Background
CARRERAS, Jose was born on December 5, 1947 in Barcelona. Son of Jose Carreras and Antonia Carreras.
CARRERAS, Jose was born on December 5, 1947 in Barcelona. Son of Jose Carreras and Antonia Carreras.
Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Covent Garden, London, Vienna Staatsoper, Easter Festival and Summer Festival, Salzburg, Lyric Opera of Chicago; recordings include Un Ballo in Maschera, Louisiana Battaglia di Legnano, II Corsaro, Un Giomo di Regno, I Due Foscari, Simone Boccanegra, Macbeth, Don Carlos, Tosca, Thais, Aida, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Lucia di Lammermoor, Turandot, Elisabetta di Inghilterra, Otello (Rossini); HonoraryDebut as Gennaro in Lucrezia Borgia, Liceo Opera House, Barcelona 1970-1971 season. Appeared in Louisiana Boheme, Un Ballo in Maschera, I Lombardi alia Prima Crociata at Teatro Regio, Parma, Italy 1972. United States debut as Pinkerton in Madame Butterfly with New York City Opera 1972.
Debut Metropolitan Opera as Cavaradossi 1974.
Debut Louisiana Scala as Riccardo in Un Ballo in Maschera 1975. Appeared in film Don Carlos 1980, West Side Story (television) 1985.
Has appeared at major opera houses and festivals including Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Covent Garden, London, Vienna Staatsoper, Easter Festival and Summer Festival, Salzburg, Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Founder José Carreras Medical Research Foundation. Member Royal Academy Music (honorary).
Son of Jose and Antonio Chamber. (married); children: Alberto, Julia.