{"id":3198,"date":"2024-04-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/?p=3198"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T19:11:57","slug":"lg-montserrat-caballe-april-12th-1933","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/2024\/04\/lg-montserrat-caballe-april-12th-1933\/","title":{"rendered":"MONTSERRAT CABALL\u00c9, 12. APRIL 1933"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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MONTSERRAT CABALL\u00c9
SOPRANO
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\u2018No diva in memory has sung such an all-encompassing amount of the soprano repertory, progressing through virtually the entire range of Italian light lyric, <\/span><\/i>lirico-spinto<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span> and dramatic roles, including all the pinnacles of the bel canto, Verdi and verismo repertories, whilst simultaneously being a remarkable interpreter of Salome, Sieglinde and Isolde\u201d<\/span><\/span>[1]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

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This sums up succinctly, the talent and achievement of a singer who towards the end of her career added another feather to her cap by achieving world wide fame, especially amongst a younger generation of non-opera goers, when she sang the duet Barcelona <\/span>\u00a0with Freddie Mercury, which had been commissioned and recorded at the request of the International Olympic Committee and aired for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in 1992.<\/span><\/p>

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After 12 years of study at the Barcelona Conservatorium, Caball\u00e9\u2019s professional career began in Basle in Switzerland in 1956. In the three years she spent at Basle she built a solid repertory of roles, including Pamina, Tosca, Aida, Chrysothemis and Salome.<\/span>[2]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a> She was then engaged at Bremen, from 1959-1962, where she sang extensive repertoire in German from Mozart to Richard Strauss. Caball<\/span>\u00e9<\/span> made her La Scala debut in 1960, yet continued in Bremen and in the words of one noted general manager of an opera house, \u2018on a lucky night even in a small house one might hear an extraordinary voice. In 1962, for example you could have walked into the little house in Bremen and heard Montserrat Caball<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>, not just a promising young talent but already one of the great voices of the time.\u2019<\/span>[3]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a><\/p>

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She attracted international attention and fame in 1965, after a performance of Donizetti\u2019s Lucretia Borgia<\/span> at Carnegie Hall in New York, standing in for the American mezzo soprano Marilyn Horne which earned her a 25 minute standing ovation.<\/span>[4]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a> After this great triumph she became ever more associated with the Italian Bel Canto repertoire including Maria Stuarda, Norma and Amelia. However, such was her versatility, that Caball<\/span>\u00e9<\/span> sang music almost every era, including popular hits, and her extensive repertoire is available for posterity in numerous recordings. For a time Caball<\/span>\u00e9<\/span> was one of the \u2018two biggest moneymakers before the public\u2019<\/span>[5]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a>(the other being a certain tenor named Pavarotti).<\/span><\/p>

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A consummate performer known for her intelligent and delicate interpretations and musicianship, <\/span>Caball<\/span>\u00e9<\/span> combined these in her pure but powerful voice, capable of creating exquisite vocal shadings. She possessed a prized ability to spin the finest and highest gossamer of pianissimo, which led to her be considered one of the best sopranos of the 20th Century.<\/span><\/p>

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Throughout her six decade career, Caball\u00e9 recorded extensively. We are fortunate to have complete opera repertoire performances and recital albums with her exquisite and exceptional vocal art.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>

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[1]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a> O\u2019CONNER, PATRICK., <\/span><\/span>(6 OCTOBER 2018)\u00a0 THE SOPRANO MONTSERRAT CABALL<\/u><\/span><\/span>\u00c9<\/span><\/u><\/span> HAS DIED<\/span><\/u><\/span>. GRAMOPHONE<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/div>

[2]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a> BLYTH, ALAN, MONTSERRAT CABALL<\/u><\/span><\/span>\u00c9<\/span><\/u><\/span> <\/u>IN THE GROVE BOOK OF OPERA SINGERS<\/u><\/span>, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, (2008). P.67<\/span><\/p><\/div>

[3]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a> BING, RUDOLF, 5000 NIGHTS AT THE OPERA<\/u><\/span>, DOUBLEDAY & COMPANY, INC, GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK, (1972), P.30<\/span><\/p><\/div>

[4]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a> VON RHEIN, JOHN (13 FEBRUARY 2009). <\/span>“THE LAST PRIMA DONNA STILL GOES ON”<\/span><\/span><\/a>. <\/span>CHICAGO TRIBUNE<\/span><\/span>. RETRIEVED 31 DECEMBER 2020.<\/span><\/p><\/div>

[5]<\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a> RASPONI, LANFRANCO., THE LAST PRIMA DONNAS<\/span>, VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD., LONDON (1975). P.595<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keine Diva seit Menschengedenken hat einen derart umfassenden Teil des Sopranrepertoires gesungen und dabei praktisch die gesamte Bandbreite italienischer leichter Lyrik, LIRICO-SPINTO und dramatischer Rollen abgedeckt \u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-3198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legendary-singers","tag-legendary-singers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voicedetective.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}