Biography:
The well-known Spanish tenor named José Carreras was born on December 5, 1946 in Barcelona, Spain.
This man at the age of six entered the conservatory of the Liceo de Barcelona, beginning to sing secondary roles, he sang as a child soprano in “El retablo de Maese Pedro”, by Manuel Falla, directed by Iturbi, surprising despite his age .
Although he had more experience and advantage in his musical world built since childhood, José made his debut in 1960 with Verdi’s “Nabuco”.
Later in 1971 Carreras won the first prize in the Verdi International Singing Competition, in the same year that he made his debut with Montserrat Caballé in London.
It is here that José takes off his flight in a career that would be a real success. He has performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, at Covent Garden in London, at La Scala in Milan, with “Tosca” and “Un Ballo in Maschera”.
It was in 1976 that Von Karajan went to him with the aim of recording Verdi’s “Don Carlo” at the Salzburg festivals, an incredible proposal that has opened many doors for him. It was with him that he also recorded Verdi’s “Requiem”. He continued with numerous recordings in which the latest version of his work “West Side Story” is distinguished with Bernstein.
Although everything had been directed in his successful career and his impeccable trajectory, until the tenor suffers a stoppage when he is declared leukemia, for which he has been in a critical state of health. Being able against her, two years later he manages to resume his performances, and sings opera, more than 180 operas in his outstanding lyrical career.
The so distinguished Spanish tenor has recorded numerous operatic records with popular Spanish and Italian songs, he has been worthy of prizes in quantity, among which he has obtained are the Luigi Illiaca (Italy), the Kammersänger of the Vienna State Opera, the Medal of Gold from the Generalitat of Catalonia and the Gold Medal for Fine Arts. José Carreras is undoubtedly considered by many to be the most beautiful voice of the century.
The owner of this incredible voice has later been the founder of a foundation for victims of leukemia, with which he maintains a close collaboration, and his first concert of the Three Tenors that was organized to raise money for said foundation.
The three tenors, this trio is formed by the Spanish singer José Carreras, who is mentioned, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti, promising a lot of fame, which they have obtained all over the world.