Classical

Argentina

José Cura

Top Songs By José Cura

Manon Lescaut, Act 1: "Donna Non Vidi Mai" [Des Grieux]José Cura, Philharmonia Orchestra & Plácido Domingo

Listen to Samson et Dalila, Act 2: "Mon Coeur s'ouvre a Ta Voix" [Dalila, Samson] by Sir Colin Davis, José Cura, London Symphony Orchestra & Olga Borodina, see lyrics, music video & more!

Samson et Dalila, Act 2: "Mon Coeur s'ouvre a Ta Voix" [Dalila, Samson]Sir Colin Davis, José Cura, London Symphony Orchestra & Olga Borodina

Listen to Manon Lescaut: "Donna Non Vidi Mai" by José Cura, Riccardo Muti & l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano, see lyrics, music video & more!

Manon Lescaut: "Donna Non Vidi Mai"José Cura, Riccardo Muti & l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano

Listen to Tosca: Recondita armonia by José Cura, Philharmonia Orchestra & Plácido Domingo, see lyrics, music video & more!

Tosca: Recondita armoniaJosé Cura, Philharmonia Orchestra & Plácido Domingo

Listen to Madama Butterfly: Addio, fiorito asil by José Cura, Philharmonia Orchestra & Plácido Domingo, see lyrics, music video & more!

Madama Butterfly: Addio, fiorito asilJosé Cura, Philharmonia Orchestra & Plácido Domingo

Listen to Samson et Dalila: Act 2 "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" [Dalila, Samson] by Sir Colin Davis, José Cura, London Symphony Orchestra & Olga Borodina, see lyrics, music video & more!

Samson et Dalila: Act 2 "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix" [Dalila, Samson]Sir Colin Davis, José Cura, London Symphony Orchestra & Olga Borodina

Listen to Samson et Dalila: Act 2 "Mais!... non! que dis-je?" [Dalila, Samson] by Sir Colin Davis, José Cura, London Symphony Orchestra & Olga Borodina, see lyrics, music video & more!

Samson et Dalila: Act 2 "Mais!... non! que dis-je?" [Dalila, Samson]Sir Colin Davis, José Cura, London Symphony Orchestra & Olga Borodina

Listen to SONETO IV by José Cura, see lyrics, music video & more!

SONETO IVJosé Cura

Listen to SONETO III by José Cura, see lyrics, music video & more!

SONETO IIIJosé Cura

Listen to SONETO II by José Cura, see lyrics, music video & more!

SONETO IIJosé Cura

More albums from José Cura

ALBUMGuastavino 4José Cura

ALBUMGuastavino 3José Cura

ALBUMGuastavino 2José Cura

Listen to Guastavino 1 (feat. Zulma Cabrera) by José Cura

ALBUMGuastavino 1 (feat. Zulma Cabrera)José Cura

Listen to Antonín Dvořák: LOVE SONGS (New Director's Mix) by José Cura & Irina Kondratěnko

ALBUMAntonín Dvořák: LOVE SONGS (New Director's Mix)José Cura & Irina Kondratěnko

Listen to Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Leoncavallo: Pagliacci by Jessye Norman, Giuseppe Giacomini, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Semyon Bychkov, Barbara Frittoli, José Cura, Carlos Alvarez & Riccardo Chailly

ALBUMMascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Leoncavallo: PagliacciJessye Norman, Giuseppe Giacomini, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Semyon Bychkov, Barbara Frittoli, José Cura, Carlos Alvarez & Riccardo Chailly

Listen to Tributo a la Reina Batata (Canciones para Niños de 0 a 100...) by José Cura & Giulio Laguzzi

ALBUMTributo a la Reina Batata (Canciones para Niños de 0 a 100...)José Cura & Giulio Laguzzi

Listen to Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (Uncut Version) by José Cura, Sinfonia Varsovia & Sergei Rachmaninoff

ALBUMSergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (Uncut Version)José Cura, Sinfonia Varsovia & Sergei Rachmaninoff

Listen to José Cura - Verdi Arias by José Cura

ALBUMJosé Cura - Verdi AriasJosé Cura

Listen to Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci by Barbara Frittoli, Carlos Alvarez, José Cura, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, National Kinderkoor, Netherlands Radio Chorus & Riccardo Chailly

ALBUMLeoncavallo: I PagliacciBarbara Frittoli, Carlos Alvarez, José Cura, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, National Kinderkoor, Netherlands Radio Chorus & Riccardo Chailly

Listen to Puccini: Manon Lescaut by l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano, José Cura, Riccardo Muti, Lucio Gallo & Maria Guleghina

ALBUMPuccini: Manon Lescautl'Orchestra della Scala di Milano, José Cura, Riccardo Muti, Lucio Gallo & Maria Guleghina

José Cura's Popular Music Videos

Falstaff: Tutto nel mondo è burla (Live from Teatro Padiglione Palacassa di Parma / 2001)

Daniela Dessi, Barbara Frittoli, Elisabete Matos, Mariella Devia, Cinzia Rizzone, Luciana D'Intino, Gloria Scalchi, Rossana Rinaldi, Marcelo Álvarez, José Cura, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Luca Casalin, Luca Dordolo, Gianluca Floris, Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Riccardo Zanellato, Konstantin Gorny, Coro del Festival Verdi di Parma, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Zubin Mehta

Otello: Già nella notte densa (Live from Teatro Padiglione Palacassa di Parma / 2001)

Barbara Frittoli, José Cura, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Zubin Mehta

Il trovatore: Tace la notte! … Deserto sulla terra … Non m’inganNo. Ella scende! (Live from Teatro Padiglione Palacassa di Parma / 2001)

Daniela Dessi, José Cura, Leo Nucci, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Zubin Mehta

About José Cura

Hometown

Rosario, Argentina

Born

1962

Genre

Classical

Tenor José Cura was born December 5, 1962 in Santa Fe, Argentina; the product of a musical family, as a youth he studied under guitarist Juan di Maestro, and at 15 made his debut as a choral conductor. Within the year he expanded his studies to explore composition with Carlos Castro and piano with Zulma Cabrera, and in 1982 entered the School of Arts of the National University of Rosario, where the school's choirmaster encouraged Cura to further hone his vocal skills. Rejecting a career as a rugby player, he made his professional debut in 1991, singing in an open-air opera concert in Genoa, followed a year later by his Verona stage premiere in a production of Hans Werner Henze's Pollicino; 1994 saw Cura win top honors in the the International Operalia competition, and later that same year he made his U.S. debut. His London stage bow followed in 1995, and in 1997, Cura released his first solo album, Puccini Arias; Verismo appeared two years later. ~ Jason Ankeny