Montserrat Caballé

Montserrat Caballé

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.

  • Titel: Montserrat Caballé
  • Populariteit: 2.316
  • Bekend fan: Acting
  • Jierdei: 1933-04-12
  • Berteplak: Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
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Montserrat Caballé Films

  • 1970
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    José Carreras Collection: Montserrat Caballé & José Carreras

    José Carreras Collection: Montserrat Caballé & José Carreras

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Cilea - Adriana Lecouvreur - Caballe, Cossotto, Carreras (NHK 1976)

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

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1984
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    Hérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo

    Hérodiade - Gran Teatro del Liceo

    1 1984 HD

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  • 2012
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    Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

    Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

    7.331 2012 HD

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  • 1974
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    Norma

    Norma

    1 1974 HD

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  • 2000
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    Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story

    Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story

    7.7 2000 HD

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  • 1986
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    Romanza final (Gayarre)

    Romanza final (Gayarre)

    5.7 1986 HD

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  • 1985
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    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    Verdi: Simon Boccanegra

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1988
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    Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - La Nit

    Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé - La Nit

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1977
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    Informe general sobre unas cuestiones de interés para una proyección pública

    Informe general sobre unas cuestiones de interés para una proyección pública

    6.2 1977 HD

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  • 2019
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    Never Boring - The videos

    Never Boring - The videos

    8.3 2019 HD

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  • 2003
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    Caballé, más allá de la música

    Caballé, más allá de la música

    1 2003 HD

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  • 2006
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    Die schönsten Weihnachts-Hits

    Die schönsten Weihnachts-Hits

    1 2006 HD

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  • 1995
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    Die Harald Schmidt Show

    Die Harald Schmidt Show

    7 1995 HD

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  • 1999
    imgS16 E30

    Beckmann

    Beckmann

    3 1999 HD

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  • 1981
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    Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

    5.5 1981 HD

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  • 1988
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    Flitterabend

    Flitterabend

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1991
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    Musik liegt in der Luft

    Musik liegt in der Luft

    1 1991 HD

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  • 1980
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    Verstehen Sie Spaß?

    Verstehen Sie Spaß?

    3.8 1980 HD

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  • 1972
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    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 1966
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    Goldene Kamera Verleihung

    Goldene Kamera Verleihung

    3.5 1966 HD

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  • 1948
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    Bambi-Verleihung

    Bambi-Verleihung

    9 1948 HD

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  • 1972
    imgS20 E8

    Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

    8 1972 HD

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  • 2004
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    Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

    Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

    4 2004 HD

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  • 1998
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    Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

    Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

    4 1998 HD

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  • 1994
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    alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

    alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

    5 1994 HD

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1995
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    Versteckte Kamera

    Versteckte Kamera

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    Lo + plus

    Lo + plus

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1987
    imgS11 E23

    Le monde est à vous

    Le monde est à vous

    1 1987 HD

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  • 1985
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    Melodien für Millionen

    Melodien für Millionen

    1 1985 HD

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