José Carreras & Friends - A Royal Gala Evening (1991)

From the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
#JoséCarreras & friends conducted by #JacquesDelacôte
José Carreras - tenor
Katia Ricciarelli - soprano
Agnes Baltsa - mezzosoprano
Ruggero Raimondi - bass-baritone
Amanda Smith - violin
London Arts Orchestra
Jacques Delacôte - conductor
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2:35 Bernstein - Overture from “Candide”
7:09 Leoncavallo - La Mattinata
10:03 Bizet - Seguidilla from "Carmen"
12:28 Puccini - O mio babbino caro from "Gianni Schicci"
17:05 Gounod - Mephistopheles Serenade from "Faust"
20:55 Mascagni - Intermezzo from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
24:36 Mascagni - Tu qui, Santuzza? from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
35:30 Massenet - Dance: Castillane from "Le Cid"
38:43 Massenet - Dance: Madrilene from "Le Cid"
40:50 Massenet - Pourquoi me reveiller? from "Werther"
44:05 Catalani - Ebben? Ne andro lonatana from "La Wally"
48:33 Theodorakis arr. Ortega - To Treno Fevgi Stis Okto
52:48 Tosti - L'Ultima Cazone
57:24 Massenet - Meditation from "Thais"
1:03:24 Mascagni - Voi lo sapete, o mamma from "Cavalleria Rusticana"
1:08:05 Rossini - Oh che muso, che figura! from "L'Italiana in Algeri"
1:12:49 Bernstein - Tonight from "West Side Story"
1:15:13 Lara arr. Ballota - Granada
1:21:15 Verdi - Brindisi from "La Traviata"
A Royal Gala Evening in the presence of TRH Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, starring Jose Carreras with Agnes Baltsa, Katia
Ricciarelli and Ruggero Raimondi. Accompanied by the London Arts Orchestra, conductor Jacques Delacôte and assistant conductor Paul Christ, the evening is a blend of operatic arias, duets and popular songs.
This glittering event is being staged in aid of The José Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation. The aims of the foundation, set up by Carreras, are to channel funds directly into research and to the setting up of scholarships to enable scientists to devote their entire energies to fighting this serious disease.
All proceeds from both the evening itseif and sales of this television presentation go to the Foundation.
In addition to the occasion's royal patrons, the patrons of honour are Their Excellencies the Ambassadors of America, Greece, Italy, Japan, USSR, Spain and Switzerland. Other patrons are Sir Colin Davis, Denny Dayviss, Dame Alicia Markova DBE, Janet Suzman and Sir John Tooley.
The Producer and Presenter on stage is Alan Sievewright.

[@bethfiori4708]

Baltsa and Carreras are so expressive, you can sense the heartbreak of betrayal in the duet without even knowing the plot. Magnificent.

[@angelaspocci7528]

Carissima Katia quante volte ti ho ascoltato ed applaudito; i tuoi filati, la tua voce "angelo" sono inimitabili e riconoscibile fra mille. Quest'aria pare dipinta e scritta per le tue corde vocali ed interpretative.

[@silvanosalvucci]

We love CARRERAS

[@angelaspocci7528]

La signorilità del canto di JOSE' CARRERAS è incomparabile con qualsiasi altra voce del passato e del presente. Non credo che nascerà mai più un tenore di tale e tante qualità vocali ed interpretative.

[@vasileguran7102]

Totuși eu sper , ca Dumnezeu să Ne ajute ! ❤

[@CristinaMartinez-eb1yg]

😂😂😂😂😂❤❤ Hermoso. Espectacular💐💐💐💐💐😍🤩🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘 Bellísimoooo

[@emitch9213]

Way to go, Maestro Raimondi! ❤🌹

[@anetamaftei4460]

Magnifici!

[@NestorSigalesnestor]

Baltza ha protagonizado, la mejor opera "Carmen", que yo he escuchado. A la ves excelente, se le suma su condicion actoral y su manejo de la escena y su belleza innegable. Gracias.

[@novacasaconfianca210]

Love, Love.,.....love ! Thanks

[@albertmas3752]

Amazing concert and amazing ending to it. Not only for their superb skills also for their incredible professionalism. With less skilled artists that finale would ruin what was a great concert but they improvised, and turned the situation into something hilarious in a way Peter Sellers would be proud of.

[@angelaspocci7528]

Il più straordinario è, rimane e rimarrà sempre JOSE' CARRERAS. La sua suadente voce, leggermente velata sempre di una profonda "nota melanconica2 ed un porgere ineguagliabile lo rende uno fra i più grandi tenori di tutto il melodramma di tutti i tempi.

[@JaneUK]

This was the first opera music I ever bought and I still love it. I know it so well i have even used this concert to compare and choose music systems over the years. Agnes Baltsa started me on a love of opera and I still hold her highest of all in my heart.

[@carolann5338]

Jose Carreras you are the best tenor in the world.......and believe me I have heard many of them...... God bless you..... stay well.......!!!!!!!!!

[@angelaspocci7528]

A buon titolo Katia Ricciarelli venne a suo tempo definita "voce d'Angelo", ho avuto l'onore di averla spessissimo in compagnia e il suo timbro è sempre stato inconfondibile. Spiccava su tutti e lasciava tutti attoniti per bellezza di voce e per bellezza di canto, nonché aveva un volto "di porcellana"!

[@nataliatimacheva2432]

Спасибо за прекрасную возможность прикоснуться к прекрасному!!!! Браво! Брависсимо!!!

[@ЛарисаПриставко]

Какая прелесть!!!!Браво,Браво, МАЭСТРО!!!С любовью!!!

[@ЛарисаПриставко]

Как красиво звучит оркестр! С уважением!

[@ЛарисаПриставко]

Вот она красота классической музыки!!!Прекрасен дуэт!!! С любовью к ВАМ, МАЭСТРО!!!

[@angelaspocci7528]

Carissimo Ruggero questa è una canzone che ho su un CD e credo presto dovrò comprarne un altro per le tante volte che l'ho ascoltata che ormai è praticamente rovinata.In questi giorni di "arresti domiciliari" è una delle musiche che maggiormente mi fa compagnia.

[@thegreatagnesbaltsa3948]

31:15 1:11:06 1:06:40 1:08:35 See the method acting of Frau Agnes Baltsa. It makes me believe the existence of connection, the interrelationship between the artist and audiences. And how wide the spectrum of her expression is .. Thank you thank you thank you for sharing this treasure. Agnes Baltsa is so amazing here that i'm trapped in this video. Can't go to sleep.. Almost crying with happiness...!

[@AD-cl2dt]

Her rendition of To Treno fevgi stis okto is AMAZING

[@arnoldamaral7406]

SUCH a great ARTIST our Agnes 💙

[@peterdevita6308]

God Bless you JOSE CARRERAS; Thanks for all the magnificent music at the MET and on CD.; Special thanks for all those great early Verdi recordings that were hardly known wheb you recorded them with your peers: Katia; Christina and more!

[@katef6154]

Fabulous concert loved every minute

[@denisej4813]

Thank you so much for sharing this video. I'd been a fan of José Carreras for several years but had almost given up hope of hearing him live in concert, first of all due to his terrible illness in 1987, then several concerts in London came and went without me being able to attend for various reasons. But I was lucky enough to get a ticket for this performance - what a night! Mind you, it was held in February and London had experienced some of its most atrocious weather for several years in the days leading up to the concert, with heavy snow and ice, and I was in a perpetual state of panic for several days, fearing that it might be called off, or that transport difficulties would prevent my being there. In the end all turned out well, and my abiding memories are of how José sounded exactly the same as he did on his recordings and how it really felt like he was singing to me, and me alone, all evening. It is such a joy to be able to relive the wonderful memories of that night 26 years ago.

[@luismanuel-tena]

Denise J Good for you. I was there in 2003 for a Carreras recital. He was not vocally the same anymore we all know why but passion was there untouched. Really enjoyed.

[@marcela21884]

@@luismanuel-tena Carreras will always be Carreras, no matter what...

[@luismanuel-tena]

Marcela castaño Nobody said otherwise!

[@operafanraimondi4293]

Gratissimo !! Amei ,adoro Ruggero Raimondi !

[@andrewbasile1847]

We do not often hear much about Katia Ricciarelli who had a beautiful voice but a short career. It is said that she had an ongoing relationship with Carreras while he was married. I pass no judgment as life happens and we cannot speak intelligently about what we did not experience ourselves. However because of this relationship she took on roles opposite Carreras that were difficult, too big, or not well timed for the proper stage of development of her voice. As Carreras was close to Montserrat Caballe, a devout Catholic, Caballe did her best to convince Carreras to end the relationship. However it continued resulting in Ricciarelli doing damage to her voice causing it to become small and thin without the necessary push to reach the volume or the notes that are essential to a world class diva. It is an unfortunate series of events as her voice was not only beautiful but had a delicate and fragile tone so important to many of the roles of the soprano in opera and in fact she had many of the qualities that Caballe possessed who Riccharelli admired greatly. Unfortunately she would never achieve the combination of the light pianissimo that contrasted with an Earth shattering volume that became Caballe's hallmark. I have many of Ricciarelli's recordings which are now no longer released and I marvel at her delicacy and purity of tone.

[@alejandrotm]

Actually, José Carreras had already undertook roles too heavy for him by partnering on stage with Caballé due to sharing the same manager (Caballé's brother) and damaged his voice himself even before leukaemia got him, so if Katia Ricciarelli may have taken roles alongside Carreras, relatively heavy roles in lieu of Caballé, they were both wrong to sing them probably. If Ricciarelli made this mistake because of her love affair with Carreras, it's a shame she submitted to him professionally in addition to be "the mistress" while Carreras was married.

[@andrewbasile1847]

@@alejandrotm Yes, I could definately see that. He should have been more cautious with Richiarelli. It is amazing how much influence Caballe had on both of them. Because of Caballe's incredible pianissimo she could hold a high note that diminished in volume to the point of almost disappearing. However her voice was also powerful and could blast buildings apart. It is at full volume in a recording of Andrea Cheniere with Pavarotti where the finale duet is at an unbelievable volume as they were well matched (if not competing). While I have never been a big fan of Carreras because he tried to be much to be bigger than he actually was. His voice often felt dry and stretched at important moments. I think he pushed himself too far to be on par with Caballe and others. Interestingly you can detect the influence Caballe had on Richarelli who began to use the pianissimo in similar ways. Her voice suffered because of both of them, and became thin and small albeit still beautiful.

[@alejandrotm]

@@andrewbasile1847 shame Ricciarelli tried to emulate Caballé, that's never the way in lyric, imitations are just for fun, she should've stayed herself even if that meant lighter roles, same as Carreras, who may have restored his voice after leukaemia if he hadn't spoiled it already 😖😖

[@nosehook324]

Tolles Concert !!

[@mohsenarambon]

Thank you

[@ОльгаПерфильева-ж5с]

на одном дыхании и чтобы не заканчивалось

[@XIIIRaphael]

omg Baltza as Vioretta amazing!

[@chatbud]

Thank goodnes for Agnes Baltsa. She is reason enough to attend this concert.

[@mariarosasandiyu5885]

Maravillosa orquesta magnificas voces y uns violinista que me hace.sentir la belleza de ls musica y gran admiracion por los autores y creadores de estas piezas muicales verdaderos benefactores de ls humanidad gracias gracias

[@ЛюдмилаЧеботарева-я6в]

BRAVO

[@angelaspocci7528]

Certamente il pubblico di molti teatri nel mondo ti hanno amato e che ti amano alla follia, ma sappi che sei rimasto nel cuore del pubblico di Parma (e soprattutto in quello del loggione) che ancora ti rimpiange come in nessun altro luogo al mondo!

[@operafanraimondi4293]

E é claro Carreras ,Ricciarelli e Baltsa os amo !

[@vasileguran7102]

😂❤FELICIȚĂRII

[@manuelsantanalopez6329]

Excelente música !

[@clefnoteproductions6695]

The Brindisi was the highlight of the program! So funny, but in a good way

[@angelaspocci7528]

Credo che Massent nello scrivere il Werter già sapeva che tu lo avresti cantato; pare scritto per te e per Alfredo Kraus; nessun altro tenore al mondo può neppure avvicinarsi a tale impalpabile partitura! Struggente e potente nel medesimo tempo, ma densa e penetrante! Fa breccia in ciascun animo umano purché da VOI e SOLO da VOI eseguita!

[@3618mama]

Köszönőm csodálatos.

[@ramonelmallorquin3581]

Es una lastima que los jóvenes no quieran oír música clásica , les sorprenderia por su belleza

[@angelaspocci7528]

Caro Josè è proprio così che si canta il Werther! L'altro tenore a cui riconosco tale e tanta intensità è solamente Alfredo Kraus.

[@angelaspocci7528]

…. ma come è possibile cantare GRANADA in tal modo? Soltanto JOSE' CARRERAS può tanto!

[@angelaspocci7528]

Agnes Baltsa una CARMEN che rasenta quasi la perfezione. Peccato che mai sono riuscita a scritturarla!

[@peterdevita6308]

LA MEDITATION from Massenet's THAIS has to rank as one of the great intermezzos in all of opera. It's glorious. Its themes are used at the end of the opera as THAIS is dying with the monk ATHANAEL by her side as she sings out that the skies are opening up to her.

[@gustavometz]

Oh che musso duetto was messed up at the end. That’s why they laughed, I think was under-rehearsed as Italiana in Algeri was stock repertoire for both Baltsa and Raimondi

[@angelaspocci7528]

Caro Josè come canti tu BALLO IN MASCHERA, TOSCA, BOHEME, DON CARLO e CARMEN, per citare solo alcune delle tue più famose interpretazioni, NON ESISTE ALTRO TENORE AL MONDO, neppure Carlo Bergonzi!

[@jorgezavala1714]

Quien me ayuda a encontrar el video en el que los dos los interpretan O che muso che figura, Agnes, Pero la version de ellos👏👍 Quiero esa interpretacion

[@MrFABY1966]

Hola el Dúo "O che muso che figura" corresponde a la Ópera L'Italiana in Algeri de Gioachino Rossini, el dúo esta escrito de esa manera, cualquier versión que encuentres debe estar cantado así, porque así está escrito por el compositor y depende la actuación de los cantados, para ver si resultan graciosos o no, la mayoría lo son, por supuesto.

[@MariaDelGaudio-e3h]

😮

[@ramonelmallorquin3581]

Me gustaría que alguna vez se conozcan José Carreras y Dimash Kudaiberguen , podría cantar com cualquiera de ellos

[@ghisigrutter8917]

come si chiama il direttire d'orchestra?

[@jakeranaudo3006]

When was this filmed?

[@MrPren]

Chissà chi era che fabbricava queste "cofane" alla Katia...

[@Picuasco]

PININFARINA

[@原一-v3y]

カレーラスの動画の中で録音状態が良いものです。

[@MrPren]

Agnes Baltsa ha fatto carriera facendoci credere che mettere le note medio gravi in petto facesse di lei un mezzosoprano...

[@billbloomstine2024]

So Mints mintsiversmintseveris

[@luciennebuchet2116]

J aimed..

[@chatbud]

Carreras' singing here is difficult to appreciate. The singing is not subtle. P sounds F. F sounds FF. The wobble doesn't help...

[@SolomonPlunket]

Please be kind to him. He had just recovered from leukemia.

[@katef6154]

He sounds great to me