Carlos Álvarez (baritone) facts for kids
Carlos Álvarez was born in 1966 in Málaga, Spain. He is a famous Spanish baritone singer. A baritone is a male singer with a voice that is lower than a tenor but higher than a bass.
Carlos Álvarez has had a very successful international opera career since the early 1990s. He has won important awards for his music. His recording of the main role in Isaac Albéniz's Merlin won a Latin Grammy Award in 2001. He also won a Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording in 2006 for his role as Ford in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff.
A Star on Stage
Carlos Álvarez first performed on stage in 1990. This was at Madrid's Teatro de la Zarzuela. He sang in a show called La del manojo de rosas by Pablo Sorozábal.
Since then, he has sung in many of the world's most famous opera houses. These include:
- La Scala in Italy
- the Royal Opera, London in the UK
- Opéra Bastille in France
- the Vienna State Opera in Austria
- the Metropolitan Opera in the USA
Famous Roles
Carlos Álvarez has played many important characters in operas. Some of his well-known roles include:
- Escamillo in Carmen
- Figaro in The Barber of Seville
- Iago in Otello
- Rodrigo in Don Carlos
- The main roles in Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, and Simon Boccanegra
In 1996, Álvarez performed for the first time at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. He played Germont in La traviata. The famous singer Plácido Domingo was the conductor for this show.
He has returned to the Met many times to sing in operas by Verdi. He played the Count Di Luna in Il trovatore in 2002. He also sang Renato in Un ballo in maschera in 2005. In 2006, he was the Miller in Luisa Miller. He also played the main characters in Rigoletto (2006) and Macbeth (2008).
In 2003, Carlos Álvarez received Spain's Premio Nacional de Música. This is a very important award for music in Spain. He continues to perform in major opera productions around the world. For example, he sang the role of Iago in Otello for the Royal Opera in December 2019.
Images for kids
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Álvarez performing at the Salzburg Festival in 2008
