She was born on April 12, 1933 ,died at October 6, 2018 and she was a Spanish operatic soprano .
Montserrat Caballé Biography
Caballé was born in Barcelona on April 12, 1933. Her family was in a humble economic situation due to the Civil War .
She studied music at the Conservatorio Superior del Liceu and singing technique with Napoleone Annovazzi, Eugenia Kemény and Conchita BadÃa .
She graduated from it 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 was becoming part of the Basel Opera companybetween 1957 and 1959, singing a repertoire that included Mozart (Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte ) and Strauss ( Salome ) in German, unusual for Spanish singers, but useful for his next engagement at the Bremen Opera (1959-1962 ).
In 1961, she was playing Iphigénie in Gluck ‘s Iphigénie en Tauride at the Teatro Nacional de S. Carlos in Lisbon, alongside Raymond Wolansky, Jean Cox, Paul Schöffler and others.
She died there on October 6, 2018 at the age of 85. Her cause of death wasn’t reported. Felipe VI of Spain was describing her as “the best of the best”, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called her the great ambassador of Spain.
She was one of the best singers in Spain.
Montserrat Caballé Young
In 1962, Caballé was returning to Barcelona and made her debut at the Liceu, playing the title role in Strauss’s Arabella .
From the fall of 1962 to the spring of 1963 she was touring Mexic, at one point singing the title role in Massenet’s Manon at the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
On October 20, 2012, during her tour of Russia, Caballé was suffering a stroke in Yekaterinburg and was quickly was transferred to Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona.
Montserrat Caballé Career
Caballé’s international breakthrough was coming in 1965 when she was replacing 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.
Although this was her first engagement in a bel canto opera and she had to learn the role in less than a month, her performance was making her famous throughout the opera world. Later that year, she was making her debut at the Glyndebourne Festival singing her first Marschallin de ella in Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier and portraying the role of Countess Almaviva in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro .
In December 1965, she was returning to Carnegie Hall for her second bel canto opera, playing the role of Queen Elizabeth I in Roberto Devereux , recently rediscovered by Donizetti. 
Caballé was closing the year with her Metropolitan Opera debut on December 22, 1965, appearing as Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust opposite John Alexander in the title role, Justino DÃaz as Méphistophélès, and Sherrill Milnes as Valentin in her debut at the Met.
In 1966, she was making her first appearance with the Lyric Opera Company of Philadelphia as Maddalena di Coigny in Giordano ‘s Andrea Chénier and her Italian debut at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as Leonora in Verdi ‘s Il trovatore , followed by Ilpirata de Verdi Bellini in 1967.
She was returning to Philadelphia in 1967 to sing the title roles in Puccini’s Tosca and Madama Butterfly , and to the Met to sing three Verdi heroines: Leonora opposite Richard Tucker as Manrico in Il Trovatore, Desdemona in Otello with James McCracken in the title role, and Violetta in La traviata , with Tucker and George Shirley alternating as Alfredo.
She was returning to the Met the following year in the title role in Verdi ‘s Luisa Miller, and in 1969 for the role of Liù in Puccini ‘s Turandot , with Birgit Nilsson in the title role and James King as Calà f. 
She also returned to Philadelphia as Imogene in Bellini’s Ilpirate (1968) and Lucrezia Borgia (1969).
In 1969, Caballé appeared at the Arena di Verona in a Jean Vilar production of Verdi ‘s Don Carlo. She was Elisabetta de Valois in an all-star cast that included Plácido Domingo and Piero Cappuccilli.
In the same period she also appeared in a recital at the Teatro Corallo in Verona. In 1970, Caballé made her official debut at La Scala in the title role of Lucrezia Borgia . She was appearing as Leonora in Philadelphia and returned to the Met as Amelia in a critically acclaimed production of Verdi’s Un Ballo in maschera with Domingo as Riccardo and Reri Grist as Oscar.
In 1972, she was making her first appearances at Covent Garden and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, both in the role of Violetta. That same year she was returning to the Met as Elisabetta in Don Carlo with Franco Corelli in the title role, and she sang the title role of Bellini’s Norma in Philadelphia.
In 1973 she was returning to Chicago to play the title role in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda with Viorica Cortez, but she left mid-contract because she suffered from phlebitis. This was marking her final performance at the Chicago Lyric Opera. 
That same year she performed at the Met as Bellini’s Norma, opposite Carlo Cossutta in her Met debut as Pollione and Fiorenza Cossotto as Adalgisa.
In 1974, Caballé appeared in the title role of Verdi’s Aida at the Liceu in January, in Verdi ‘s I vespri siciliani at the Met in March, and in Parisina d’Este at Carnegie Hall, also in March.
She appeared as Norma at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and as Adriana Lecouvreur at La Scala in April. She was filmed as Norma in Orange in July by Pierre Jourdain.
She recorded Aida with Riccardo Muti in July and made a duet recording with Giuseppe Di Stefano in August. In September 1974, she underwent major surgery to remove a large benign mass from her abdomen.
She recovered and returned to performing on stage in early 1975. In 1976, Caballé appeared at the Met once more as Norma and sang her first Aida at that house, alongside Robert Nagy as Radamès and Marilyn Horne as Amneris.
She appeared in the title role of Richard Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos and sang Mimì in Puccini’s La bohème with Luciano Pavarotti as Rodolfo.
In 1977, Caballé made his debut with the San Francisco Opera in the title role of Puccini ‘s Turandot . 
She returned to that house ten more times over the next decade in such roles as Elvira in Verdi’s Ernani and the title roles in Ponchielli ‘s La Gioconda , Rossini’s Semiramide , and Puccini ‘s Tosca , among others.
Montserrat Caballé Honors & Awards
Of Caballé’s recordings, several won a Grammy Award: Rossini Rarities in 1966, Puccini ‘s La bohème in 1968, and Mozart’s Così fan tutte in 1974 ; other recordings were nominated for the award.
- 1966: Lady Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- 1975: Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
- 1991: Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts.
- 1996: RSH-Gold in the category “Classic LP of the Year” (Barcelona)
- 2003: Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz (Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
- 2005: Legion of Honor
- 2007: Appointed Kammersängerin of the Vienna State Opera
- 2008: Honorary Doctorate from the Menéndez Pelayo International University of Santander
- 2009: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic by the President of Italy
- 2011: Honorary doctorate from the University of Barcelona
Montserrat Caballé Freddie Mercury
In 1987, Caballé was making an unusual foray into the world of pop music when she released a duet with Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the rock band Queen, which was titled “Barcelona”. The song was inspired by Caballé’s hometown and was later used as one of the two official themes for the 1992 Olympics.
Mercury was a great admirer of Caballé, and considered his voice to be “the best in the world”.
The single was followed by an album of the same name which was released the following year and featured more collaborations between the two artists.
The title song later became the anthem for the 1992 Summer Olympics, which were hosted by Caballé’s hometown, and appeared again on pop charts across Europe. Caballé also performed the song live, accompanied by a recording by Mercury, who died in 1991, before the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final at Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium.
Montserrat Caballé Husband
Caballé married the Spanish tenor Bernabé Martà in 1964. They had two children; her daughter Montserrat Martà is also an operatic soprano.
Montserrat Caballé Friends For Life
“Amigos Para Siempre (Friends for Life)“, also called “Amics per sempre” in Catalan, is a song that was written for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The music has been composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The lyrics, were written by Don Black, are in English, except for the title phrase which was repeated in English, Spanish and Catalan.
Montserrat Caballé Net Worth
Seconds Celebrity Net Worth Montserrat Caballé has a net worth of 30 million dollars in 2022.
This staggering wealth was amassed through his incredibly successful operatic career.
Throughout her life, she released countless albums and singles and sang in operas around the world.
