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| caption = Bros performing in 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1966}}
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|birth_name = Josep Bros i Jiménez
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'''Josep Bros i Jiménez''' (born 1966){{efn|The ''[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana]]'' gives his birth year as 1966.<ref name = "GEC" /> However, it has also been reported as 1967,<ref name = "EP1" /> 1965,<ref name="EFE1" /> and 1960.<ref name = "GSL" />}} and primarily performing under the name '''José Bros''', is a [[Catalans|Catalan]] operatic [[tenor]] particularly known for his performances in the ''[[bel canto]]'' repertoire both on stage and in full-length opera recordings.<ref name = "GEC">''[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana]]''. [http://www.enciclopedia.cat/EC-GEC-0247258.xml "Josep Bros"]. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{ca}}.</ref>
'''Josep Bros i Jiménez''' (born 1966){{efn|The ''[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana]]'' gives his birth year as 1966.<ref name = "GEC" /> However, it has also been reported as 1967,<ref name = "EP1" /> 1965,<ref name="EFE1" /> and 1960.<ref name = "GSL" />}} and primarily performing under the name '''José Bros''', is a [[Catalans|Catalan]] operatic [[tenor]] particularly known for his performances in the ''[[bel canto]]'' repertoire both on stage and in full-length opera recordings.<ref name = "GEC">''[[Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana]]''. [http://www.enciclopedia.cat/EC-GEC-0247258.xml "Josep Bros"]. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{in lang|ca}}.</ref>


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Bros was born in [[Barcelona]] and studied at the [[Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu]] under Jaime Francisco Puig. He won one of the special prizes in the [[Francisco Viñas]] Singing Competition in 1986 and made his debut the following year in [[Palma de Mallorca]] as the tenor soloist in ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]''. His operatic debut came on 15 November 1991 in [[Sabadell]] when he appeared as Don Ottavio in ''[[Don Giovanni]]''. Between 1991 and 1992 he sang in small provincial theatres in [[Catalonia]] where his roles included the Duke of Mantua in ''[[Rigoletto]]'', Fernando in ''[[La favorita]]'' and Nadir in ''[[Les pêcheurs de perles]]''.<ref>[[Francisco Viñas]] Singing Competition. [http://www.liceubarcelona.cat/en/de-1981-1990 Prize winners 1981–1990]. Retrieved 13 October 2017.</ref><ref name="EFE1">Barrigós, Concha/[[EFE]] (17 October 2011). [http://www.publico.es/actualidad/jose-bros-cumple-20-anos.html "José Bros cumple 20 años de carrera con un concierto hecho «desde el corazón»"]. ''[[Público (Spain)|Público]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{es}}.</ref><ref name = "GSL">Kutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (2004). [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&pg=PA608 "Bros, José"]. ''Großes Sängerlexikon'' (4th edition), Vol. 4, p. 608. Walter de Gruyter. {{ISBN|359844088X}} {{icon de}}</ref>
Bros was born in [[Barcelona]] and studied at the [[Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu]] under Jaime Francisco Puig. He won one of the special prizes in the [[Francisco Viñas]] Singing Competition in 1986 and made his debut the following year in [[Palma de Mallorca]] as the tenor soloist in ''[[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]]''. His operatic debut came on 15 November 1991 in [[Sabadell]] when he appeared as Don Ottavio in ''[[Don Giovanni]]''. Between 1991 and 1992 he sang in small provincial theatres in [[Catalonia]] where his roles included the Duke of Mantua in ''[[Rigoletto]]'', Fernando in ''[[La favorita]]'' and Nadir in ''[[Les pêcheurs de perles]]''.<ref>[[Francisco Viñas]] Singing Competition. [http://www.liceubarcelona.cat/en/de-1981-1990 Prize winners 1981–1990] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205052959/http://www.liceubarcelona.cat/en/de-1981-1990 |date=2017-12-05 }}. Retrieved 13 October 2017.</ref><ref name="EFE1">Barrigós, Concha/[[EFE]] (17 October 2011). [http://www.publico.es/actualidad/jose-bros-cumple-20-anos.html "José Bros cumple 20 años de carrera con un concierto hecho «desde el corazón»"]. ''[[Público (Spain)|Público]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref name = "GSL">[[Karl-Josef Kutsch|Kutsch, Karl-Josef]] and [[Leo Riemens|Riemens, Leo]] (2004). [https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&pg=PA608 "Bros, José"]. ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]'' (4th edition), Vol. 4, p. 608. Walter de Gruyter. {{ISBN|359844088X}} {{in lang|de}}</ref>


The major breakthrough in his career and his debut at Barcelona's [[Liceu|Gran Teatre del Liceu]] came unexpectedly on 9 November 1992 when on 12-hours notice he substituted for the ailing tenor [[Fernando de la Mora (tenor)|Fernando de la Mora]] in the opening night of ''[[Anna Bolena]]'' starring [[Edita Gruberova]]. His performance as Riccardo Percy caused a sensation and opened the doors to an international career. During the 1990s he made his house debuts in most of the leading opera houses of Europe, including the [[Teatro Regio di Parma]] as the Duke in ''Rigoletto'' (1994); [[Teatro Nacional de São Carlos|Teatro de São Carlos]] in Lisbon as Fenton in ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]'' (1994); [[Vienna Staatsoper]] as Nemorino in ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'' (1995); [[Teatro San Carlo]] in Naples as Edgardo in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' (1996); [[Royal Opera House]] in London as Nemorino in ''L'elisir d'amore'' (1997); and [[La Scala]] Milan as Edgardo in ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' (1997)<ref name="Pais1">Morgades, Lourdes (20 January 2011). [https://elpais.com/diario/2011/01/20/catalunya/1295489246_850215.html "Nacido en el Liceo"]. ''[[El País]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{es}}.</ref><ref name = "GSL" />
The major breakthrough in his career and his debut at Barcelona's [[Liceu|Gran Teatre del Liceu]] came unexpectedly on 9 November 1992 when on 12-hours notice he substituted for the ailing tenor [[Fernando de la Mora (tenor)|Fernando de la Mora]] in the opening night of ''[[Anna Bolena]]'' starring [[Edita Gruberova]]. His performance as Riccardo Percy caused a sensation and opened the doors to an international career. During the 1990s he made his house debuts in most of the leading opera houses of Europe, including the [[Teatro Regio di Parma]] as the Duke in ''Rigoletto'' (1994); [[Teatro Nacional de São Carlos|Teatro de São Carlos]] in Lisbon as Fenton in ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]'' (1994); [[Vienna Staatsoper]] as Nemorino in ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'' (1995); [[Teatro San Carlo]] in Naples as Edgardo in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' (1996); [[Royal Opera House]] in London as Nemorino in ''L'elisir d'amore'' (1997); and [[La Scala]] Milan as Edgardo in ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' (1997)<ref name="Pais1">Morgades, Lourdes (20 January 2011). [https://elpais.com/diario/2011/01/20/catalunya/1295489246_850215.html "Nacido en el Liceo"]. ''[[El País]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{in lang|es}}.</ref><ref name = "GSL" />


By 2012, Bros had sung 60 roles on the opera stage and in recordings.<ref name = "OA1">Pérez Senz, Javier (November 2012). [http://www.revistasculturales.com/xrevistas/PDF/58/1565.pdf "Premios Ópera Actual 2012: José Bros por su trayectoria profesional"]. ''Ópera Actual'', pp. 30–32. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{es}}.</ref> Although his repertoire has largely concentrated on the ''bel canto'' operas of [[Donizetti]] and [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]], in the later years of his career he has sung Alfredo in ''[[La traviata]]'',<ref name = "McCarthy" /> Gabriele Adorno in ''[[Simon Boccanegra]]'',<ref>Chavarría, Maricel (13 April 2016).[http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20160413/401076689606/josep-bros-simon-boccanegra-liceu-exito.html "Le avisan para cantar diez horas antes del estreno y triunfa en el Liceu"]. ''[[La Vanguardia]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{es}}.</ref> Rodolfo in ''[[La bohème]]'',<ref>Ortiz, Braulio (24 May 2017). [http://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/Boheme-verdad-atrapa_0_1138386805.html "''La Bohème'', una verdad que atrapa"]. ''[[Grupo Joly|Diario de Sevilla]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{es}}.</ref> and the title role in Massenet's ''[[Werther]]''. He first sang Werther at the Teatro San Carlos in 2007 and reprised the role at the Liceu in 2017 in a new production directed by [[Willy Decker]].<ref name = "EP1">Rosell, César López (13 January 2017).[http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/onbarcelona/escuchar/josep-bros-werther-opera-liceu-5740059 "Un Josep Bros 100% romántico"]. ''[[El Periódico de Catalunya]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{es}}.</ref>
By 2012, Bros had sung 60 roles on the opera stage and in recordings.<ref name = "OA1">Pérez Senz, Javier (November 2012). [http://www.revistasculturales.com/xrevistas/PDF/58/1565.pdf "Premios Ópera Actual 2012: José Bros por su trayectoria profesional"]. ''Ópera Actual'', pp. 30–32. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> Although his repertoire has largely concentrated on the ''bel canto'' operas of [[Donizetti]] and [[Vincenzo Bellini|Bellini]], in the later years of his career he has sung Alfredo in ''[[La traviata]]'',<ref name = "McCarthy" /> Gabriele Adorno in ''[[Simon Boccanegra]]'',<ref>Chavarría, Maricel (13 April 2016).[http://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20160413/401076689606/josep-bros-simon-boccanegra-liceu-exito.html "Le avisan para cantar diez horas antes del estreno y triunfa en el Liceu"]. ''[[La Vanguardia]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> Rodolfo in ''[[La bohème]]'',<ref>Ortiz, Braulio (24 May 2017). [http://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/Boheme-verdad-atrapa_0_1138386805.html "''La Bohème'', una verdad que atrapa"]. ''[[Grupo Joly|Diario de Sevilla]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{in lang|es}}.</ref> and the title role in Massenet's ''[[Werther]]''. He first sang Werther at the Teatro San Carlos in 2007 and reprised the role at the Liceu in 2017 in a new production directed by [[Willy Decker]].<ref name = "EP1">Rosell, César López (13 January 2017).[http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/onbarcelona/escuchar/josep-bros-werther-opera-liceu-5740059 "Un Josep Bros 100% romántico"]. ''[[El Periódico de Catalunya]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{in lang|es}}.</ref>


Bros has also championed [[zarzuela]]s and neglected operas by Spanish composers. He has sung the leading tenor roles in ''[[Doña Francisquita]]'', ''[[Luisa Fernanda (zarzuela)|Luisa Fernanda]]'', ''[[La tabernera del puerto]]'', and [[Ruperto Chapí]]'s ''La bruja'' and has recorded [[Emilio Arrieta]]'s ''Ildegonda'' and ''La conquista di Granata''. In 2005 Bros and his wife, the soprano María Gallego, gave a concert of zarzuela arias and duets at the {{ill|Teatro Real Coliseo de Carlos III|es}} in Madrid which was subsequently released on CD under the title ''Por Amor''.<ref name = "OA1" />
Bros has also championed [[zarzuela]]s and neglected operas by Spanish composers. He has sung the leading tenor roles in ''[[Doña Francisquita]]'', ''[[Luisa Fernanda (zarzuela)|Luisa Fernanda]]'', ''[[La tabernera del puerto]]'', and [[Ruperto Chapí]]'s ''La bruja'' and has recorded [[Emilio Arrieta]]'s ''Ildegonda'' and ''La conquista di Granata''. In 2005 Bros and his wife, the soprano María Gallego, gave a concert of zarzuela arias and duets at the {{ill|Teatro Real Coliseo de Carlos III|es}} in Madrid which was subsequently released on CD under the title ''Por Amor''.<ref name = "OA1" />


María Gallego and José Bros met when they were both students at the conservatory in Barcelona. She made her debut in 1986 in Rossini's ''[[Armida (Rossini)|Armida]]'' and appeared for several seasons at the Liceu and in the opera houses of Italy and Germany. After their marriage she retired from the operatic stage. The couple have two children.<ref>Meléndez-Haddad, Pablo (6 February 2005). [http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-06-02-2005/abc/Espectaculos/por-amor-al-canto_20444390144.html "Por amor al canto"]. ''[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{es}}.</ref>
María Gallego and José Bros met when they were both students at the conservatory in Barcelona. She made her debut in 1986 in Rossini's ''[[Armida (Rossini)|Armida]]'' and appeared for several seasons at the Liceu and in the opera houses of Italy and Germany. After their marriage she retired from the operatic stage. The couple have two children.<ref>Meléndez-Haddad, Pablo (6 February 2005). [http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-06-02-2005/abc/Espectaculos/por-amor-al-canto_20444390144.html "Por amor al canto"]. ''[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]''. Retrieved 13 October 2017 {{in lang|es}}.</ref>


==Recordings==
==Recordings==
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Latest revision as of 18:45, 14 September 2023

José Bros
Bros performing in 2015
Born
Josep Bros i Jiménez

1966 (1966)
Barcelona, Spain
Occupationopera singer (tenor)
Years active1987 – present
SpouseMaría Gallego

Josep Bros i Jiménez (born 1966)[a] and primarily performing under the name José Bros, is a Catalan operatic tenor particularly known for his performances in the bel canto repertoire both on stage and in full-length opera recordings.[1]

Life and career[edit]

Bros was born in Barcelona and studied at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu under Jaime Francisco Puig. He won one of the special prizes in the Francisco Viñas Singing Competition in 1986 and made his debut the following year in Palma de Mallorca as the tenor soloist in Carmina Burana. His operatic debut came on 15 November 1991 in Sabadell when he appeared as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni. Between 1991 and 1992 he sang in small provincial theatres in Catalonia where his roles included the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Fernando in La favorita and Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles.[5][3][4]

The major breakthrough in his career and his debut at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu came unexpectedly on 9 November 1992 when on 12-hours notice he substituted for the ailing tenor Fernando de la Mora in the opening night of Anna Bolena starring Edita Gruberova. His performance as Riccardo Percy caused a sensation and opened the doors to an international career. During the 1990s he made his house debuts in most of the leading opera houses of Europe, including the Teatro Regio di Parma as the Duke in Rigoletto (1994); Teatro de São Carlos in Lisbon as Fenton in Falstaff (1994); Vienna Staatsoper as Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore (1995); Teatro San Carlo in Naples as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (1996); Royal Opera House in London as Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore (1997); and La Scala Milan as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (1997)[6][4]

By 2012, Bros had sung 60 roles on the opera stage and in recordings.[7] Although his repertoire has largely concentrated on the bel canto operas of Donizetti and Bellini, in the later years of his career he has sung Alfredo in La traviata,[8] Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra,[9] Rodolfo in La bohème,[10] and the title role in Massenet's Werther. He first sang Werther at the Teatro San Carlos in 2007 and reprised the role at the Liceu in 2017 in a new production directed by Willy Decker.[2]

Bros has also championed zarzuelas and neglected operas by Spanish composers. He has sung the leading tenor roles in Doña Francisquita, Luisa Fernanda, La tabernera del puerto, and Ruperto Chapí's La bruja and has recorded Emilio Arrieta's Ildegonda and La conquista di Granata. In 2005 Bros and his wife, the soprano María Gallego, gave a concert of zarzuela arias and duets at the Teatro Real Coliseo de Carlos III [es] in Madrid which was subsequently released on CD under the title Por Amor.[7]

María Gallego and José Bros met when they were both students at the conservatory in Barcelona. She made her debut in 1986 in Rossini's Armida and appeared for several seasons at the Liceu and in the opera houses of Italy and Germany. After their marriage she retired from the operatic stage. The couple have two children.[11]

Recordings[edit]

Bros's full-length opera recordings include:

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana gives his birth year as 1966.[1] However, it has also been reported as 1967,[2] 1965,[3] and 1960.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. "Josep Bros". Retrieved 13 October 2017 (in Catalan).
  2. ^ a b Rosell, César López (13 January 2017)."Un Josep Bros 100% romántico". El Periódico de Catalunya. Retrieved 13 October 2017 (in Spanish).
  3. ^ a b Barrigós, Concha/EFE (17 October 2011). "José Bros cumple 20 años de carrera con un concierto hecho «desde el corazón»". Público. Retrieved 13 October 2017 (in Spanish).
  4. ^ a b c Kutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (2004). "Bros, José". Großes Sängerlexikon (4th edition), Vol. 4, p. 608. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 359844088X (in German)
  5. ^ Francisco Viñas Singing Competition. Prize winners 1981–1990 Archived 2017-12-05 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. ^ Morgades, Lourdes (20 January 2011). "Nacido en el Liceo". El País. Retrieved 13 October 2017 (in Spanish).
  7. ^ a b Pérez Senz, Javier (November 2012). "Premios Ópera Actual 2012: José Bros por su trayectoria profesional". Ópera Actual, pp. 30–32. Retrieved 13 October 2017 (in Spanish).
  8. ^ a b McCarthy, James (10 September 2012). "Verdi's La Traviata". Gramophone Magazine. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  9. ^ Chavarría, Maricel (13 April 2016)."Le avisan para cantar diez horas antes del estreno y triunfa en el Liceu". La Vanguardia. Retrieved 13 October 2017 (in Spanish).
  10. ^ Ortiz, Braulio (24 May 2017). "La Bohème, una verdad que atrapa". Diario de Sevilla. Retrieved 13 October 2017 (in Spanish).
  11. ^ Meléndez-Haddad, Pablo (6 February 2005). "Por amor al canto". ABC. Retrieved 13 October 2017 (in Spanish).

External links[edit]

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