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Montserrat Caballé
Acting

Montserrat Caballé
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1933-04-12,Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Gender
Female
Biography
Montserrat Caballé i Folch or Folc (full name: María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), known simply as Montserrat Caballé, was a Catalan Spanish operatic soprano. 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. 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. Her voice was described as pure but powerful, with superb control of vocal shadings and exquisite pianissimo. Caballé 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 received several international awards and also Grammy Awards for a number of her recordings. Caballé was born in Barcelona on 12 April 1933. Her family was of humble financial circumstances due to the Civil War. She studied music at the Liceu Conservatory, and singing technique with Napoleone Annovazzi, Eugenia Kemény and Conchita Badía. She graduated with a gold medal in 1954. 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 became part of the Basel Opera company between 1957 and 1959, 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). In 1961, she starred as Iphigénie in Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride at the National Theatre of S. Carlos in Lisbon, alongside Raymond Wolansky, Jean Cox, Paul Schöffler and others. In 1962, Caballé returned to Barcelona and debuted at the Liceu, singing the title role in Strauss's Arabella. 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. This was followed by several more successful appearances at the Liceu in 1963. Caballé'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. While this was her first engagement in a bel canto opera and she had to learn the role in less than one month, her performance made her famous throughout the opera world. Later that year, Caballé made her debut at the Glyndebourne Festival singing her first Marschallin in Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier and portraying the role of Countess Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. ... Source: Article "Montserrat Caballé" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

José Carreras Collection: Montserrat Caballé & José Carreras

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José Carreras Collection: Montserrat Caballé & José Carreras

Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur - Caballe, Cossotto, Carreras (NHK 1976)

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Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur - Caballe, Cossotto, Carreras (NHK 1976)

Hérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo

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Hérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo
1984-01-02

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

7.3

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
2012-09-25

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Norma
1974-07-20

Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story

7.7

Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
2000-12-08

Romanza final (Gayarre)

5.7

Romanza final (Gayarre)
1986-04-29

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1985-07-13

Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - La Nit

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Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - La Nit
1988-10-08

6.2

General Report
1977-12-07

Never Boring - The videos

8.3

Never Boring - The videos
2019-10-11

Caballe beyond music

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Caballe beyond music
2003-01-01

Die schönsten Weihnachts-Hits

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Die schönsten Weihnachts-Hits
2006-11-29

Die Harald Schmidt Show

7

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995-12-05

2

Beckmann
1999-01-25

Wetten, dass..?

5.263

Wetten, dass..?
1981-02-14

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Flitterabend
1988-12-01

Musik liegt in der Luft

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Musik liegt in der Luft
1991-02-02

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

3.8

Verstehen Sie Spaß?
1980-01-31

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

Golden Camera Awards

3.5

Golden Camera Awards
1966-01-25

9

BAMBI Awards
1948-01-01

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

4

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004-01-31

The Johannes B. Kerner Show

4

The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998-01-22

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

5

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994-12-27

6.167

Champs-Elysées
1982-01-16

Versteckte Kamera

0

Versteckte Kamera
1995-04-25

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Lo + plus
1995-04-04

Le monde est à vous

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Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13

Melodien für Millionen

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Melodien für Millionen
1985-02-02