SCHEDULE
Iago, Otello *Role Debut*
West Australian Opera, Perth, Australia
20, 22, 25, 27, 29 July 2023, 7.30pm
His Majesty's Theatre, Hay St, Perth, WA
CONDUCTOR Christopher van Tuinen | DIRECTOR Harry Kupfer | REVIVAL DIRECTOR Miranda Summers | OTELLO Paul O'Neill | DESDEMONA Naomi Johns | IAGO José Carbó
Festival of Outback Opera
Opera Queensland, Winton + Longreach, Queensland, Australia
Dark Sky Serenade, Friday 19th May 2023, Winton
Singing in the Night, Saturday 20th May 2023, Longreach
Conductor VANESSA SCAMMELL
Artists EMMA MATTHEWS, MILIJANA NIKOLIC, JUD ARTHUR, CARLOS BÁRCENAS, JOSÉ CARBÓ
Title Role, Macbeth in Concert *Role Debut*
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
9 March (7.00pm) and 11 March (2:00pm) 2023
Concert Hall, QPAC Brisbane
CONDUCTOR Umberto Clerici | MACBETH José Carbó | LADY MACBETH Anna-Louise Cole
Escamillo, Carmen
West Australian Opera and Perth Festival, Perth, WA, Australia
Friday 24th February and Saturday 25th February 2023, both at 7.30pm
WACA Cricket Ground, Perth, Australia
CONDUCTOR Dane Lam | DIRECTOR Stuart Maunder | CARMEN Ashlyn Tymms | DON JOSÉ Paul O'Neill | ESCAMILLO José Carbó
Soloist, Nancy Fabiola y sus Invitados *House Debut*
Ópera de Tenerife, Spain
Saturday 10th December 2022, 7.30pm
Opera Gala in celebration of Nancy Fabiola.
Auditorio de Tenerife, Spain
CONDUCTOR
José Miguel Pérez-Sierra
SOLOISTS
Nancy Fabiola: mezzosoprano
Yolanda Auyanet: soprano
Eglise Gutiérrez: soprano
Ramón Vargas: tenor
José Carbó: barítono
Rubén Amoretti: bajo
Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife
Germont, La Traviata
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
14, 16, 19, 21, 23 June 2022
Lyric Theatre, QPAC Brisbane
CONDUCTOR Dane Lam | DIRECTOR Sarah Giles | VIOLETTA VALÉRY Lorina Gor | ALFREDO GERMONT Kang Wang | GIORGIO GERMONT José Carbó
Opera Gala
Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Brisbane, Australia
10th June 2022, 7.30pm and 11th June 2022, 1.30pm
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Concert Hall, Brisbane
CONDUCTOR Dane Lam | SOLOISTS Natalie Aroyan, Deborah Humble, Diego Torre, José Carbó
Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Brisbane Chorale
Soloist, The Sopranos
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
29, 30 March and 1, 2 April 2022
Concert Hall, QPAC Brisbane
CONDUCTOR Jessica Gethin | DIRECTOR Laura Hansford & Patrick Nolan | CAST Deborah Cheetham, Lisa Harper-Brown, Eva Kong, Teddy Tahu Rhodes, José Carbó
Opera in the Arboretum
Central Coast, NSW, Australia
Saturday 12th March 2022, 3.00pm
Crommelin Native Arboretum, Opal Close, Pearl Beach NSW
Central Coast Chamber Orchestra
Verdi Gala
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
20th November 2021 at 2.00pm and 7.30pm
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Concert Hall, Brisbane
Conductor Johannes Fritzsch | Director Patrick Nolan
Presented by Opera Queensland in association with Queensland Symphony Orchestra
Germont, La Traviata in Concert
Albany Entertainment Centre, Albany, WA
18th September 2021, 7.30pm
Returning to Albany after the 2019 Albany Arts Festival highlight The Opera Gala, internationally acclaimed baritone José Carbó stars in his signature role of the powerful father, Giorgio Germont. Scottish-Australian soprano Jenna Robertson stars in the title role of Violetta Valery. Featuring the Albany Chamber Orchestra conducted by Neville Talbot.
Count Almaviva, The Marriage of Figaro
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 29 July 2021
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Lyric Theatre
Baritone Soloist, Rachmaninoff, The Bells
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Sunday 30th May 2021, 3pm
Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Concert Hall
Baritone Soloist, Orff, Carmina Burana
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs, Sydney, Australia
Saturday 22nd May 2021, 3pm
Sydney Town Hall
Opera Spectacular
4MBS Classic FM Festival, Brisbane, Australia
Sunday 6th June 2021, 3pm
Brisbane City Hall
Germont, La Traviata on Sydney Harbour
Opera Australia, Sydney
27, 30 March and 1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25 April 2021
Opera on Sydney Harbour, Fleet Steps, Mrs Macquaries Point
Don Alfonso, Cosí fan tutte
West Australian Opera, Perth, Australia
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
24, 27, 29, 31 Oct 2020, 7.30pm
His Majesty's Theatre, Hay St, Perth, WA
Australian Premiere of Glyndebourne's Nicholas Hytner production of Mozart's comedy conducted by Christopher van Tuinen.
Sounds of Wanderlust
Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, Australia
Saturday 3rd October 2020, 6.30pm. Gates open from 5.30pm.
Prepare to be captivated by the incredible opera star José Carbó, swoon with the Orava String Quartet, let Griffith Brass take you to Broadway, celebrate the Hungarian cello virtuoso Gyorgy Deri’s Australian debut, honour our home with the Yugambeh Youth Choir and be electrified by Ba Da Boom percussion. Guitar virtuosa Karin Schaupp will join some of these incredible artists on stage.
Presented by HOTA, Home of the Arts as part of WONDER.
Recital: A Musical Life...Songs That Taught Me How to Sing
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Friday 11th September 2020, 7pm
Saturday 12th September 2020, 2pm
Opera Queensland Studio, Brisbane
A Musical Life… reveals the stepping stones, survival tactics and defining moments in José’s life in opera, from works taught to him by his first singing teacher to his most explosive and challenging roles.
Beethoven 250: Mass in C
Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, Christchurch, New Zealand
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
Saturday 29th August 2020, 7.30pm
Douglas Lilburn Auditorium, Christchurch Town Hall, Christchurch
Part of the Lamb & Hayward Masterworks series
Scarpia, Tosca
Opera Queensland Tour, Australia
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
August 2020
Patrick Nolan’s critically acclaimed Tosca tours Queensland in 2020.
Cairns Performing Arts Centre | Townsville Civic Theatre | Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre | Pilbeam Theatre Rockhampton | Gladstone Entertainment Centre | Empire Theatre Toowoomba | HOTA: Home of the Arts, Gold Coast
Escamillo, Carmen in Concert
Victoria Chorale and The Art of Sound Orchestra, Melbourne, Australia
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
May 2020
Elizabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne
Conducted by Mario Dobernig
Germont, La Traviata on Sydney Harbour
Opera Australia, Sydney
CANCELLED DUE TO COVID19
March and April 2020
Opera on Sydney Harbour, Fleet Steps, Mrs Macquaries Point
Alfio & Tonio, Cavelleria Rusticana & Pagliacci
Festival Opera, Napier, New Zealand
18, 20, 22, 24 February 2020
Napier Muncipal Theatre, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Mazda Opera in the Domain
Opera Australia, Sydney
Saturday 18th January 2020, 8pm
The Domain, Sydney
The Opera Gala on New Year's Eve
Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House, Australia
31st December 2019, 7.45pm
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House with the Opera Australia Orchestra.
Figaro, The Barber of Seville
Victorian Opera, Melbourne, Australia
12, 14 December 2019
Melbourne Recital Centre, Elizabeth Murdoch Hall
Mazda Opera in the Bowl
Opera Australia, Melbourne
Saturday 30th November 2019, 8pm. Gates open 4pm.
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
Figaro, The Barber of Seville
Victorian Opera, Launceston, Australia
21 November 2019, 7.30pm
Launceston Princess Theatre
José Carbó | Latin Classics
Sydney, Australia
Saturday 2nd November 2019, 8.00pm
Uruguayan Sporting and Social Club, Sydney
José presents his first concert in the neighbourhood where he was raised, showcasing Latin music close to his heart. Featuring special guests Mexican superstar harpist Victor Valdes and one of Australia's leading pianists Glenn Amer.
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Brisbane, Australia
Friday 18th October 2019, 7.30pm
Conservatorium Theatre, Queensland Conservatorium
Baritone soloist with maestro Johannes Fritzsch. With the Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and Conservatorium Singers in one of the most widely-celebrated works of the orchestral canon, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
José Carbó, Jenna Robertson and John Martin in Concert
Hunters Hill Music, Sydney, Australia
Sunday 29th September 2019, 2.30pm
Hunters Hill Town Hall, Alexandra St, Hunters Hill, Sydney
José, Jenna and John will perform a diverse program including operatic arias, duets and art songs, through to John Martin's own beautiful compositions.
The José Carbó Trió | L'Heure Exquise (The Exquisite Hour)
Art Song Canberra, Canberra, Australia
Sunday 22nd September 2019, 3pm
Wesley Uniting Church, 22 National Circuit, Forrest, Canberra
Gala 2019
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
31st August 2019, The Tivoli
Bustling cabaret clubs, smoky jazz bars and iconic cinema - welcome to the Weimar Republic. Join us at The Tivoli for a while ride back to 1920s Berlin for a whimsical evening of fine dining, boutique beverages and astounding live performance. The Gala is Opera Queensland's principal fundraising event for the year and its grandest social occasion.
Sharpless, Madama Butterfly
Opera Australia, Sydney
16, 19, 22, 25, 27 July 2019
Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Australia's Premier Baritone José Carbó and John Martin in Recital
Mosman Concert Series, Sydney, Australia
Sunday 14 July 2019, 2.30pm
Blessed Sacrament Church, 62 Bradley's Head Road, Mosman, Sydney
A beautiful program of popular operatic arias and art songs accompanied by one of Australia's greatest pianists, John Martin.
Scarpia, Tosca, *role debut*
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
13, 15, 18, 20, 22 June 2019
Lyric Theatre, QPAC, Brisbane
The Opera Gala
Albany Arts Festival, Albany, WA Australia
Saturday 30th March 2019, 7.30pm
Princess Royal Theatre, Albany Entertainment Centre, Albany, WA
Opera at the Mill
Perth, Australia
Saturday 23rd March 2019, 5pm gates open, 7.30pm performance
Jarrahdale Heritage Mill, Jarrahdale, WA
RACT Symphony Under the Stars
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Launceston, Australia
Saturday 23rd February 2019, 7.00pm
City Park, Launceston
RACT Symphony Under the Stars
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Hobart, Australia
Saturday 16th February 2019, 7.00pm
Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Hobart
Mazda Opera in the Domain
Opera Australia, Sydney
Saturday 19th January 2019, 8pm
The Domain, Sydney
The Opera Gala on New Year's Eve
Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House, Australia
31st December 2018, 7.45pm
Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House with the Opera Australia Orchestra, conducted by Brian Castles-Onion
Soloist at the Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols
Opera Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Saturday 8th December 2019, 4.30pm
Riverstage, City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, QLD
Including Channel 9 Broadcasts in QLD on Dec 8, 22 and nationally on Dec 25th 6am.
70th Anniversary Gala Concert
Rockdale Opera, Sydney, Australia
Sunday 18th November 2018, 4pm
Appearance as Co-Patron of the Company for the 70th Anniversary
Rockdale Town Hall
The José Carbó Trio present L'Heure Exquise (The Exquisite Hour)
Bayview, Sydney, Australia
Friday 9th November 2018, 8.00pm
Peninsula Music Club, Northern Beaches
St Luke's Grammar School, 1977 Pittwater Rd, Bayview, NSW
The José Carbó Trio present L'Heure Exquise (The Exquisite Hour)
Brisbane, Australia
Saturday 3rd November 2018, 7.30pm
Guitar Brisbane
Holy Trinity Hall, Church Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Sharpless, Madama Butterfly *Role debut*
Opera Australia, China Tour
4, 5, October 2018, 7.30pm, Tianjin Grand Theatre
11, 12 October 2018, 7.30pm, Qingdao Grand Theatre
19, 20 October 2018, 8pm, Shenzhen Poly Theatre
25, 26 October 2018, 8pm, Zhuhai Opera House
Argentine Anthem, Qantas Wallabies vs Argentina
Rugby Australia, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia
Saturday 15th September 2018, kick off 8.00pm
CBUS Super Stadium, Gold Coast
Live broadcast on Channel Ten, Australia
The José Carbó Trio present L'Heure Exquise (The Exquisite Hour)
Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Friday 14th September 2018, 7.30pm
The Music Lounge, Wollongong Town Hall