Carlos MarÃn
Carlos Marín ( born October 13, 1968 in Rüsselsheim ) is a Spanish singer (baritone ) and a member of the pop- opera quartet "Il Divo ".
Marín grew up in Germany, the Netherlands and Spain. He began his musical career at the age of eight. His first album was produced by the Dutchman Pierre Kartner " Vader Abraham ". At that time Marín was the stage name " Carlito - the small Caruso " and took on, inter alia, songs such as " O sole mio" and "Granada".
When he was twelve the family moved to Spain. As an adolescent Marín won several awards at Spanish television competitions. Over the years he acquired a reputation as a singer who cultivates different musical genres. He got excellent reviews.
Since 1993, he regularly performs in musicals. He began in 1993 as " Marius " in " Les Miserables " and then " Bella y Bestia " ( Beast ), Grease ( Vince Fontaine ) and " José Sacristán " in "The Man from La Mancha ". He has also participated in the production of " Broadway Magic " and "Peter Pan " competition ( Theatre / CD). He sang in Tim Burton computeranimiertem film "The Nightmare Before Christmas " and he was also the singing voice of the Disney princes in the Spanish version of " Cinderella ", produced in 2000.
Carlos Marín studied as a master student of Alfredo Kraus, Montserrat Caballe and Jaime Aragall. In recent years he was " primo baritono " in some operas, including " La Traviata, Barber of Seville, La Boheme, Lucia di Lammermoor and Madame Butterfly". Some of his most notable opera performances, which are available as a recording, are Mercutio in " Romeo et Juliette " ( Gounod ) and Don Giglio in " La capricciosa Corretta " ( Vicente Martin y Soler ).
Marín has often zarzuela (Spanish operetta ) sung, even in the zarzuela in the Jardines de Sabatini, Madrid, Royal during the summer in the gardens of the Palace of Madrid.
In December 2003 he became a member of the international musical quartet "Il Divo ", together with Urs Buhler ( Switzerland ), Sebastien Izambard (France ) and David Miller (USA).
Their first album "Il Divo " sold five million times worldwide and displaced Robbie Williams in November 2005 from number one in the UK charts. Their second album " Ancora " was released on 7 November 2005 in the United Kingdom, the third album " Siempre " came in November 2006 in the trade.
From June 2006 to February 2009 Marín was with the Spanish singer and actress Geraldine Larrosa ( Artist name: Innocence ) married.
- Baritone
- Spaniard
- Born in 1968
- Man