Behind the Scenes

JC Fan Club meeting, Tokyo Nov'11.

JC Fan Club meeting, Tokyo Nov'11

Post-show reception in Shanghai.

Michael and Chinese guest artist, FeiLi backstage in Shanghai.

JC watching the orchestra rehearsal in Shanghai.

David Giménez & JC @ press conference in Shanghai.

JC & Anna Leese @ press conference in Chongqing, China for New Year concert 1/1/11.

Rehearsal for the 2010 RAH Gala in aid of JC Int'l Leukaemia Foundation and Asthma UK.

Bryn & Alfie Boe in rehearsal for the RAH star studded gala.

JC, Ikuko Kawai & Lorenzo Bavaj @ a rehearsal for a charity concert in Kobe.

In rehearsal @ Suntory Hall, Tokyo - Nov'10.

JC backstage with guest soprano Hye Jung Kang in Seoul.

JC visiting children's leukaemia ward @ a hospital in Seoul, South Korea.

JC @ a Q&A session with students from Hong Kong's Academy for Performing Arts.

JC back at La Scala for the first time in 14 years.

Barbara's masterclass in Tokyo.

Barbara Bonney and Fiona Campbell in rehearsal at Suntory Hall.

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.

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.

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)

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.