José Carreras

Josep Carreras i Coll (born 5 December 1946 in Barcelona, Spain), better known as José Carreras, is a tenor opera singer.

He was born in Sants, which is in neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia.^[1] His family moved to Argentina when he was very young. He started singing at the age of 6, and his first public performance happened when he was 8 years old.

Many years later, when he was in Paris, it turned out that he has leukemia. The long-term medications where successful and he survived from the disease. He established José Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation in Barcelona on July 14, 1988.

Carreras has received many awards both because of his musical and humanitarian work.

José Carreras Media

Carreras backstage at the Royal Albert Hall, December 2001
Marina Geli, Josep Carreras i l'alcade de Badalona Jordi Serra Isern, en un acte de constitució de l'Institut de Recerca contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras el 2010

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References

↑ "Plaque placed by the city of Barcelona on the street where Carreras was born". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-09-06.

[1] "Plaque placed by the city of Barcelona on the street where Carreras was born". Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-09-06.

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