Photo courtesy of Goyang Cultural FoundationTenor Jose Carreras wrapped up his South Korean recital tour Tuesday with a crowd-pleasing program in Goyang, Gyeonggi Provice, a satellite city of Seoul. (The last public concert he had here was in 2006. In '07 and '08 he came for those fancy, private functions.)
The 63-year-old Catalan took some time to warm up his voice (and it was really, really warm in the concert. I was particularly irritated by the Korean Symphony Orchestra (argh in less than a week after Friday's "Fidelio"), which, conducted by the singer's nephew David Gimenez, kept confusing power with volume and drowned out the vocal.
After intermission, however, Mr. Carreras showed why he's one of The Three Tenors in an impassioned duet with soprano Park Mi-hye. I loved Ms. Park's singing -- even though her lung capacity was slightly lacking (weak volume), her voice was silvery and lyrical.
He wrapped up the evening with "Musica Prohibita" and gave two encores including "Granada."
>>Read about what Mr. Carreras told reporters recently in Seoul
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