Carlos Álvarez
Biography: KS Carlos Álvarez was born in Málaga and studied at the conservatoire in his hometown. He made his debut as a singer in 1990. Since then, his international career has brought him to La Scala, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Paris, Amsterdam, San Francisco, the Hamburg State Opera and the Bavarian State Opera, the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Arena di Verona, the Zurich Opera House, the Opera House Bonn, Brussels, Valencia, the Salzburg Festival and the New Yorker Met. He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1995 as Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia). Further roles at the Vienna State Opera include Germont (La traviata), Riccardo (I puritani), Posa (Don Carlo), Sulpice (La Fille du régiment), Carlo Gérard (Andrea Chénier), Don Carlo (Ernani), Don Carlos (La forza del destino), Stankar (Stiffelio), duke of Nottingham (Roberto Devereux), Alphonse XI. (La Favorite), Escamillo (Carmen), Ford (Falstaff) as well as leading roles in Don Giovanni and Le nozze di Figaro. In 2007 Carlos Álvarez was awarded the honorary title for singers in Austria “Kammersänger”. http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Alvarez1.en.php
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 12, 1966
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Tosca - Teatro Real
2021-09-03
Tosca - Teatro Real
Overview: A famous singer lives only for art and love. But when she finds herself caught in a web of politics, corruption, lies and lust, she is forced to make a terrible choice. To this day, Tosca is one of the most popular and ageless operas. With its cinematographic pace, abundant leitmotifs and massive orchestrations, Puccini renewed and transcended Italian melodrama and the verismo genre. Sondra Radvanovsky, Joseph Calleja and Carlos Álvarez lead this operatic thriller in the midst of a revolution, under the direction of Paco Azorín and the baton of Nicola Luisotti.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-03
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Viva la Mamma!
2021-07-15
Viva la Mamma!
Overview: First seen in Naples in 1827, this farce of a “theatre within a theatre” narrates the mishaps of a second-rate opera company as it stages the great serious drama Romolo ed Ersilia in a provincial theatre. The unbearable tensions between the two lead singers are finally resolved with the decisive intervention of one of their mothers. The co-production by Ópera de Lyon along with the Grand Theâtre de Genève and Teatro Real is brought to life by Laurent Pelly, a tireless champion of Donizetti's comedies.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-07-15
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The Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly
2022-09-27
The Royal Opera House: Madama Butterfly
Overview: Cio-Cio-San, the young Japanese bride of American naval officer Lieutenant Pinkerton, finds her romantic idyll shattered when he deserts her shortly after their marriage. She lives in hope that one day he will return. Three years later, Cio-Cio-San and her son, Dolore, see Pinkerton’s ship in the harbour. She excitedly awaits his visit – but when Pinkerton and his American wife Kate arrive and learn about Dolore's existence, they ask to take the boy away, and raise him in America. Cio-Cio-San bids her son farewell and takes her own life.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-27
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Le Nozze di Figaro
2001-06-18
Le Nozze di Figaro
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Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2001-06-18
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I Puritani
2015-03-10
I Puritani
Overview: "This is Vienna State Opera live at home". March 2015
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-03-10
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Verdi: Otello
2008-08-05
Verdi: Otello
Overview: Part of Tutto Verdi series - Otello (2008) Salzburg. 'Otello' is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play 'Othello'. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on 5 February 1887.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-08-05
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Don Giovanni
2009-10-03
Don Giovanni
Overview: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni is performed live at the Theater an der Wien in this 1999 production starring Carlos Alvarez in the title role and featuring the music of the Choir and Orchester der Weiner Staatsoper performing under the guiding wand of conductor Riccardo Muti.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-10-03
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Carmen (Arena di Verona)
2014-06-30
Carmen (Arena di Verona)
Overview: High Definition recording June 2014, Arena di Verona. This opulent production was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and sung by an international cast of excellent singers: Russian mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Semenchuk, soprano Irina Lungu, tenor Carlo Ventre and Carlos Alvarez. The famous opera is staged as a colourful feast for the eyes, true to its source and convincingly acted by soloists, chorus and ballet alike. Conducted by Henrik Nánási it is a gloriously sung musical experience.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-06-30
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Tem
2024-07-23
Tem
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2024-07-23
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Madama Butterfly - Teatro alla Scala
2016-12-07
Madama Butterfly - Teatro alla Scala
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Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-12-07
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La Forza Del Destino
2011-11-28
La Forza Del Destino
Overview: The cast is a dream team wrote the Financial Times after the premiere of this production of Verdis La forza del destino at the Wiener Staatsoper. Topping the list is Nina Stemme, who gives a full-blooded portrayal of Leonora. Passionate forceful readings are also provided by Salvatore Licitra as Alvaro and Carlos Álvarez as Don Carlo. Zubin Mehta leads Staatsoper Orchestra with agility, subtleness and relaxed mastery, and right from the start David Poutney establishes an atmosphere of entrapment by fate. With the aid of a bizarre, unforgettable stage construction, the acclaimed director finds an ideal setting to illustrate the merciless powers of chance and destiny.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-28
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W.A. Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro
2016-06-26
W.A. Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro
Overview: Filmed production of the 2016 Scala production of the famous opera.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-06-26
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Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc
2018-06-15
Teatro alla Scala: Joan of Arc
Overview: "Giovanna d'Arco; ossia, la pulzella d'Orléans" is an operatic dramma lirico with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The opera partly reflects the story of Joan of Arc and is based on a play by Friedrich von Schiller, although claimed by the librettist to be "an entirely original Italian drama." If the thought of Anna Netrebko strutting her stuff in a suit of armour and tin hat sets your factor tingling then this is a must. It's an inconsistent opera but has some quite wonderful music along the way. The rest of the cast is good and the production won't offend either. Get it for Ms Netrebko's incredible performance alone.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-06-15
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Macbeth
2004-01-01
Macbeth
Overview: Carlos Álvarez takes the title role in the first of Verdi's Shakespearean operas, with Maria Guleghina as the manipulative wife whose desire to gain the Scottish throne drives her husband to murder and leaves both with blood on their hands. Bruno Campanella conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in the 2004 recording of Phyllida Lloyd's powerful production, first staged at London's Royal Opera House.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Mozart: Don Giovanni
2005-10-12
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Overview: Lluis Pasqual's powerful production for the Spanish capital sets Da Ponte's timeless story of sleaze and seduction into the dark world of 1940s Spain. Carlos Álvarez, in the title role, toys with the affections of Donna Anna, Zerlina and the Spanish lady Donna Elvira, before his overpowering methods finally bring his own destruction.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-10-12
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La del manojo de rosas
2020-11-13
La del manojo de rosas
Overview: La del manojo de rosas, the Teatro de la Zarzuela's most emblematic and popular production, turns 30 years old. At its premiere in September 1990, it was very well received by the public and critics, and has continued to be so during the last three decades. Several generations of singers, artists, technicians and the public have enjoyed what is now Sorozábal's best-known zarzuela.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2020-11-13
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Katiuska
2019-03-06
Katiuska
Overview: Operetta in two acts. A production by Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao, co-produced by Teatro Campoamor de Oviedo, Teatro Calderón de Valladolid and Teatro Español de Madrid.
Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-03-06
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Don Giovanni
2005-07-17
Don Giovanni
Overview: Mozarts Don Giovanni, in the beautiful staging by legendary Franco Zeffirelli is a spectacle with a strong aesthetising component, a feast for the eyes. In this production Zeffirelli returns to a representative Super classic line, renewing the complex mechanisms of almost all his other productions (Il corriere musicale) with beautiful classic costumes by Maurizio Millenotti and lights by Paolo Mazzon (L'ape musicale). Carlos Álvarez is of beautiful voice (GP Opera) and presumably todays best Don Giovanni (L'ape musicale) while Irina Lungu is one of the best lyric sopranes (L'ape musicale). Donna Elvira, being sung by Maria José Siri was clearly and advantageously represented by her mellow and beguiling voice. (MTG Lirica)
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-17
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