997); and La Scala Milan as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor
(1997) Although his repertoire has largely concentrated on the bel canto
operas of Donizetti and Bellini, in the later years of his career he has sung Alfredo in La traviata, Rodolfo in La bohème'', and the title role in Massenet's
Werther. He first sang Werther at the Teatro San Carlos in 2007 and reprised the role at the Liceu in 2017 in a new production directed by
Willy Decker. Bros has also championed
zarzuelas and neglected operas by Spanish composers. He has sung the leading tenor roles in
Doña Francisquita,
Luisa Fernanda,
La tabernera del puerto, and
Ruperto Chapí's
La bruja and has recorded
Emilio Arrieta's
Ildegonda and
La conquista di Granata. In 2005 Bros and his wife, the soprano María Gallego, gave a concert of zarzuela arias and duets at the in Madrid which was subsequently released on CD under the title
Por Amor. ==Recordings==