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José Carreras

Spanish tenor (born 1946)

In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Carreras and the second or maternal family name is Coll; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".

José Carreras
Carreras performing at the World Economic Forum in 2011
Born	Josep Maria Carreras Coll (1946-12-05) 5 December 1946 (age 78) Barcelona, Spain
Nationality	Spanish Argentine
Occupation	Opera singer (tenor)
Years active	1954–present
Spouses	Mercedes Pérez (m. 1971; div. 1992) Jutta Jäger (m. 2006; sep. 2011)
Children	2

Josep Maria Carreras Coll (Catalan:[ʒuˈzɛbməˈɾi.əkəˈreɾəsˈkɔʎ];^[a] born 5 December 1946), better known as José Carreras (, Spanish:[xoˈsekaˈreɾas]), is a Catalan operatic tenor from Spain who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.^[1]

Born in Barcelona, he made his debut on the op

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José Carreras is one of the most famous tenors of the 20^th century.

Born in Sants on Dec. 5, 1946, the tenor noted in his autobiography that he was obsessed with Mario Lanza in “The Great Caruso” and this amplified his interest in singing. He started voice studies early on and at age eight, he was taking lessons at Barcelona’s Municipal Conservatory. At age 11, he debuted at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Manuel de Falla’s “El Retablo de Maese Pedro” as the boy soprano.

Even though he continued studying music, he actually entered the University of Barcelona to study chemistry but left after two years to concentrate on his art.

In 1970, he sang in “Norma” at the Liceu as Flavio and captured the attention of soprano Montserrat Caballé. She invited him to sing Gennaro in “Lucrezia Borgia” that December of 1970.

A year later, he made his international debut at the Royal Festival Hall in London in “Maria Stuarda,” also with Caballé. In 1971 he also won the first prize in the Voci Verdiane competition and in 1972 h

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José Carreras: 1946—: Opera Singer

In the mid-1980s some observers began to notice that Carreras was showing fatigue, both vocally and in his overall demeanor. At first his problems were chalked up to his grueling schedule, but on July 15, 1987, Carreras was diagnosed with acute lymphocitic leukemia and given a one-in-ten chance of survival. The singer underwent a year of chemotherapy and bone marrow surgery, and even after these treatments were successful, many observers doubted that he would ever return to his previous vocal level. A crowd of 150,000 turned out to hear Carreras return to the stage in Barcelona in July of 1988, a concert the singer described as his second debut. "It was the most incredible, the most touching moment in my life," he told Billboard. His first few concerts that summer put an end to any doubts about his voice, which was darkened but undiminished.

One positive outcome of Carreras's ordeal was that top tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo, previously considered Carreras's rivals, became his friends. He told the UNESCO Courier, "When