What is José Carreras?
[[File:Jose Carreras - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 - cropped.jpg|right|thumb|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bcn.es/sants-montjuic/imatges/carrers/galileu/placa_carreras.jpg |title=Plaque placed by the city of Barcelona on the street where Carreras was born |access-date=2007-09-06 |archive-date=2007-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926052016/http://www.bcn.es/sants-montjuic/imatges/carrers/galileu/placa_carreras.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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. ==Related pages== * [[Luciano Pavarotti]] * [[Plácido Domingo]] * [[Andrea Bocelli]] == References == {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carreras, Jose}} [[Category:1946 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:Spanish opera singers]] [[Category:Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] [[Category:Musicians from Barcelona]] [[Category:Spanish singers]] [[Category:Tenors]]