Montserrat Caballé (1933-2018) Spanish Operatic Soprano Find a Grave
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| BIRTH | 12 April 1933, Barcelona, Spain |
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| DEATH | 6 October 2018 (aged 85), Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain |
| FULL NAME | María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch |
| SPOUSE | Bernabé Martí (1964–2018) |
| CHILDREN | Montserrat Martí, Bernabé Martí Jr. |
| EDUCATION | Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu |
| OCCUPATION | Operatic Soprano |
| BURIAL | Cementiri de Sant Andreu, Barcelona, Provincia de Barcelona, Cataluna, Spain |
| NATIONALITY | Spanish |
Montserrat Caballé Wiki, Biography, Family, Life, Age and Death
Short Bio
Montserrat Caballé was a 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.
Montserrat Caballé Biography
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.
On 20 October 2012, during her tour in Russia, Caballé suffered a stroke in Yekaterinburg and was quickly transferred to the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona.
In September 2018, she was admitted to the same hospital for a gallbladder problem. She died there on 6 October 2018 at the age of 85. The cause of death was not given. Felipe VI of Spain described Caballé as “the best of the best”, and Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez called her the great ambassador of Spain.