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José Carreras
Josep Maria Carreras Coll, better known as José Carreras, is a Spanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.
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entertainment · Spanish tenor (born 1946) · opera singer · recording artist · singer · also José Carreras, Josep Maria Carreras Coll, Josep Carreras, Carreras
Born 5 December 1946 · Q485165
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2026· 3 entries
The Dubrovnik Times: Opera Legend José Carreras Coming to Dubrovnik for Spectacular Concert Outside Cathedral
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Croatia Week: José Carreras to perform in Dubrovnik this August
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2021· 1 entry
Released album “Messa da Requiem”.
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2015· 1 entry
Released album “Les nuits d’été / Lélio”.
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2014· 1 entry
Won Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Francesc Macià Memorial award (2013).
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2012· 2 entries
Won Josep Trueta Medal (2012).
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Released album “Boleros and Love Songs of Spain”.
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Saarland University (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Malinconia d'amore”.
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2009· 3 entries
Released album “Cristóbal Colón”.
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Released album “Nessun dorma | Berühmte Tenor‐Arien & Lieder”.
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Received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “Maria Stuarda”.
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2006· 3 entries
Carreras married Jutta Jäger, but separated from her in 2011
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In 2006, Carreras married Jutta Jäger, but separated from her in 2011.
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Released album “Superstar Christmas”.
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2005· 1 entry
Released album “Together Strong”.
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2004· 3 entries
Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2004).
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Received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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Released album “Energía”.
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2003· 2 entries
Awarded Osgar (2003).
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Released album “Tabaluga Viatja Buscant El Seny”.
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2002· 4 entries
Released album “Beatrice di Tenda”.
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Released album “Romantic Tenors”.
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And in 2004 performed at the Vienna State Opera in fully staged versions of the final act of Carmen and Act 3 of Sly
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Carreras scaled back his live performances to recitals and orchestral concerts
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “A Christmas Celebration”.
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Released album “Lou Salome - Suites nos. 1 & 2”.
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2000· 4 entries
He has conducted many of Carreras's concerts since the late 1990s as well as his opera performances in Sly at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in June 2000.
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Released album “Three Famous Tenors”.
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Released album “Great Verdi and Puccini Arias”.
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Released album “Carmen / L’Arlésienne suites / Symphony in C”.
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1999· 6 entries
Released album “Tu Tu Amore: Puccini's Greatest Love Songs”.
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Released album “La Gioconda”.
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Released album “Luisa Miller”.
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Released album “Macbeth”.
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Released album “Roberto Devereux”.
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Released album “Pure Passion”.
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1998· 3 entries
Released album “Love Songs from Spain”.
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Released album “Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci”.
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Released album “The Best of Jose Carreras”.
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1997).
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1996· 4 entries
Released album “Sings Tosti - La Mia Canzone”.
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Released album “Passion”.
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Released album “Misa Criolla, Missa Luba, Misa Flamenca”.
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Released album “L'enfant prodigue / La damoiselle elue”.
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1995· 3 entries
Released album “Il trovatore”.
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Released album “Canta a Catalunya”.
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Released album “Lucia di Lammermoor”.
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “Zarzuelas”.
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Released album “Don Carlo”.
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1993· 8 entries
Released album “Requiem / Quattro pezzi sacri”.
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Released album “The Pleasure of Love”.
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Released album “With a Song in My Heart: A Tribute to Mario Lanza”.
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Was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from Loughborough University
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Released album “Christmas Favorites From The World's Favorite Tenors”.
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Released album “Grandes Cantantes Líricos Españoles”.
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Released album “Opera Duets”.
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Released album “Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana / Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci”.
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1992· 4 entries
Released album “José Carreras Sings Hits of Andrew Lloyd Webber”.
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Released album “Otello”.
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Released album “From the Official Barcelona Games Ceremony”.
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Released album “I Lombardi alla prima crociata”.
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1991· 11 entries
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (1991).
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Released album “La bohème”.
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Released album “Songs”.
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Released album “The Greatest Tenors: Carreras”.
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Released album “Favorite Arias by the World’s Favorite Tenors”.
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Released album “José Carreras Sings Catalan Songs”.
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Released album “The Essential José Carreras”.
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Released album “Arias”.
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Released album “Romantic Spanish Songs”.
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Released album “Hollywood Golden Classics”.
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Released album “The Collection”.
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1990· 7 entries
Released album “Petite Messe solennelle”.
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Released album “Tosca”.
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Released album “Samson et Dalila”.
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Released album “Recital de canciones”.
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Released album “Un ballo in maschera”.
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Released album “Memory Jose Carreras”.
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The first Three Tenors concert took place in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome on the eve of the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals
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1989· 7 entries
Released album “Un giorno di regno”.
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Released album “La Juive”.
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Released album “Poliuto”.
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Released album “I due Foscari”.
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Released album “José Carreras Sings Puccini • Verdi • Bizet • Massenet • Rossini • Donizetti”.
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Released album “Il Corsaro”.
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Released album “José Carreras Sings Andrew Lloyd Webber”.
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1988· 5 entries
Released album “Madama Butterfly”.
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Released album “Misa Criolla”.
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Released album “Bravo - José Carreras! Seine Welterfolge”.
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Released album “Aida”.
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And 1989 and singing with Montserrat Caballé in Medea (Mérida, Spain 1989) and in the world premiere of Balada's Cristóbal Colón (Barcelona, 1989)
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1987· 5 entries
Awarded Catalan Disc of the Year Award (1987).
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Released album “Werther”.
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Released album “Manon Lescaut”.
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Released album “Cançó d'amor i de guerra”.
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Released album “La forza del destino”.
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1986· 4 entries
Released album “Merry Christmas”.
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Released album “Simon Boccanegra”.
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Portrayed the 19th century Spanish tenor Julián Gayarre in Romanza Final (The Final Romance) and in 1987, he started working on a film version of La bohème directed by Luigi Comencini
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Released album “Opera Arias”.
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1985· 2 entries
Won Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (1985).
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Released album “Requiem”.
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1984· 3 entries
Won Gold Medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia (1984).
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Released album “Messa di Gloria”.
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Released album “You Belong to My Heart”.
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1983· 2 entries
Released album “Carmen”.
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Released album “Ave Maria”.
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1982· 2 entries
Released album “La Périchole (Plasson)”.
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Released album “Granada”.
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1981· 1 entry
Released album “José Carreras: Verdi · Donizetti · Rossini”.
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1977· 1 entry
Released album “José Carreras canta Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Mercadante, Ponchielli”.
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1975· 1 entry
Released album “Thaïs”.
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1974· 1 entry
As Cavaradossi in Tosca; and La Scala, Milan in 1975, as Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera
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1973· 1 entry
As Rodolfo; the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company in 1973, as Alfredo in La traviata; the Vienna Staatsoper in 1974, as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto; London's Royal Opera House in 1974, as Alfredo; the New York Metropo
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1971· 3 entries
Made his international debut in a concert performance of Maria Stuarda in London's Royal Festival Hall, again with Caballé singing the title role
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Carreras married Mercedes Pérez
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In José Carreras: A Life Story, he said that "even now, every time I go on stage, I always, always, have a quick thought for her." In 1971 Carreras married Mercedes Pérez.
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1951· 1 entry
His family emigrated to Argentina in search of a better life
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1946· 1 entry
Born 1946-12-05.
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