Montserrat Caballé Essentials
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Montserrat Caballé was one of the most powerful and versatile operatic voices of the 20th century. Best known for her roles in Italian opera (Tosca, Aida, Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, Turandot and Elisabeth in Don Carlos), Caballé's repertoire took in German works such as Tristan und Isolde, Salome and Der Rosenkavalier. Possessing a beautifully pure soprano voice, primarily lyric but with reserves of power, Caballé (born in Barcelona in 1933) became one of Spain's leading musicians. Her many early solo recitals reveal a superb instrument, which can be heard in pretty much all her stage roles—often to spectacular effect. “Barcelona”, a duet recorded with Freddie Mercury for the 1992 Olympics, made her a crossover star. Explore some of the finest performances of an opera legend.
Mira, o Norma, a' tuoi ginocchi
Sempre libera
Thomas Jamerson, Sherrill Milnes, Gene Boucher, Montserrat Caballé, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Carlo Bergonzi, Flavio Tosin, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Harold Enns, Fernando Iacopucci, Dorothy Krebill, Nancy Stokes, Georges Prêtre
E strano, è strano! - Ah fors è lui
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Harold Enns, Sherrill Milnes, Gene Boucher, Thomas Jamerson, Fernando Iacopucci, Montserrat Caballé, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Nancy Stokes, Georges Prêtre, Dorothy Krebill, Carlo Bergonzi, Flavio Tosin
"Tu che di gel sei cinta"
Ah! l'ultima preghiera in questo caro suolo
"Sulla tomba che rinserra"
"Il dolce suono"
Claes-Håkon Ahnsjö, Ann Murray, Montserrat Caballé, Vincenzo Sardinero, Samuel Ramey, José Carreras, Jesús López-Cobos, Philharmonia Orchestra
"Spargi d'amore pianto"
Vincenzo Sardinero, The Ambrosian Singers, Philharmonia Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos, Samuel Ramey, Montserrat Caballé
Com' è bello!
Franco Romano, Montserrat Caballé, Robert El Hage, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Vito Maria Brunetti, Shirley Verrett, Franco Ricciardi, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Jonel Perlea, Ezio Flagello, Alfredo Kraus, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Fernando Iacopucci, Giuseppe Baratti
"O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)
Cavatina: "Lo sguardo avea degli angeli"
Egli riede? oh lieto istante!
Duet Papageno & Papagena: Pa-pa-pa...
Montserrat Caballé, José Collado, SWR Rundfunkorchester, Kaiserslautern, Thomas Quasthoff
"Quant'è grato all'alma mia"
London Symphony Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé, Gianfranco Masini, The Ambrosian Singers
Ambroise Thomas: Barcarolle
Act II: Barcarolle: Belle nuit
"A te, o cara, amor talora" (Arturo, Elvira, Giorgio, Gualtiero, Coro)
Stefan Elenkov, Montserrat Caballé, Alfredo Kraus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Agostino Ferrin, The Ambrosian Singers, Riccardo Muti
Bolero. Merce, dirette amiche
Gianfranco Masini, Montserrat Caballé, Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona
R. Strauss: Arabella
Act I, "Aber Der Richtige, Wenn's Einen Gibt Für Mich Auf Dieser Welt" (Arabella, Zdenka)
Oralia Dominguez, René Kollo, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jeannette Scovotti, Renato Borgato, RAI Chorus, Wolfgang Rennert, Leonardo Monreale, Carlo Gaifa, Kurt Moll, Montserrat Caballé, RAI Orchestra, Oliviera Miljakovic
R. Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), WWV 86d