José Carreras
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.
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Birthday: December 05, 1946
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Gran Gala di Verdi
2001-03-11
Gran Gala di Verdi
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2001-03-11
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José Carreras Collection: Montserrat Caballé & José Carreras
José Carreras Collection: Montserrat Caballé & José Carreras
Overview: Famed tenor José Carreras takes the stage at Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre with soprano and fellow Spaniard Montserrat Caballé in this memorable evening of music filmed live in 1989. Selections include ballads, arias and duets by some of the world's most famous composers, including Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gioacchino Rossini, Antonio Vivaldi, Vincenzo Bellini, Alessandro Scarlatti and Alessandro Stradella.
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Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
2000-08-01
Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
Overview: Johann Strauss Gala - An Evening of Polka, Waltz, and Operetta
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-01
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Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
1992-04-11
Euro Disney : L'Ouverture
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Genres: Documentary Family Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-04-11
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The Making Of West Side Story
1985-05-01
The Making Of West Side Story
Overview: A documentary which shows, in great detail, the making of the 1985 Bernstein-conducted recording of the entire score of "West Side Story", featuring operatic stars.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-01
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Romanza final (Gayarre)
1986-04-29
Romanza final (Gayarre)
Overview: Biography of Julian Gayarre (1844-1890), one of the best tenors of all times. At 19, a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid heard him singing for the first time and offered him a scholarship to continue his studies. His artistic life runs between continued success, becoming the world's greatest tenor. But in 1890, while singing at the Teatro Real in Madrid, a failure in his voice is like a cruel reminder of what would happen a few days later: his death at a young age. The doctors gave a diagnosis, but his friends know that Julian Gayarre died because he could not sing anymore.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1986-04-29
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Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur - Caballe, Cossotto, Carreras (NHK 1976)
Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur - Caballe, Cossotto, Carreras (NHK 1976)
Overview: An all-star cast led by soprano Montserrat Caballé in one of her most acclaimed portrayals. Fiorenza Cossotto sings the role of Adriana’s nemesis, the Princess of Bouillon, and José Carreras is Adriana’s lover, Maurizio, in this live 1976 performance from Tokyo. The NHK Symphony Orchestra is under the direction of Gianfranco Masini. This performance of Adriana Lecouvreur documents the art of Montserrat Caballé at its peak, the soprano employing her singularly ravishing vocal quality and staggering technical facility fully in the service of the drama. In her portrayal of the title character - described in the opera as a supreme tragedienne, self-trained and completely artless - Caballé matches Adriana's attributes with a naturalistic approach that is profoundly moving in its honesty and directness. This production also boasts the presence of Fiorenza Cossotto and José Carreras, stars of the highest caliber with whom Caballé performed this opera on many occasions all over the world.
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Hérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo
1984-01-02
Hérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Overview: A retelling of the story of John the Baptist, Salome, Herod Antipas and Herodias, but strikingly less psychological and bloody than Richard Strauss's opera "Salome".
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-02
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The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
1994-07-17
The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994
Overview: It's not opera; it's not a pop concert; it's not Broadway. It's all of these and none of them. Once you accept the fact that this sequel to the original blockbuster concert recording is less about music and more about entertainment and the power of musical personalities, you can appreciate what you're hearing as an event--phenomenal and bizarre, momentous and frivolous. This is an occasion to celebrate the voices and egos of three huge superstars, and to have fun listening as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, and Jose Carreras interact, bouncing lines off each other and playing to the overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-17
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Gala de Reyes: Los Tres Tenores
1998-01-05
Gala de Reyes: Los Tres Tenores
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Original Language: es
Release Date: 1998-01-05
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Mozart:The Requiem from Sarajevo
1993-01-04
Mozart:The Requiem from Sarajevo
Overview: José Carreras and the Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra player form Mozart’s Requiem in the bombed out ruins of the Sarajevo city Library.
Genres: Music
Original Language: la
Release Date: 1993-01-04
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Christmas in Vienna
1992-12-23
Christmas in Vienna
Overview: Christmas in Vienna is a 1993 concert by American soul singer Diana Ross, and Spanish tenors Plácido Domingo and José Carreras for the Sony Classical label.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-23
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Puccini: La Boheme
1982-01-01
Puccini: La Boheme
Overview: "La Bohème" is one of Giacomo Puccini's most popular and timeless works and the second-most performed opera at New York's Metropolitan Opera. This production, directed by the legendary Franco Zeffirelli, features José Carreras, Teresa Stratas, Renata Scotto and Richard Stilwell. The opera is replete with extraordinary visual beauty as it presents the tragic story of young bohemians struggling to make it in the world.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Three Tenors in Paris
1998-11-25
Three Tenors in Paris
Overview: The Three Tenors: Paris 1998 (re-released with the subtitle The Concert of the Century) is a live album by José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti with conductor James Levine. The album was recorded at a Three Tenors concert on 10 July 1998 during celebrations for the FIFA World Cup. The concert took place in front of the Eiffel Tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. The Orchestre de Paris accompanied the singers. The audience at the live concert numbered around 150,000 people.[2] A sound system and large screens were placed along the Champ de Mars for the crowds further back to see and hear the performance.[2] Producer Tibor Rudas claimed prior to the concert that 2 billion viewers were expected to watch the televised performance worldwide.[3]
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-25
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Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
1992-01-01
Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Premiere Collection Encore
Overview: Tracks include "The Phantom Of The Opera," "The Music Of The Night," "All I Ask Of You," "Tell Me On A Sunday," "Pie Jesu," "Amigos Para Siempre," "Love Changes Everything," "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again," "Oh, What A Circus," "Any Dream Will Do," "Close Every Door," "The First Man You Remember," "Anything But Lonely" and "Joseph Mega-Remix."
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Verdi: Requiem
1982-08-01
Verdi: Requiem
Overview: Live performance of Verdi's Missa da Requiem at the Edinburgh Festival in 1982. An all-star quartet of soloists under the baton of Claudio Abbado, recorded in high definition audio.
Genres: Music
Original Language: la
Release Date: 1982-08-01
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The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World
2020-10-06
The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World
Overview: Billions watched as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and José Carreras performed for the first time as The Three Tenors 30 years ago. This is their story.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-06
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Top Kids
1987-04-01
Top Kids
Overview: A fun journey through the history of the automobile, this film is about a group of future computer hackers that wire an arcade game to work as a time machine. Among appearances in the movie are Henry Ford, Mercedes Benz, and modern race car driver Niki Lauda, as one of the boys becomes trapped within the newly created game.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-01
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Andrea Chénier - La Scala
1985-07-06
Andrea Chénier - La Scala
Overview: Live from La Scala Saturday 06 July 1985
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-07-06
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The Three Tenors Christmas
1999-12-23
The Three Tenors Christmas
Overview: The Three Tenors capture the joy and spirit of the season with their first ever Christmas concert, live from Vienna, featuring performances of international seasonal favorites by the best-selling and world-renowned trio. Enjoy the gifts of The Three Tenors and be part of the holiday event of the year.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-23
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The Original Three Tenors Concert
1990-07-07
The Original Three Tenors Concert
Overview: The Three Tenors is a name given to the Spanish singers Plácido Domingo and José Carreras and the Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti who sang in concert under this banner during the 1990s and early 2000s. This is the first collaboration of the trio, with a performance at the ancient Baths of Caracalla, in Rome, Italy, on July 7, 1990 – the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final. Zubin Mehta conducted the orchestra of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and the orchestra of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-07-07
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Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024-11-08
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Overview: Journey to the Teatro del Silenzio (Theater of Silence), Lajatico, where once-in-a-lifetime performances showcase the Maestro’s extensive and beloved repertoire, alongside captivating duets with an unprecedented cast of global superstars, including Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain, Will Smith, Jon Batiste, Sofia Carson, Lang Lang, Nadine Sierra and more. With extraordinary staging, production, and visuals, set against a landscape of unparalleled beauty amongst the Tuscan hills, Andrea Bocelli’s sensational career comes to life in a truly unforgettable experience.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-11-08
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Verdi Stiffelio
1993-07-17
Verdi Stiffelio
Overview: Stiffelio is considered "early Verdi" to musiclogists who classify things, but, in reality, it is a final transition between the maestro's earlier (but most enjoyable) works, and the mature craftsmanship of Rigoletto. Preceded by Luisa Miller (q.v.), there is more dramatic intensity and story line than in the earlier works. The plot centers around Stiffelio, a minister, who discovers that his wife, Mina, has been unfaithful.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-07-17
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Sissel: Northern Lights
2007-11-06
Sissel: Northern Lights
Overview: Northern Lights is a live album and was released in the US in 2007. The recording is of a concert in Bergstadens Ziir, a church from the 17th Century in Røros. The album was inspired by Norway’s winter, the Blye Hour, and the mystical Northern Lights.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-06
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La Traviata
1973-01-17
La Traviata
Overview: Few singers have plumbed the depths of the role of Violetta as did she incomparable soprano Renata Scotto. Her interpretation surprises with fresh insights at every turn, illuminating aspects of the character that are latent in the libretto and the schore but rarely dramatized with such completeness. For example, when Germont meets Violetta, he is immediately struck by her strong bearing ( Quai modi! , he exclaims in an aside).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-17
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El swing de la Feliu
2024-07-27
El swing de la Feliu
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ca
Release Date: 2024-07-27
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Turandot
1984-01-01
Turandot
Overview: Maazel conducts this production from Vienna, starring Jose Carreras and Eva Marton.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
1984-01-01
Herbert von Karajan: Verdi: Requiem
Overview: This installment in the "Karajan Legacy" series captures the acclaimed conductor leading the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Sofia National Opera in a masterful performance of Verdi's "Requiem." Filmed in 1984, the concert features an array of renowned soloists, including tenor José Carreras, soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow, bass-baritone José van Dam, bass Kurt Moll and mezzo-soprano Agnes Baltsa.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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La Bohème
1988-03-09
La Bohème
Overview: The film tells the story of a love affair between a poor poet and an equally poor seamstress in 19th century Paris.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-03-09
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I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata
1984-01-01
I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata
Overview: Set during the Crusades, the story of Lombardi opens with the rivalry of two brothers -- Arvino and Pagano -- who vie with one another for the love of Viclinda. Pagano attempts to kidnap Viclinda and commit a fratricide, extinguishing Arvino, but succeeds only in murdering his father in error; circumstances force him into exile in the Holy Land. Thus begins a complex and harrowing series of events that will ultimately lead to the reconciliation of both men, followed by the death of one.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Carmen
1988-12-12
Carmen
Overview: This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Levine, who brings out all the surging emotion and gripping drama in Bizet’s score. At the center of the story is Agnes Baltsa, whose smoky mezzo is tailor-made for the gypsy Carmen, an independent woman who glories in obeying only her own rules, but who is haunted by fate. Superstar tenor José Carreras is Don José, the solider from a small town who catches Carmen’s eye and is destroyed by his growing obsession with her. Samuel Ramey is the charismatic matador Escamillo, who lures Carmen away from Don José with tragic result. Leona Mitchell is Micaëla, the simple girl from Don José’s hometown who cannot save him. March 21, 1987 Matinee Broadcast.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-12-12
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Don Carlo
1986-01-01
Don Carlo
Overview: A live performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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José Carreras | Opera Legends
2019-03-07
José Carreras | Opera Legends
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Release Date: 2019-03-07
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Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - La Nit
1988-10-08
Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - La Nit
Overview: Mercury and Caballé singing "Barcelona" on October 8th 1988 at huge open air La Nit festival staged in Barcelona, which was held to celebrate the arrival of the Olympic Flag from Seoul.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-08
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Pavarotti
2019-06-04
Pavarotti
Overview: Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Genres: Documentary History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-04
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The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
1983-01-01
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Overview: In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 1983, the Metropolitan Opera hosts a four-hour performance uniting some of the world's most spellbinding opera singers and conductors. The event includes a ballet from Samson et Dalila and boasts incredible classical performances from Kathleen Battle, Plácido Domingo, Jose Carerras, Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Leona Mitchell, Luciano Pavarotti and many more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts
2017-09-02
The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts
Overview: The Three Tenors began their collaboration with a performance at the ancient Baths of Caracalla in Rome, the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup Final. Following the big success of the 1990/1994 concerts, The Three Tenors opened a world tour of 31 concerts, the last one in 2003. Seven of these 31 concerts had been recorded for TV but disappeared somewhere in London. All attempts to bring back these invaluable recordings to the audience failed. Now, after all these years, C Major in cooperation with Three Tenors Ltd. managed to assemble the most beautiful moments of six lost concerts in Munich, Tokyo, London, Vienna, New York and Pretoria.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2017-09-02
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A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
1992-12-01
A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
Overview: Tony Randall and some children, filmed in Connecticut, provide the framework of the history of some of the carols sung by opera stars.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-01
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Pappano's Classical Voices
2015-06-28
Pappano's Classical Voices
Overview: Sir Antonio Pappano explores the great roles and the greatest singers of the last 100 years through the prism of the main classical voice types - soprano, tenor, mezzo-soprano, baritone and bass.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-28
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