Jose Will square

Jose Will square (as a Catalan Josep Carreras I coll ), born in 1946, is a singer of opera (Ténor) Spanish, famous for its interpretations of works of Verdi and Puccini.

Biography

Born the December 5th 1946 with Barcelona, Jose Carreras made watch of an unquestionable talent for the music as of its more young age, at the time being fascinated by Caruso. Its first public service took place whereas it was old only eight years, singing Gave It E Mobile to the Spanish national radio . At the eleven years age, it occurred in Liceu as male soprano in the role of the narrator in the El retablo of Maese Pedro of Falla then in another role of second plan in the second act of Bohemian the .

Will square studied with the Conservatorio Superior de Música del Liceo. It made its beginnings in Liceu, in the role of Flavio, Norma , at the sides of the famous soprano Montserrat Caballé, who interpreted the “title role”. Cabal having noticed the talent of the young tenor, it worked to make him obtain a leading role in Lucrezia Borgia , of Gaetano Donizetti.

Will square again on the occasion to sing with Montserrat Caballé in 1971, at the time of its London beginnings, in Maria Stuarda , then in about fifteen other productions during the following years.

In 1972, it made its beginnings on an American scene , interpreting the role of Pinkerton in Mrs Butterfly . In 1974, it is with Vienna that it occurred for the first time, in the role of the duke of Mantoue

It was calculated that at the 28 years age, Jose Carreras had already interpreted 24 roles different from “tenor high-speed motorboat” of the lyric repertory.

In 1987, whereas it was at the top of its glory, of the doctors diagnosed an acute leukemia, by leaving him a chance on ten of survival. This disease stopped its career of singer during one happy new year. As of the following year, Jose Carreras created the Jose Carreras International Leukemia Foundation , charitable organization of support for research on the leukemia, to which it is always devoted, while giving, good year, badly year, an about sixty concerts each year in spite of a light transformation of its voice.

In 1990, hundreds of million televiewers of the whole world could see and intend the “Three Tenors” to give a concert for the opening of the Football world cup to Rome. This concert, initially intended to collect funds for the foundation Will square, was also the occasion of solemn meeting again between the tenor and his two fellow-members Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo.

In addition to the lyric art (the Beautiful canto), Carreras occurs in the kinds considered to be more “minor”, such as the Zarzuela. It also took part, on scene as in studio, in the Musical comedy West Side Story .

Interpretations

1970, Barcelona: Flavio, in Normalized , of Vincenzo Bellini
1970, Barcelona: Gennaro, in Lucrezia Borgia , of Gaetano Donizetti
1970, Barcelona: Ismaele, in Nabucco , of Giuseppe Verdi
1971, Barcelona: Siebel, in Faust , of Charles Gounod
1971, London: Roberto Tells di Leicester, in Maria Stuarda , of Gaetano Donizetti
1971, Madrid: in Maruxa , of Amadeo Sharp
1971, Minorque: Edgardo di Ravenswood, in Lucia di Lammermoor , of Gaetano Donizetti
1971, Paris: Oronte, in I Lombardi , of Giuseppe Verdi
1971, Prague: Alfredo Germont, in Traviata , of Giuseppe Verdi
1971; Tenerife: It Duca di Mantova, in Rigoletto , of Giuseppe Verdi
1972, Barcelona: Maurizio, in Adriana Lecouvreur , of Francesco Cilèa
1972, Barcelona: in El Giravolt , of Eduardo Toldrá
1972, Barcelona: Rodolfo, in Luisa Miller , of Giuseppe Verdi
1972, London: Faust, in Mefistofele , of Arrigo Boito
1972, London: Gerardo, in Caterina Cornaro , of Gaetano Donizetti
1972, New York: Oronte, in I Lombardi , of Giuseppe Verdi
1972, New York: Pinkerton, in Madama Butterfly , of Giacomo Puccini
1972, Alice Tully Hall, New York: Giocondo knight, in Pietra del Paragone, of Gioacchino Rossini

1972, Parma: Rodolfo, in Bohemian the , of Giacomo Puccini

1972, Parma: Riccardo, in a ballo in will maschera , of Giuseppe Verdi

1972, Toulouse: Gift Carlos, in Gift Carlos , of Giuseppe Verdi

1973, Marseilles: Nemorino, in Elisir of amore , of Gaetano Donizetti

1973, Metropolitan Operated, New York: Mario Cavaradossi, in Tosca , of Giacomo Puccini

1973, Turin: Orombello, in Beatrice di Tenda , of Vincenzo Bellini

1974, Berlin: Viscardo di Benvento, in It Giuramento , of Saverio Mercadante

1974, London' S Royal Operated House, London: Alfredo Germont, in Traviata , of Giuseppe Verdi

1974, Turin: in the Mass of Requiem , Giuseppe Verdi

1975, La Scala, Milan: Riccardo, in a ballo in will maschera , of Giuseppe Verdi

1975, Turin: Gaston, in Jerusalem , of Giuseppe Verdi

1977, Aix-en-Provence: Roberto Devereux, in Roberto Devereux , of Gaetano Donizetti

1977, Milan: Gift Carlo, in Gift Carlos , of Giuseppe Verdi

1978, Hamburg: Ein Sänger, in Der Rosenkavalier , of Richard Strauss

1978, Milan: Gift Alvaro, in the Force of the destiny ( Forza del Destino ) of Giuseppe Verdi

1978, San Francisco: Werther, in Werther , of Jules Massenet

1979, Barcelona: Andre Chénier, in Andrea Chénier , of Umberto Giordano

1979, Geneva: Enzo Grimaldo, in Gioconda , of Amilcare Ponchielli

1979, Salzburg: Radamès, in Helped , of Giuseppe Verdi

1981, Vienna: Éléazar, in Jewish the , of Jacques Halévy

1982, Madrid: Gift Jose, in Carmen , of Georges Bizet

1983, Barcelona: Romeo, in Romeo and Juliette, of Charles Gounod
1983, Barcelona: Jean, in Hérodiade , of Jules Massenet
1983, London: Manrico, in It Trovatore , of Giuseppe Verdi
1983, Vienna: Calaf, in Turandot , of Giacomo Puccini
1984, Vienna: Gabriele Adorno, in Simon Boccanegra , of Giuseppe Verdi
1986, Madrid: Canio, in It Pagliacci , of Ruggiero Leoncavallo
1986, Vienna: Poliuto, in Poliuto , of Gaetano Donizetti
1989, Barcelona: Cristobal, in Cristobal Colonist , of Leonardo Trotted
1989, Merida: Giasone, in Medea , of Luigi Cherubini
1990, Peralada: Samson, in Samson and Dalila , of Camille Saint-Saëns
1992, Zurich: It Tells Loris Ipanoff, in Fedora , of Umberto Giordano
1993, London: Stiffelio, in Stiffelio , of Giuseppe Verdi
1998, Zurich: Sly, in Sly , of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

List nonexhaustive.

Filmed operas

1982 : Rodolfo, in Bohemian the , opera in Italian of Giacomo Puccini, on a booklet of Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, realized by Kirk Browning with the collaboration of Franco Zeffirelli (decorations and direction of scene), turned for television with the Metropolitan Operated New York;

1983 : Kalaf, in Turandot , opera in Italian of Giacomo Puccini, on a booklet of Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni, realized by Rodney Greenberg for Austrian television;

1984 : Oronte, in I Lombardi went PRIMA crociata (1984, Broad Brian) , opera in Italian of Giuseppe Verdi, on a booklet of Temistocle Solera, carried out by Broad Brian for Italian television;

1985 : Andrea Chénier, in Andrea Chénier , opera in Italian of Umberto Giordano, on a booklet of Luigi Illica, carried out by Broad Brian for Italian television;

1985 : Juan, in Hérodiade , opera in French of Jules Massenet, on a booklet of Henry Grémont and Paul Milliet according to Gustave Flaubert, realized for Spanish television (nonknown realizer);

1986 : Gift Carlo, in Gift Carlo , opera in Italian of Giuseppe Verdi, on a booklet of Camille of Locle according to Friedrich Schiller, realized and directed by Herbert von Karajan, turned for televisions German and Austrian with the Opera of Salzburg;

1987 : Gift Jose, in Carmen , opera in French of Georges Bizet, on a booklet of Ludovic Halévy and Henri Meilhac according to Prosper Mérimée, realized by Broad Brian for American television, turned with the Metropolitan Operated New York;

1988 : Rodolfo (voice, the physical role being held by another actor, because of the disease of Will square), in Bohemian the , opera in Italian of Giacomo Puccini, on a booklet of Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, realized by Luigi Comencini for the cinema;

1989 : Giasone, in Medea , opera in Italian of Luigi Cherubini, on a booklet of François-Benoit Hoffman according to Euripide and Pierre Corneille, realized by Jose Pavon for Spanish television;

1993 : Stiffelio, in Stiffelio , opera in Italian of Giuseppe Verdi, on a booklet of Francesco Maria Piave, carried out by Broad Brian for British television.

See too

External bonds

not-official Site devoted to Jose Will square
Fiche “Jose Carreras” on Internet Movie Database

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