Montserrat Caballé

Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch [ munsərat kəβəʎe ] ( born April 12, 1933, Barcelona) is a Spanish opera singer in the vocal range soprano. She is considered one of the most important opera singers of the 20th century.

Life

Caballé studied singing in Barcelona and Milan and debuted in Basel in 1956 as Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème. In addition, she sang at the theater in Saarbrücken. From 1959 to 1962 she was engaged at the theater of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. In 1965 she jumped for Marilyn Horne in a concert performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall, and wowed the audience. In the same year she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, which she became known internationally. Caballé is a frequent guest at festivals (including Glyndebourne ), since 1971, she also appeared regularly at the Hamburg State Opera. They also frequently occurs as a concert singer.

Key priorities of their extensive repertoire consists of mainly the operas of Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini, but also by Verdi and Puccini. Characteristics of their lyrical voice are sensual beauty and an exceptional piano.

1997 Mike Moran produced their album Friends For Life, which includes duets with Caballé and different singers, including Bruce Dickinson, Johnny Hallyday, Johnny Logan, Gino Vannelli, and Helmut Lotti.

1998 Caballé was awarded a Bambi. In 2007 she was awarded the Echo Klassik Music Prize for her life's work.

Also in 2007, (1st April 2007) entered Montserrat Caballé after 18 years the first time, the stage of the Vienna State Opera. On the side of Natalie Dessay, Juan Diego Flórez and Janina Baechle they gave the game the Duchesse de Crakentorp in Donizetti's La Fille du Régiment ( The Daughter of the Regiment ) in a co-production of the Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Caballé has discovered and nurtured the tenor Josep Carreras.

Barcelona with Freddie Mercury in 1992

The interested in rock music audience in 1992 made ​​famous by the song Barcelona at the Barcelona Olympics Caballé. It's a piece from the eponymous album, which started in 1987 in collaboration with Freddie Mercury. The album was due to an initiative by Freddie Mercury, who was an admirer of her. At her request Mercury wrote a piece about her hometown of Barcelona, ​​which was first performed on 29 May 1987 to Ibiza.

Private

Caballé married the tenor Bernabé Martí in 1964. Their daughter, Montserrat Marti Caballe (known as " Montsita " ) is likewise soprano. 1986 Caballé a benign brain tumor was found, whom she calls " my little friend ".

Repertoire

  • Les Danaides ( Ipermestra )
  • Le nozze di Figaro ( Contessa )
  • Così fan tutte ( Fiordiligi )
  • Don Giovanni ( Donna Anna and Donna Elvira )
  • The Magic Flute (First Lady )
  • Medea ( Medea )
  • Demophoon ( Dirce )
  • Agnese di Hohenstaufen ( Agnese )
  • Il turco in Italia ( Fiorilla )
  • Elisabetta, Regina d' Inghilterra ( Elisabetta )
  • Il Barbiere di Siviglia ( Rosina )
  • Ermione ( Ermione )
  • La donna del lago (Elena )
  • Semiramide ( Semiramide )
  • Il viaggio a Reims ( Madama Cortese )
  • Guglielmo Tell ( Matilde )
  • L' Africana ( Selica )
  • Saffo ( Saffo )
  • La straniera ( Alaide )
  • Il pirata ( Imogene )
  • Norma ( Norma, Adalgisa )
  • I Puritani ( Elvira )
  • Tristan and Isolde ( Isolde )
  • Parsifal ( flower girl )
  • Ernani ( Elvira )
  • Giovanna d' Arco ( Giovanna )
  • I Masnadieri ( Amalia )
  • Il corsaro ( Gulnara )
  • Luisa Miller ( Luisa )
  • La traviata ( Violetta )
  • Il trovatore (Leonora )
  • I vespri siciliani (Elena )
  • Aroldo ( Lina )
  • Un ballo in maschera ( Amelia)
  • La forza del destino (Leonora )
  • Don Carlos ( Elisabetta )
  • Aida ( Aida )
  • Otello ( Desdemona )
  • Messa da requiem
  • Henri VIII ( Caterina d' Aragona )
  • Boris Godunov ( Marina)
  • Eugene Onegin ( Tatjana )
  • Mefistofele ( Margherita, Elena )
  • Manon (Manon )
  • Cleopatre ( Cleopatra )
  • Pagliacci ( Nedda )
  • Andrea Chénier ( Maddalena )
  • La fiamma ( Silvana )
  • Cristobal Colon ( Isabella )

Clips

  • Concert with Montserrat Caballe and Franco Corelli (MP3, 37.5 MB)

Awards

  • RSH Gold 1996: in the category " Classical LP of the Year" (Barcelona)
Aix-en-Provence Giacomo Puccini Gaetano Donizetti Glyndebourne Festival Opera Vincenzo Bellini Lyric soprano Mike Moran (music producer) Johnny Logan (singer) Bambi Award José Carreras Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé song) Antonio Salieri Les Danaïdes Gaspare Spontini Agnes von Hohenstaufen William Tell (opera) Giacomo Meyerbeer L'Africaine Giovanni Pacini Parisina (opera) Lucrezia Borgia (opera) Caterina Cornaro (opera) Norma (opera) Tristan und Isolde Les vêpres siciliennes La Gioconda (opera) Boris Godunov (opera) Eugene Onegin (opera) Arrigo Boito Jules Massenet Alfredo Catalani Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Pietro Mascagni Richard Strauss Salome (opera) Umberto Giordano Ottorino Respighi Leonardo Balada Integrated Authority File
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