![]() ![]() International success Ĭaballé's international breakthrough came in 1965 when she replaced a pregnant Marilyn Horne in a semi-staged performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at New York's Carnegie Hall, which earned her a 25-minute standing ovation. This was followed by several more successful appearances at the Liceu in 1963. From the fall of 1962 through the spring of 1963 she toured Mexico, at one point singing the title role in Massenet's Manon at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. In 1962, Caballé returned to Barcelona and debuted at the Liceu, singing the title role in Strauss's Arabella. Carlos in Lisbon, alongside Raymond Wolansky, Jean Cox, Paul Schöffler and others. In 1961, she starred as Iphigénie in Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride at the National Theatre of S. She became part of the Basel Opera company between 19, singing a repertoire that included Mozart (Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte) and Strauss ( Salome) in German, unusual for Spanish singers, but which proved useful for her next engagement at the Bremen Opera (1959–1962). She subsequently moved to Basel, Switzerland, where she made her professional debut in 1956 as a last minute replacement as Mimì in Puccini's La bohème. She studied music at the Liceu Conservatory, and singing technique with Napoleone Annovazzi, Eugenia Kemény and Conchita Badía. Her family was of humble financial circumstances due to the Civil War. She received several international awards and also Grammy Awards for a number of her recordings.Ĭaballé was born in Barcelona on 12 April 1933. Her voice was described as pure but powerful, with superb control of vocal shadings and exquisite pianissimo.Ĭaballé became popular to non-classical music audiences in 1987, when she recorded, at the request of the International Olympic Committee, " Barcelona", a duet with Freddie Mercury, which became an official theme song for the 1992 Olympic Games. ![]() She was noticed internationally when she stepped in for a performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall in 1965, and then appeared at leading opera houses. She sang a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. Montserrat Caballé i Folch or Folc (full name: María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch ( UK: / k ə ˈ b æ l j eɪ, ˌ k æ b æ( l) ˈ j eɪ/, US: / ˌ k ɑː b ɑː ˈ j eɪ/, Catalan: (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), known simply as Montserrat Caballé, was a Catalan Spanish operatic soprano. Honorary doctorate from the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo. ![]()
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