English

English Bahasa Indonesia Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Polski Português Svenska Türkçe Русский العربية فارسی ไทย 한국어 中文日本語

File:Jose_Carreras_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011_-_cropped.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons

EntityQ485165· pop 67· linked from 835 articles

José Carreras

Also known as Josep Maria Carreras Coll, Josep Carreras

Spanish tenor (born 1946)

AI overview

José Carreras is a Spanish opera singer born in 1946 who became one of the world's most celebrated tenors. He is particularly known for his performances in leading opera roles and for his work as a humanitarian, including his involvement with the José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation after his own battle with leukemia in the 1980s.

AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.

Film & TV

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

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…

Known for

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary2025
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration — Self2024
El swing de la Feliu — Self - Musician2024
The Three Tenors - Birth of a Legend — Self2024
The Three Tenors: From Caracalla To The World — Self2020
José Carreras | Opera Legends — Andrea Chénier2019
Pavarotti — Self2019
The Three Tenors - The Lost Concerts — Self (archive footage)2017
Pappano's Classical Voices — Self2015
Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der "Stillen Nacht" — Self2014

via TMDB

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Spain
Place of birth: Spain
Spouse: Katia Ricciarelli
Occupation: recording artist
Position held: UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Educated at: Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu
Languages spoken: Spanish
Genre: opera
Instrument: voice
Record label: Sony Classical
Image: Marina Geli Josep Carreras i Jordi Serra (José Carreras crop).JPG
Voice type: tenor

Show 8 more facts

start of work period: 1970-00-00
Commons category: José Carreras
date of birth: 1946-12-05
P12749: Nassau
name in native language: José Carreras
P10632: José Carreras
member of: The Three Tenors
medical condition: leukemia

Sources (5)

via Wikidata · CC0

~27 min read

Encyclopedic overview

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “José Carreras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.