Carlos Rivera rose to fame by winning the third generation of La Academia. La Academia (The Academy) is a Mexican reality musical talent 
show on Azteca Spanish language television. Rivera makes his way to Houston's Arena Theatre this weekend, Friday, August 30th, 2019.Rivera has since released four studio albums and participated in numerous theatre productions.
For the next two years, more than a million people saw Rivera in the role of Simba. He sold out approximately 700 shows at the Lope de Vega Theater on the famous Gran Via de Madrid, and won Best New Actor at the 2012 Broadway World Spain Awards.
“My dream was to play Simba in The Lion King. It was one of my go
od choices in life,” Rivera previously told Billboard.com. “It made me learn English, in case I was ever offered the role in English. Doing musical theater helped me a lot. I knew it would generate credibility and respect. There's no cut-and-paste there."
The 33 year-old hails from Huamantla, Tlaxcala, in south-eastern Mexico.