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Kaks ooperiajaloo kõige tuntumat nime astuvad järgmisel kevadel üles Tallinnas. José Carreras ja Plácido Domingo – kelle esinemised koos Luciano Pavarottiga kolme tenori nime all tõid ooperini pretsendenditu globaalse publiku – annavad Unibet Arenal 12. märtsil 2027 unustamatu kontserdi. Erikülalisena liitub nendega armastatud Hispaania sopran Sabina Puértolas. Kontserti dirigeerib Barcelonas sündinud David Giménez.Carrera ja Domingo on üle poole sajandi olnud rahvusvahelise ooperi tuntuimad hääled ja tegijad. Nende individuaalsed karjäärid on viinud mehi esinema maailma võimsamatesse ooperimajadesse, kuid nende nimed põimusid omavahel igaveseks kokku aasal 1990, kui nad koos Luciano Pavarottiga kolme tenorina Roomas, Caracallas jalgpalli maailmameistrivõistluste finaalis üles astusid. Esialgu peeti seda ainukordseks sündmuseks, kuid sellest sai hoopis alguse kultuurimaastiku fenomen, millele järgnesid uued kontserdid üle kogu maailma, tutvustades klassikalist laulmist publikule, kes tavapäraselt ooperimajadesse ei jõuagi.
José Carreras on sündinud Barcelonas ning tema erakordne muusikaline talent avaldus juba lapsepõlves. Esimest korda astus ta ooperilaval üles 11aastasena. Carrerase rahvusvaheline karjäär sai hoo sisse 1970ndate alguses ning ta on kehastanud üle 60 rolli, seejuures on teda eriti kiidetud Verdi, Puccini ja Donizetti ooperites. Ta on esinenud juhtivates teatrites, sealhulgas Teatro alla Scala Milanos, Metropolitan Operas New Yorgis, Londoni Kuninglikus Ooperimajas ja Viini Riigiooperis, ning töötanud koos oma aja tähtsamate dirigentide ja lauljatega, nende hulgas Herbert von Karajani ja Montserrat Caballéga.
Plácido Domingo on ehitanud ühe laiahaardelisema karjääri kaasaegses ooperis – ta on laulja, dirigent ja kunstiline juht. Algselt lüürilise spinto-tenorina tuntud muusik sai erilise tunnustuse selliste rollide poolest nagu Cavaradossi ooperis “Tosca”, Don José ooperis “Carmen”, Canio ooperis “Pagliatsod” ja ennekõike Verdi ooperis “Otello”. Hiljem liikus ta oma karjääris baritoni repertuaari poole, lisades oma niigi erakordsele loomingule rolle nagu “Simon Boccanegra”, “Giorgio Germont”, “Nabucco” ja “Macbeth”.
Oma karjääri jooksul on Domingo esitanud rohkem kui 150 erinevat rolli ning linti võtnud rohkem kui 100 täismahus ooperit. Temagi töö ületab traditsioonilise repertuaari piire – 1981. aasta duett koos John Denveriga, mis kandis pealkirja “Perhaps Love”, sai rahvusvaheliseks hitiks, mis aitas tal panna märgi maha kui klassikamaailma tuntumaid piirideüleseid artiste. Domingo on saanud mitmeid Grammy ja Ladina-Ameerika Grammy auhindu, esinenud ooperifilmides, andnud hiiglaslikke teleülekande-kontserte ja esinenud üle kogu maailma.
Carrerase ja Domingo ühine ajalugu ulatub kolme tenori tohutust edust palju kaugemale. Nende esimesele kontserdile Pavarottiga Roomas järgnesid esinemised mõnel maailma suurimal spordi- ja kultuuriüritusel, aidates muuta arusaamu sellest, milline võiks olla ooperikontsert ja kui suureks võiks saada selle publik. Selle avakontserdi salvestusest sai kõigi aegade enimmüüdud klassikaalbum.
Carrerase ja Domingoga liitub Tallinnas hispaania sopran Sabina Puértolas, kes on üks oma põlvkonna juhtivaid esindajaid hispaania lüürikatraditsioonis. Puértolas debüteeris Oscarina 2001. aastal Giuseppe Verdi lavastuses “Un ballo in maschera” Riccardo Muti käe all ning on sellest ajast peale esinenud Londoni Kuninglikus Ooperiteatris, Madridi Teatro Realis, Barcelona Gran Teatre del Liceu's, Pariisis Champs-Élysées' teatris ning ooperimajades üle Euroopa, Ameerika ja Aasia. Tema repertuaar ulatub bel cantost ja Verdist kuni Mozarti, Puccini, Händeli ja traditsioonilise hispaania lüürilis-dramaatilise muusikateatri zarzuelani, mis on ka Domingo üks hingelähedasi žanre.
Möödunud hooajal nimetas Ópera XXI ta parimaks naislauljaks pärast tunnustatud esinemisi, sealhulgas Anna Bolena ja Violetta rollid “La traviatas”. Puértolas on sageli esinenud koos Carrerase ja viimasel ajal Domingoga, samas kui tema side viimasega ulatub tagasi 2003. aastasse, mil ta võitis Domingo Operalia konkursil Zarzuela auhinna.
Tallinna kontsert toob kokku artistid, kelle karjäär ulatub mitme põlvkonna ooperiajaloos: kaks interpreeti, kelle koostöö aitas muuta klassikalisest muusikast üleilmse publikuürituse, ning soprani, kes kannab hispaania lüürikatraditsiooni tänapäeva. Dirigent David Giménez on juhatanud teiste seas Viini Filharmoonikuid, Londoni Sümfooniaorkestrit, Müncheni Filharmoonikuid ja Orchestre de Paris’d ning astunud üles maailma mainekamates kontserdisaalides ja ooperiteatrites.
José Carreras ja Plácido Domingo esinevad Tallinnas Unibet Arenal reedel, 12. märtsil 2027, erikülalisena astub üles Sabina Puértolas. Eelmüük Live Nation Estonia klubiliikmetele algab, 16. septembril kell 10. Üldine piletimüük algab reedel, 18. septembril kell 10 Piletilevi veebis ja müügipunktides.
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Two of the most celebrated names in the history of opera will share a stage in Tallinn next spring. José Carreras and Plácido Domingo, whose performances together with Luciano Pavarotti as the legendary Three Tenors brought opera to an unprecedented global audience, will perform at Unibet Arena on Friday, 12 March 2027. They will be joined by acclaimed Spanish soprano Sabina Puértolas. The concert will be conducted by Barcelona-born David Giménez.
For more than half a century, Carreras and Domingo have been among the defining voices and personalities of international opera. Their individual careers have taken them to the world’s greatest opera houses, but their names became forever intertwined in 1990, when they joined Luciano Pavarotti for the first Three Tenors concert at the Baths of Caracalla in Rome on the eve of the FIFA World Cup final. What was originally conceived as a one-off event became a cultural phenomenon, followed by further concerts around the world and introducing classical singing to an audience far beyond the traditional opera house.
José Carreras, born in Barcelona, showed an extraordinary musical talent from childhood and first appeared on the operatic stage at the age of 11. His international career took off in the early 1970s, and he went on to perform more than 60 roles, becoming especially renowned for the operas of Verdi, Puccini and Donizetti. He appeared at leading houses including Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House in London and the Vienna State Opera, and worked with some of the most important conductors and singers of his era, among them Herbert von Karajan and Montserrat Caballé.
Plácido Domingo has built one of the broadest careers in modern opera as a singer, conductor and arts administrator. Originally celebrated as a lirico-spinto tenor, he became particularly renowned for roles including Cavaradossi in Tosca, Don José in Carmen, Canio in Pagliacci and, above all, Verdi’s Otello. Later in his career he moved into the baritone repertoire, adding roles including Simon Boccanegra, Giorgio Germont, Nabucco and Macbeth to an already exceptional body of work.
Across his career Domingo has performed more than 150 different roles and recorded more than 100 complete operas. His work has also extended far beyond the traditional repertoire: his 1981 duet “Perhaps Love” with John Denver became an international success and helped establish him as one of the classical world’s most recognisable crossover artists. He has received numerous Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards and appeared in opera films, major televised concerts and performances around the world.
Carreras and Domingo’s shared history reaches far beyond the enormous success of the Three Tenors. Their first concert with Pavarotti in Rome was followed by appearances at some of the biggest sporting and cultural events in the world, helping transform perceptions of what an opera concert could be and how large its audience could become. The recording of that inaugural concert became the best-selling classical album of all time.
Joining Carreras and Domingo in Tallinn will be Spanish soprano Sabina Puértolas, one of the leading representatives of her generation in the Spanish lyric tradition. Puértolas made her Teatro alla Scala debut in 2001 as Oscar in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera under Riccardo Muti and has since appeared at the Royal Opera House in London, Teatro Real in Madrid, Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, Theater an der Wien, Arena di Verona and opera houses across Europe, the Americas and Asia. Her repertoire ranges from bel canto and Verdi to Mozart, Puccini, Handel and zarzuela. In the 2024/25 season she was named Best Female Singer by Ópera XXI, following acclaimed performances including Anna Bolena and Violetta in La traviata. Puértolas has performed frequently with Carreras and more recently with Domingo, while her connection with the latter goes back to 2003, when she won the Zarzuela Prize at Domingo’s Operalia competition.
The Tallinn concert brings together artists whose careers span several generations of opera history: two performers whose partnership helped turn classical music into a global mass-audience event, and a soprano carrying the Spanish lyric tradition into the present day. Conductor David Giménez has led orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Münchner Philharmoniker and Orchestre de Paris, appearing at many of the world’s leading concert halls and opera houses.
José Carreras and Plácido Domingo, joined by Sabina Puértolas, will perform at Unibet Arena in Tallinn on Friday, 12 March 2027. Live Nation Estonia presale begins on Wednesday, 16 September at 10:00 local time. General ticket sales begin on Friday, 18 September at 10:00 local time.
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