José Carbó


Background: Born in Argentina. Moved to Australia with his family at an early age. Won The Australian Singing Competition’s Opera Award (2005).
For Opera Queensland: Sonora in The Girl of the Golden West, title roles in Don Giovanni and The Barber of Seville, Belcore in The Elixir of Love.
Other engagements/Australia: Fritz in Die tote Stadt, Wig-Maker in Ariadne auf Naxos, Lescaut in Manon, Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, Silvio in Pagliacci, Marcello in La bohème, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, title role in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, First Officer in Madeline Lee (Opera Australia), title role in The Barber of Seville (State Opera of South Australia).
International: Il Barone di Trombonok in Il viaggio a Reims (La Scala), title role in Il
barbiere di Siviglia (Seattle Opera, Teatro Real in Madrid), Belcore in L’elisir d’amore (Teatro Real in Madrid), title role in Le nozze di Figaro (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma), Dandini in La Cenerentola (La Coruña Festival), Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor (Canterbury Opera), Escamillo in Carmen (Dunedin Opera Company).
Concert repertoire: Rachmaninov’s The Bells, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mass in C major and Choral Symphony, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Fauré’s Requiem, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Vaughan Williams’ Mass in G minor. Has appeared extensively with leading orchestras in Australia and New Zealand. Engagements include performing Ravel’s Don Quixote songs in Japan (Sydney Symphony Orchestra) and appearing as a soloist in Classical Spectacular concerts (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra).
Recordings: Le nozze di Figaro with the Swiss Symphony Radio Orchestra.