Early years José Carreras



carreras, age 8, in first public performance. spanish national radio, december 1954.


he showed talent music , particularly singing, intensified @ age of 6 when saw mario lanza in great caruso. story recounted in autobiography , numerous interviews after seeing film, carreras sang arias incessantly family, la donna è mobile , locking himself in family s bathroom when became exasperated impromptu concerts. @ point, parents, encouragement of grandfather salvador coll, amateur baritone, found money music lessons him. @ first studied piano , voice magda prunera, mother of 1 of childhood friends, , @ age of 8, started taking music lessons @ barcelona s municipal conservatory.


at age of 8, gave first public performance, singing la donna è mobile accompanied magda prunera on piano, on spanish national radio. recording of still exists , can heard on video biography, josé carreras – life story. on 3 january 1958, @ age of 11, made debut in barcelona s great opera house, gran teatre del liceu, singing boy soprano role of trujamán in manuel de falla s el retablo de maese pedro. few months later, sang last time boy soprano @ liceu in second act of la bohème.


throughout teenage years, continued study music, moving on conservatori superior de música del liceu , taking private voice lessons, first francisco puig , later juan ruax, whom carreras has described artistic father . following advice of father , brother, felt needed back-up career, entered university of barcelona study chemistry, after 2 years left university concentrate on singing.








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