Carlos Marín
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Carlos Marín is a Spanish
baritone
and member of the operatic pop
musical quartet Il Divo
.
(Hessen, Germany) but raised in Madrid
, Spain
, Carlos started his career in music early in life, recording his first album when he was eight years old, produced by Father Abraham aka Pierre Kartner
. The record, named The Little Caruso, contained songs like "O Sole Mio" and "Granada
". He even sang "Granada
" in front of an audience of 800 people at that age. At age ten he recorded a second album called Mijn Lieve Mama (My Dear Mother). This musical beginning led him to study piano and solfeggio. He lived in the Netherlands for a short period of time and became known as "Carlos the Little Caruso".
When he was twelve he moved to Spain, where he won several awards in television contests like "Gente Joven" (Young People) and "Nueva Gente" (New People) in TVE (Spanish Television) when he was 15 and in his 20s. During this time he also started to sing in live TV shows accompanied by an orchestra.
He has earned through the years an important reputation as a musical performer, cultivating different musical genres and receiving excellent reviews by the critics. He made a name for himself in the musical industry, participating in several musical contests: the "Jacinto Guerrero", "Francisco Alonso" and "Julián Gayarre" in 1996, where he won second place in male performers, among others.
He has performed in several musicals, starting in 1993 as Marius in Les Misérables
, and afterwards The Beauty And The Beast (where he suffered an accident that left him with a broken ankle), Grease
(where he played the role of Vince Fontaine) , El Diluvio Que Viene (The Coming Flood), and covering for José Sacristán in Man From La Mancha. He has also participated in the production of La Magia De Broadway (Broadway Magic) and Peter Pan
(in theater and CD), in this musical he shared also the tasks of musical direction with Alberto Quintero
.
He sang in Tim Burton
’s animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas
, and he was also the Prince's singing voice in Disney
’s Spanish version of Cinderella
, produced in the year 2000.
Carlos has taken vocal lessons with Alfredo Kraus
, Montserrat Caballé
and Jaume Aragall.
In these last years he has won acclaim as primo baritono in several operas, including La Traviata, The Barber of Seville
, La Bohème
, Lucia Di Lammermoor
and Madame Butterfly. Some of his most distinguished opera performances available on record are Mercutio in Campoamor (Oviedo), Don Giglio in La Capricciosa Corretta (highly recommended for opera lovers), or in Damut’s version of Marina
.
Marín has also participated in zarzuela
(Spanish operetta). He participated in the zarzuelas in the Jardines De Sabatini (Sabatini Gardens in Madrid) point of encounter for the music lovers during the summer season at the Gardens of Madrid’s Royal Palace. Some of his performances in the Spanish operetta can be found in DVD like La Gran Vía (The Great Way), La Revoltosa (The Rebellious), where he plays Felipe, and La Verbena De La Paloma (The Pigeon’s Festival), where he plays Julián.
along with Urs Bühler
(Switzerland
), Sébastien Izambard
(France
), and David Miller
(USA).
Their first album, called Il Divo
became a worldwide multiplatinum selling record when released in November 2004, entering Billboard at number four and selling five million copies worldwide in less than a year and knocking Robbie Williams
from the number one spot in the charts. Their second album, Ancora
, was released on November 7, 2005 in the United Kingdom
. Il Divo's third album, Siempre, was released on November 21, 2006 in the United States
and on November 27, 2006 internationally. Their latest album, The Promise
, was released on November 10, 2008 (world) & November 18, 2008 (US), and shot straight to number 1 in the UK. On December 1st, 2009 Il Divo released their album An Evening with Il Divo (Life in Barcelona) with their single “Unbreak my Heart” turning into another crushing success on the top charts.
That same year Il Divo were chosen to sing Sortilegio de amor, soundtrack for the Mexican Televisa Soap Opera called Sortilegio, written by the Brazilian songwriter Desnisse de Kalaffe.
In 2011 Il Divo received the Classical Brit Award 2011 to the Artist of the Decade. That same year in June, Il Divo were named Musical Ambassador in Japan and were asked to sing "Time to Say Goodbye" for the Japanese movie "Andalucia" .
Meanwhile, parallel to his presence in Il Divo, Carlos Marin started his own solo show performing for the first time in Madrid (Spain), were he gave 4 magnificent concerts at the Compac Gran Via Theater in June of 2011.
November 2011 is the release date for Il Divo´s newest album called Wicked Game.
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
baritone
Baritone
Baritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
and member of the operatic pop
Operatic pop
Operatic pop, pop opera or popera is a subgenre of pop music that is performed in an operatic style, or a song, theme or motif from classical music stylized as pop. The term popera and adjectives poperatic and popical are used by some media editors and music reviewers...
musical quartet Il Divo
Il Divo
Il Divo is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music...
.
Early life
Born in Mörfelden-Walldorf near RüsselsheimRüsselsheim
Rüsselsheim is the largest town in the Groß-Gerau district in the Rhein-Main region of Germany. It is one of seven special status towns in Hesse and is located on the Main, only a few kilometres from its mouth in Mainz. The suburbs of Bauschheim and Königstädten are included in Rüsselsheim...
(Hessen, Germany) but raised in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Carlos started his career in music early in life, recording his first album when he was eight years old, produced by Father Abraham aka Pierre Kartner
Pierre Kartner
Petrus Antonius Laurentius "Pierre" Kartner is a Dutch musician who sings under the alias Father Abraham, and who has written around 1600 songs.- Early life :...
. The record, named The Little Caruso, contained songs like "O Sole Mio" and "Granada
Granada (song)
"Granada" is a Mexican song written in 1932 by Agustín Lara. The song is about the Spanish city of Granada and has become a "standard" in music repertoire....
". He even sang "Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
" in front of an audience of 800 people at that age. At age ten he recorded a second album called Mijn Lieve Mama (My Dear Mother). This musical beginning led him to study piano and solfeggio. He lived in the Netherlands for a short period of time and became known as "Carlos the Little Caruso".
When he was twelve he moved to Spain, where he won several awards in television contests like "Gente Joven" (Young People) and "Nueva Gente" (New People) in TVE (Spanish Television) when he was 15 and in his 20s. During this time he also started to sing in live TV shows accompanied by an orchestra.
He has earned through the years an important reputation as a musical performer, cultivating different musical genres and receiving excellent reviews by the critics. He made a name for himself in the musical industry, participating in several musical contests: the "Jacinto Guerrero", "Francisco Alonso" and "Julián Gayarre" in 1996, where he won second place in male performers, among others.
He has performed in several musicals, starting in 1993 as Marius in Les Misérables
Les Misérables (musical)
Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
, and afterwards The Beauty And The Beast (where he suffered an accident that left him with a broken ankle), Grease
Grease (musical)
Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
(where he played the role of Vince Fontaine) , El Diluvio Que Viene (The Coming Flood), and covering for José Sacristán in Man From La Mancha. He has also participated in the production of La Magia De Broadway (Broadway Magic) and Peter Pan
Peter Pan
Peter Pan is a character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to grow up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys, interacting with...
(in theater and CD), in this musical he shared also the tasks of musical direction with Alberto Quintero
Alberto Quintero
For the Panamanian footballer see Alberto Quintero Medina.Alberto Quintero For the Panamanian footballer see Alberto Quintero Medina.Alberto Quintero For the Panamanian footballer see Alberto Quintero Medina.Alberto Quintero (born in October 1970 in Palencia (Spain) is a Spanish composer, arranger,...
.
He sang in Tim Burton
Tim Burton
Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
’s animated film, The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 stop motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from "Halloween Town" who opens a portal to...
, and he was also the Prince's singing voice in Disney
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is the largest media conglomerate in the world in terms of revenue. Founded on October 16, 1923, by Walt and Roy Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, Walt Disney Productions established itself as a leader in the American animation industry before diversifying into...
’s Spanish version of Cinderella
Cinderella
"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
, produced in the year 2000.
Carlos has taken vocal lessons with Alfredo Kraus
Alfredo Kraus
Alfredo Kraus Trujillo was a distinguished Spanish tenor of partly Austrian descent, particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto roles...
, Montserrat Caballé
Montserrat Caballé
Montserrat Caballé is a Spanish operatic soprano. Although she sang a wide variety of roles, she is best known as an exponent of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi....
and Jaume Aragall.
In these last years he has won acclaim as primo baritono in several operas, including La Traviata, The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music...
, La Bohème
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
, Lucia Di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor....
and Madame Butterfly. Some of his most distinguished opera performances available on record are Mercutio in Campoamor (Oviedo), Don Giglio in La Capricciosa Corretta (highly recommended for opera lovers), or in Damut’s version of Marina
Marina
A marina is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo from freighters....
.
Marín has also participated in zarzuela
Zarzuela
Zarzuela is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular song, as well as dance...
(Spanish operetta). He participated in the zarzuelas in the Jardines De Sabatini (Sabatini Gardens in Madrid) point of encounter for the music lovers during the summer season at the Gardens of Madrid’s Royal Palace. Some of his performances in the Spanish operetta can be found in DVD like La Gran Vía (The Great Way), La Revoltosa (The Rebellious), where he plays Felipe, and La Verbena De La Paloma (The Pigeon’s Festival), where he plays Julián.
Il Divo
In December 2003, he became a member of the international musical quartet Il DivoIl Divo
Il Divo is a multinational operatic pop vocal group created by music manager, executive, and reality TV star Simon Cowell. Formed in the United Kingdom, they are also signed to Cowell's record label, Syco Music...
along with Urs Bühler
Urs Bühler
Urs Toni Bühler is a classically-trained tenor and member of the operatic pop musical quartet, Il Divo.-Early life:...
(Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
), Sébastien Izambard
Sébastien Izambard
Sébastien Izambard is a French pop singer and a member of the operatic pop musical quartet Il Divo.-Early life:Sébastien Izambard was born in Paris, France on 7 March 1973 to a poor family...
(France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
), and David Miller
David Miller (singer)
David Miller, born April 14, 1973, is an American tenor and member of the operatic pop musical quartet Il Divo.-Early life:He was born in San Diego, California but grew up in Littleton, Colorado; he is a 1991 graduate of Heritage High School. He starred in high school productions as the Rooster in...
(USA).
Their first album, called Il Divo
Il Divo (album)
Il Divo is the debut album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released on November 1, 2004 in the United Kingdom on Syco Music and on April 19, 2005 in the United States on Columbia Records....
became a worldwide multiplatinum selling record when released in November 2004, entering Billboard at number four and selling five million copies worldwide in less than a year and knocking Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
from the number one spot in the charts. Their second album, Ancora
Ancora
Ancora is the second album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world on November 7, 2005, excluding the United States and Latin America. It was later released in the United States and Latin America on January 24, 2006. It debuted at...
, was released on November 7, 2005 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. Il Divo's third album, Siempre, was released on November 21, 2006 in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and on November 27, 2006 internationally. Their latest album, The Promise
The Promise (Il Divo album)
The Promise is the fifth studio album by the operatic pop group, Il Divo. The Promise was released globally on November 10, except in the US and Canada, where it was released November 18, Ireland where it was released on November 7, and Japan, on 26 November. The album reached the No.1 spot in the...
, was released on November 10, 2008 (world) & November 18, 2008 (US), and shot straight to number 1 in the UK. On December 1st, 2009 Il Divo released their album An Evening with Il Divo (Life in Barcelona) with their single “Unbreak my Heart” turning into another crushing success on the top charts.
That same year Il Divo were chosen to sing Sortilegio de amor, soundtrack for the Mexican Televisa Soap Opera called Sortilegio, written by the Brazilian songwriter Desnisse de Kalaffe.
In 2011 Il Divo received the Classical Brit Award 2011 to the Artist of the Decade. That same year in June, Il Divo were named Musical Ambassador in Japan and were asked to sing "Time to Say Goodbye" for the Japanese movie "Andalucia" .
Meanwhile, parallel to his presence in Il Divo, Carlos Marin started his own solo show performing for the first time in Madrid (Spain), were he gave 4 magnificent concerts at the Compac Gran Via Theater in June of 2011.
November 2011 is the release date for Il Divo´s newest album called Wicked Game.
Discography
- Little Caruso - solo (1976)
- Mijn Lieve Mama (My Dear Mother) - solo (1978)
- Jekyll & Hyde, The Musical: Promo (2000)
- Il DivoIl Divo (album)Il Divo is the debut album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released on November 1, 2004 in the United Kingdom on Syco Music and on April 19, 2005 in the United States on Columbia Records....
(as member of Il Divo, 2004) - AncoraAncoraAncora is the second album of the operatic pop vocal group Il Divo. It was released in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world on November 7, 2005, excluding the United States and Latin America. It was later released in the United States and Latin America on January 24, 2006. It debuted at...
(as member of Il Divo, 2005) - The Christmas Collection (as member of Il Divo, 2005)
- Voices from the FIFA World CupVoices from the FIFA World CupVoices from the FIFA World Cup is a collection of songs released at the time of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Track listing :Disc 1# "The Time of Our Lives" - Il Divo and Toni Braxton...
(as member of Il Divo, 2006) - Siempre (as member of Il Divo, 2006)
- The PromiseThe Promise (Il Divo album)The Promise is the fifth studio album by the operatic pop group, Il Divo. The Promise was released globally on November 10, except in the US and Canada, where it was released November 18, Ireland where it was released on November 7, and Japan, on 26 November. The album reached the No.1 spot in the...
(as member of Il Divo, 2008) - An Evening with Il Divo: Live in Barcelona (as member of Il Divo, 2009)
Performances
- Il Divo Live Concert. Recorded at the Teatro Clásico in Mérida, Spain. For the "Encore" DVD, 2005.
- Il Divo World Tour Concert 2006
- Il Divo World Tour Concert 2007
- Il Divo World Tour Concert 2009: "An Evening With Il Divo"
- Il Divo Christmas Tour 2009
- Carlos Marin en Concierto 2011