Montserrat Caballé was born in Barcelona on April 12, 1933. On April 13, 1953 first performed in the Gran Teatro del Liceo in an end of year gala, in which he played a aria 'Il Ciarlatano' of Scolari. In 1955 he first set foot on a professional stage, singing the lead role 'La Serva Padrona' Pergolesi, at Teatre Fortuny de Reus . company was part of the Basel Opera between 1957 and 1959, debuting in an unusual repertoire that included Mozart and Strauss, and he sang for the first time 'Salome' of Strauss, with only 23 years. In 1962 he returned to the Gran Teatro del Liceo with 'Arabella' Strauss. His international recognition came the night of April 20, 1965 at Carnegie Hall in New York, when he had to replace Marilyn Horne in 'Lucrezia Borgia' of Donizetti. That same year he debuted at the Metropolitan Opera New York, with Marguerite of 'Faust' by Gounod . In 1972 he debuted at La Scala, with 'Norma' of Bellini and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden The Violet of 'La Traviata' by Verdi . She has sung over eighty operatic characters, with varying success, ranging from baroque opera to Verdi, Wagner, Puccini and Richard Strauss, with records as different as Norma, Salome Violetta, the Marshal, Semiramide, Elisabetta or Isolde. Earlier this year announced his retirement in 2013, when turn 80.
PS .- The beauty of his voice, his unique pianissimo and excitement to hear her sing on stage can not be played in a 'you tube' but this is an exceptional document. Listening nobody would say that was only 23 years.
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