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José Carreras
Acting

José Carreras
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-12-05,Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Gender
Male
Biography
Josep Maria Carreras Coll (Catalan: [ʒuˈzɛb məˈɾi.ə kəˈreɾəs ˈkɔʎ]; born 5 December 1946), better known as José Carreras (/kəˈrɛərəs/, Spanish: [xoˈse kaˈreɾas]), is a Spanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini. Born in Barcelona, he made his debut on the operatic stage at 11 as Trujamán in Manuel de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro, and went on to a career that encompassed over 60 roles, performing in the world's leading opera houses and on numerous recordings. He gained fame with a wider audience as one of the Three Tenors, with Plácido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, in a series of large concerts from 1990 to 2003. He is also known for his humanitarian work as president of the José Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation (La Fundació Internacional Josep Carreras per a la Lluita contra la Leucèmia), which he established following his own recovery from the disease in 1988. Carreras was born in Sants, a working-class district in Barcelona. He was the youngest of Antònia Coll i Saigi and Josep Carreras i Soler's three children. In 1951, his family emigrated to Argentina in search of a better life. However, this move abroad proved unsuccessful, and within a year they had returned to Sants where Carreras was to spend the rest of his childhood and teenage years. He showed an early talent for music and particularly singing, which intensified at the age of six when he saw Mario Lanza in The Great Caruso. The story recounted in his autobiography and numerous interviews is that after seeing the film, Carreras sang the arias incessantly to his family, especially "La donna è mobile", often locking himself in the family's bathroom when they became exasperated with his impromptu concerts. At that point, his parents, with the encouragement of his grandfather Salvador Coll, an amateur baritone, found the money for music lessons for him. At first he studied piano and voice with Magda Prunera, the mother of one of his childhood friends, and at the age of eight, he also started taking music lessons at Barcelona's Municipal Conservatory. At just eight years old, he also gave his first public performance, singing "La donna è mobile", accompanied by Magda Prunera on the piano, on Spanish National Radio. A recording of this still exists and can be heard on the video biography, José Carreras – A Life Story. On 3 January 1958, at the age of eleven, he made his debut in Barcelona's great opera house, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, singing the boy soprano role of Trujamán in Manuel de Falla's El retablo de Maese Pedro. A few months later, he sang for the last time as a boy soprano at the Liceu in the second act of La Bohème. Throughout his teenage years, he continued to study music, moving on to the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu and taking private voice lessons, first with Francisco Puig and later with Juan Ruax, whom Carreras has described as his "artistic father". Following the advice of his father and brother, who felt that he needed a "backup" career, he also entered the University of Barcelona to study chemistry, but after two years he left the university to concentrate on singing. ... Source: Article "José Carreras" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Gran Gala di Verdi

10

Gran Gala di Verdi
2001-03-11

José Carreras Collection: Montserrat Caballé & José Carreras

0

José Carreras Collection: Montserrat Caballé & José Carreras

Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta

0

Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
2000-08-01

Euro Disney : L'Ouverture

6

Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992-04-11

The Making Of West Side Story

7.9

The Making Of West Side Story
1985-05-01

Romanza final (Gayarre)

5.7

Romanza final (Gayarre)
1986-04-29

Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur - Caballe, Cossotto, Carreras (NHK 1976)

0

Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur - Caballe, Cossotto, Carreras (NHK 1976)

Hérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo

0

Hérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo
1984-01-02

The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994

6.3

The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
1994-07-17

Gala de Reyes: Los Tres Tenores

0

Gala de Reyes: Los Tres Tenores
1998-01-05

Mozart:The Requiem from Sarajevo

0

Mozart:The Requiem from Sarajevo
1993-01-04

Christmas in Vienna

0

Christmas in Vienna
1992-12-23

Puccini: La Boheme

0

Puccini: La Boheme
1982-01-01

Three Tenors in Paris

8

Three Tenors in Paris
1998-11-25

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore

0

Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
1992-01-01

0

Verdi: Requiem
1982-08-01

The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World

0

The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World
2020-10-06

5

Top Kids
1987-04-01

Andrea Chénier - La Scala

0

Andrea Chénier - La Scala
1985-07-06

The Three Tenors Christmas

8.8

The Three Tenors Christmas
1999-12-23

The Original Three Tenors Concert

6

The Original Three Tenors Concert
1990-07-07

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration

6

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024-11-08

Verdi Stiffelio

0

Verdi Stiffelio
1993-07-17

Sissel: Northern Lights

0

Sissel: Northern Lights
2007-11-06

0

La Traviata
1973-01-17

El swing de la Feliu

0

El swing de la Feliu
2024-07-27

0

Turandot
1983-01-01

Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem

0

Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984-01-01

6

La Bohème
1988-03-09

I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata

5.8

I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata
1984-01-01

8.667

Carmen
1988-12-12

0

Don Carlo
1986-01-01

José Carreras | Opera Legends

0

José Carreras | Opera Legends
2019-03-07

Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - La Nit

0

Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - La Nit
1988-10-08

7.4

Pavarotti
2019-06-04

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala

0

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
1983-01-01

The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts

0

The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts
2017-09-02

A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song

0

A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
1992-12-01

Pappano's Classical Voices

0

Pappano's Classical Voices
2015-06-28

Wetten, dass..?

5.263

Wetten, dass..?
1981-02-14

Denk ich an Weihnacht

0

Denk ich an Weihnacht
2011-12-22

5.571

imagine…
2003-06-11

Einer wird gewinnen

7

Einer wird gewinnen
1964-01-25

0

Flitterabend
1988-12-01

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

3.8

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980-01-31

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

Golden Camera Awards

3.5

Golden Camera Awards
1966-01-25

9

BAMBI Awards
1948-01-01

0

Goldene Henne
1995-01-01

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

4

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004-01-31

Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“

0

Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“
2014-12-20

José Carreras Gala

0

José Carreras Gala
1995-12-22

Semperopernball

0

Semperopernball
2006-01-12