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Josep Carreras

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Barcelona, ​​1946. The tenor will be 75 years old in December and is still on stage.

The last time was a few days ago at Icónica Sevilla Fest, with Sara Baras.

They are now claiming both from Japan to repeat this show.

Tenors never retire? Well, it's up to us all. But if one has a true vocation, the public still accepts it and it moves you to go on stage to constantly thank everything you have received, because it continues until you think that, perhaps yes, the time has come to be with my grandchildren But, for the moment, he's not going to hang up ... The vocal cords? [Laughs]. No, but my retirement is coming. I'm going to sing one or two more years, I don't think it will go from there. But with all the enthusiasm. At the age of 8, he made his first performance on the radio. Was he a child prodigy? I sang an opera by Falla in '58 at the Liceo de Barcelona. I was barely 11 years old. It debuted later, in 1970, in Barcelona in an opera starring Montserrat Caballé. support,She gave me advice and I was lucky to make my debut with her in Barcelona. During the following years, we sang in many opera productions around the world: in Vienna, at La Scala in Milan, at the Metropolitan ... Also in concerts and recordings. For me, it has always been a party to have been able to go on stage with Montserrat, he has toured the best stages in the world, he has a fan club in Japan, England, the United States ... How do you get this? television and new technologies, a series of things that 40 years ago were impossible are more available to fans. That makes us perhaps more popular now. Did you become a prophet in your land? Do you think I'm a prophet in my land? I cannot complain at all. I have always felt very well received and highly respected by the Spanish public. He was one of the three tenors,together with Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo, in a golden age of lyric that seems to be gone. Lyric will have a golden age as long as the singers are the architects of it. As in other artistic or sports activities, it depends on the quality of what is offered to the public.When he was at the peak of his career, at the age of 40, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Did you manage to extract any lessons? A person who goes through such hard times: eleven months of treatment, hospitals, chemotherapy ... and is lucky enough to win the battle, obviously one feels lucky and privileged. It makes you mature and understand that it is not only the career, but that there are more important things in life, such as family, friends, trying to give a hand to people who need it. This is what I have tried to do since then.He created a foundation that everyone has turned to. We have a foundation that is in Barcelona, ​​where it was created, and also in the United States, Germany and Switzerland. We are doing, without any arrogance, a magnificent job, together with the scientific world and other types of activities that help in the fight against this disease.With the pandemic we have seen the importance of science, but governments continue to skimp on resources for the Without the intention of defending anyone, but even in the richest countries, such as the United States, Germany or Japan, state funds do not reach according to what type of research, not only for leukemia, but for other scientific topics. It is the private initiatives, with determination and determination, that help to alleviate this deficit of the public administrations.The dialogue table between the Government of Pedro Sánchez and the Catalan has just opened. Are you optimistic? I hope that the two parties will find a solution, both for Catalonia and for the rest of Spain. Will Catalonia ever achieve its independence? I don't know. Would you like it? I prefer not to talk about this issue. Please respect me. Well, let's talk about your show with Sara Baras, will it have continuity? We don't know. In Japan they want us to go, but it is complicated by displacement in the current situation. Sara is a wonderful artist and, as a person, she is better, if possible. Years ago we did concerts of this type and I am delighted to have repeated it in Seville. It is an extraordinarily positive and very sincere performance.both for Catalonia and for the rest of Spain. Will Catalonia ever achieve its independence? I don't know. Would you like it? I prefer not to talk about this topic. Please respect me. Well, let's talk about your show with Sara Baras, will it have continuity? We don't know. In Japan they want us to go, but it is complicated by displacement in the current situation. Sara is a wonderful artist and, as a person, she is better, if possible. Years ago we did concerts of this type and I am delighted to have repeated it in Seville. It is an extraordinarily positive and very sincere performance.both for Catalonia and for the rest of Spain. Will Catalonia ever achieve its independence? I don't know. Would you like it? I prefer not to talk about this topic. Please respect me. Well, let's talk about your show with Sara Baras, will it have continuity? We don't know. In Japan they want us to go, but it is complicated by displacement in the current situation. Sara is a wonderful artist and, as a person, she is better, if possible. Years ago we did concerts of this type and I am delighted to have repeated it in Seville. It is an extraordinarily positive and very sincere performance.In Japan they want us to go, but it is complicated by displacement in the current situation. Sara is a wonderful artist and, as a person, she is better, if possible. Years ago we did concerts of this type and I am delighted to have repeated it in Seville. It is an extraordinarily positive and very sincere performance.In Japan they want us to go, but it is complicated by displacement in the current situation. Sara is a wonderful artist and, as a person, she is better, if possible. Years ago we did concerts of this type and I am delighted to have repeated it in Seville. It is an extraordinarily positive and very sincere performance.

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