10/11/02- José Carreras in Carnegie Hall


Appearances/Carnegie Hall, New York

CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS TENOR JOSÉ CARRERAS AND THE ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11 AT 8:00 PM
Program Includes Luciano Berio’s Arrangement of Manuel de Falla’s Seven Spanish Popular Songs

Tenor José Carrerasappears with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, conducted by David Giménez, at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, October 11 at 8:00 PM. The program features Manuel de Falla’s Seven Spanish Popular Songs, as arranged for voice and orchestra by Luciano Berio, in addition to other works by Falla. The concert will also include works by Giuseppe Verdi, Pasquale Mario Costa, Leonard Bernstein, Enrico Toselli, Stanislas Gastaldon, Jeronimo Giménez, Simeon José Serrano, andJosé Ribas. (Complete program is listed below.)

José Carreras
Tenor José Carreras made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1972 with the Opera Orchestra of New York as Oronte in Verdi’s I Lombardi . A native of Barcelona, his performances in 1970 at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Nabucco and Lucrezia Borgia ignited his professional career. In 1974, Mr. Carreras made his Metropolitan Opera and Munich Opera debuts in Tosca , as well as his London Royal Opera House debut in La Traviata . He has received numerous awards, including an Emmy Award, a Grand Prix du Disque, The Luigi Illica Prize, and a Grammy Award, and is an honorary member of the Vienna Staatsoper and the London Royal Academy of Music. In addition to his performance schedule, Mr. Carreras has served as Musical Director of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and is founder and director of the José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation, an organization based in Barcelona with branches in the United States, Switzerland, and Germany.

David Giménez
This concert marks the Carnegie Hall debut of David Giménez. Born in Barcelona, Maestro Giménez began his musical training at the Conservatorio del Gran Teatre del Liceu, and furthered his studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna with Professor Österreicher and with Sir Colin Davis at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1999, Maestro Giménez made his American debut with the Fort Worth Opera in Tosca and returned the following year to conduct a performance of Madame Butterfly . He debuted at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu in June 2000, conducting Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s rarely performed opera, Sly , which starred José Carreras. Other past engagements include performances of Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène in Las Palmas, La Bohème at the Portland Opera, Faust at the Baltimore Opera, and performances by the London Symphony at the Royal Albert Hall. This summer, Maestro Giménez conducted the English Chamber Orchestra at London’s Hampton Court Palace Festival. Recent recordings include Sly (the Barcelona performance) on the Koch Schwann label and a CD entitled My Romance with José Carreras.

Orchestra of St. Luke’s
Founded in 1979, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs a repertoire spanning from Baroque to contemporary. The ensemble evolved from the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, which was established in 1974 at the historic Church of Saint Luke in the Fields in New York’s Greenwich Village. The members of the orchestra, most of whom have performed with it since its inception, are soloists, chamber musicians, and/or principals of other distinguished ensembles and orchestras. In May 2001, the Orchestra announced Donald Runnicles as its third Principal Conductor. Former Music Directors Sir Charles Mackerras and Sir Roger Norrington return to lead the Orchestra in performances at Carnegie Hall on December 2, 2001 and April 18, 2002, respectively. Other 2001-2002 performances include a production of the Cirque Orchestra at City Center; the Carnegie Hall Choral Workshop concert with Sir André Previn on January 12, 2002; a concert version of Richard Rodgers’ Carousel with Leonard Slatkin at Carnegie Hall on June 6, 2002; and summer concerts at Caramoor. The Orchestra performs and conducts residency activities at the University of Illinois, Cornell University, and at Bushnell Auditorium in Hartford. Its discography consists of over 70 recordings, including two Grammy-award winning releases for Nonesuch — John Adams’ Nixon in China and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville : Summer of 1915 with Dawn Upshaw.

Thursday, October 11 at 8:00 PM
JOSÉ CARRERAS, Tenor
ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S
David Giménez, Conductor
Carnegie Hall Debut

PASQUALE MARIO COSTA Luna Nova
PASQUALE MARIO COSTA Era di Maggio
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Overture from Candide
ENRICO TOSELLI Serenata
STANISLAS GASTALDON Musica proibita , Op. 5
GIUSEPPE VERDI Overture to I vespri siciliani
GIUSEPPE VERDI Brindisi
GIUSEPPE VERDI L'esule
MANUEL DE FALLA Interlude and Dance No. 1 from La vida breve
MANUEL DE FALLA Seven Spanish Popular Songs (version for voice and orchestra by Luciano Berio)
JERONIMO GIMÉNEZ Intermezzo from La boda de Luis Alonso
SIMEON JOSÉ SERRANO Alma de Dios: Canción húngara
JOSÉ RIBAS Rosó

Ticket Information
Single tickets, priced at $29, $47, $58, $89, $117, and $127, go on sale Monday, September 10 at the Carnegie Hall Box Office, 154 West 57^th Street. They also may be charged to major credit cards by calling CarnegieCharge at (212) 247-7800 or purchased online at the Carnegie Hall web site, www.carnegiehall.org. Subscriptions are currently available by calling CarnegieCharge.

In addition, a limited number of partial-view seats, priced at $10, will be available every Saturday at 11:00 AM for all Carnegie Hall Corporation presentations taking place in Isaac Stern Auditorium the following Sunday through Saturday, excluding Carnegie Hall Family Concerts and gala events. These $10 tickets are available to the general public on a first-come, first-served basis at the Carnegie Hall Box Office only, with a two-ticket limit per customer.

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