Behind the Scenes

David Giménez & Brian Blessed, backstage in Scarborough.

JC & Dame Kiri @ at a gala for the reopening of the Open Air Theatre, Scarborough.

Dame Kiri @ RHS Garden Wisley.

Barbara Bonney @ a rehearsal with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in Glasgow.

JC and Dame Kiri in rehearsal at Kaohsiung Arena in Taiwan.

Dame Kiri and JC at a press conference in Taipei - May'10.

Jeremy Irons back stage at the Brit Awards with Dame Kiri after presenting her with the Life Time Achievement Award.

Barbara and Fiona at a signing session after their recital in Seoul.

Barbara in rehearsal with the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra for Symphony Under the Stars concert at Kings Park in Perth.

Barbara Bonney in Sydney for her recitals at the Opera House.

Dame Kiri in rehearsal for a Christmas concert at Palau de la Musica in Barcelona.

José and Albert Carreras at José Carreras Fan Club meeting at Park Hyatt Tokyo [Dec'09].

JC & Mindy Quah at the environmental concert by the Yellow River in Gui De, China.

Anna Leese at Hampton Court Palace with José Carreras and Faryl Smith rehearsing on the stage in the background.

José Carreras after accepting an Honorary Rectorship at Kyunghee University in Seoul.

Fiona Campbel [in Diane von Furstenberg] with Michael Storrs backstage in Seoul.

Fiona Campbell (mezzo-soprano) and Maestro Giménez in Seoul.

Cruden Farm - at Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's 100th birthday party.

Carreras, Emma Matthews and Lorenzo Bavaj at Dame Elisabeth Murdoch's 100th birthday party near Melbourne.

José Carreras and Fiona Campbell (mezzo-soprano) in rehearsal with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra.

NZ, Jan'09.

Hawke's Bay concert, New Zealand.

Waiting for the start of the show in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. (l to r; Anna Leese, Michael Storrs & José Carreras).

Backstage after Barbara Bonney's recital in Bangkok.

(from l to r) Peter Lodahl (tenor), Anna Leese (soprano), Alisdair Hogarth (pianist) at the recording session of Haydn's Life is a Dream.

Royal Albert Hall Gala - (from l to r) Johan Reuter, Sara Baras, José Carreras, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Rolando Villazón. (Photo:Bennett/Getty2008)

The Carreras Family at the launch of José Carreras' pen at the Chopard boutique in London.

Celebrating Michael's birthday in Osaka (from l to r; José Carreras, Michael Storrs & Albert Carreras)

José Carreras speaking at a post reception of Sanke Hall Breeze's opening ceremony in Osaka.

Maestro Giménez, Mr & Mrs Scheufele, José Carreras and Barbara Bonney at a Chopard reception after a gala at Suntory Hall.

Maestro Giménez, Barbara Bonney & José Carreras at a Gala concert at Suntory Hall commemorating 50th anniversary of Mr Carreras' stage debut

Barbara Bonney and Michael Storrs backstage at Suntory Hall

Backstage after Mozart Requiem in Tokyo (from l to r); Masumi Kubota, Fiona Campbell, José Carreras, Barbara Bonney and maestro David Giménez

José Carreras Exhibition in Tokyo

José Carrerras Exhibition in Tokyo

Mozart Requiem rehearsal in Tokyo (from l to r; Barbara Bonney, Fiona Campbell, José Carreras and Masumi Kubota (photo:Jun Wajda)

Barbara Bonney and Fiona Campbell (with her husband) at Gonpachi in Tokyo after rehearsal of Mozart Requiem

Maestro Julian Reynolds, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Gardar Cortes backstage at the Isle of Man concert.

Dame Kiri taking a break during a piano rehearsal in the Isle of Man

Dame Kiri and Gardar Cortes in rehearsal in Jersey.

Bryn Terfel backstage at Faenol Festial 2008

Mr Carreras during the photo-call on set in Beijing.

José Carreras during the shoot of Universal Love music video in Beijing.

Resting between takes!

Alfredo Daza (baritone) and Matthias Samuil (pianist) during the Rimsky-Kosakov Songbook recording.

Wookyung Kim [tenor], Hee-Jin Lee [pianist] and Markus Mittermeyer [sound engineer] during the recording of Korean Songs album in Berlin.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa at her welcome reception in Bangkok

Emma Matthews, soprano and José Carreras backstage at Sydney Opera House

MSM's Independent Recording Label Launch and Photo Exhibition in Berlin. (from l to r) Michael Storrs, Greta Shelley, the Mexican Ambassador to Germany, Dante Alcalá [tenor] and Rachel Thomas.

Pavol Breslik [tenor] and Greta Shelley at MSM's label launch and photo exhibition in Berlin.

Bryn Terfel, Angela Gheorghiu and Rolando Villazón back stage after the Opera Night Gala at this year Bryn Terfel's Faenol Festival.