Gaston Rivero was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and raised in Buenos Aires and New York City. Gaston Rivero's career has spanned several media and arts professions: actor, opera singer, producer, composer and music consultant. His stage debut came when film director Baz Luhrmann selected him for his production of Puccini's La Bohème on Broadway 2002. Gaston Rivero is known for Deutsche Gramophon's Il Trovatore alongside Placido Domingo, Anna Netrebko and Daniel Barenboim. He has worked with many different film-makers; Philipp Stölzl, Johannes Schaaf and Baz Luhrmann.