Opera Singer Jose Carreras

Jose Carreras

Living place: Spain

Birthday: 5-12-1946 (78 years old)

Global rank: #40596

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Opera Singer Jose Carreras profile

Who is Opera Singer Jose Carreras?
Opera tenor singer who performed as part of The Three Tenors with Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo.
In 1987, at the height of his career, he announced he had leukemia and he established his own foundation to help find treatments and cures for the diseases, José Carreras Leukemia Foundation.
 
 

Young / Before famous

At the age of eight, he gave his first performance, singing "La Donna e Mobile" on national radio; in 1972 he won the Giuseppe Verdi competition and began touring internationally.

Family life info

He married Mercedes Pérez in 1971; The two had a son in 1971 and a daughter in 1978.

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His group is widely imitated and referenced in pop culture: for example, an American sitcom has been portrayed by Nathan Lane as a Wednesday Tenor.

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When was Opera Singer Jose Carreras born?
Jose Carreras birthday 5-12-1946 (at the age of 78).
Where is Opera Singer Jose Carreras's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Jose Carreras was born in Spain. is a Opera Singer, whose Zodiac is Sagittarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Jose Carreras's global rank is 40596 and whose rank is 47 in list of famous Opera Singer.
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Events in 1946 and 5-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Jose Carreras

  • First meeting of United Nations General Assembly opens in London (Jan. 10).
  • League of Nations dissolved (April).
  • Italy abolishes monarchy (June).
  • The Philippines gains independence from the United States (July 4).
  • 12 Nazi leaders (including 1 tried in absentia) are sentenced to hang, 7 imprisoned, and 3 acquitted in the Nuremberg trials (Oct. 1). Background: Defining Genocide
  • Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech warns of Soviet expansion. Background: The Cold War
  • Juan Perón becomes president of Argentina.

Birthday Jose Carreras (5-12) in history

  • Day 5-12 year 1776: The oldest academic honour society in the United States, Phi Beta Kappa, was founded at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
  • Day 5-12 year 1791: The great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart pass away in Vienna, Austria, at age 35.
  • Day 5-12 year 1848: President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
  • Day 5-12 year 1872: Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.
  • Day 5-12 year 1933: The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, was ratified.
  • Day 5-12 year 1955: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.
  • Day 5-12 year 2002: At Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential bid. Lott subsequently resigned his leadership position.
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