Josep Maria Carreras Coll, better known as José Carreras, is a Spanish operatic tenor who is particularly known for his performances in the operas of Donizetti, Verdi and Puccini.
Carreras performing at the World Economic Forum in 2011
Carreras portraying Julián Gayarre in the film Romanza Final (1986)
Carreras backstage at the Royal Albert Hall, December 2001
Carreras visiting a leukaemia patient on the cover of Amigos de la Fundación, July 2005
El retablo de maese Pedro
El retablo de maese Pedro is a puppet-opera in one act with a prologue and epilogue, composed by Manuel de Falla to a Spanish libretto based on an episode from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. The libretto is an abbreviation of chapter 26 of the second part of Don Quixote, with some lines added from other parts of the work. Falla composed this opera "in devoted homage to the glory of Miguel de Cervantes" and dedicated it to the Princess de Polignac, who commissioned the work. Because of its brief length by operatic standards, its very challenging part for a boy opera performer, and its use of puppets, it is not part of the standard operatic repertoire.
Don Quixote watching Master Peter's puppet show, an illustration by Gustave Doré from Don Quixote, chapter 26, the scene which inspired the work
In scene 6, Don Quixote, convinced that the puppets are real, destroys the puppet theatre. Illustration by Gustave Doré from Don Quixote, chapter 26
