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
Fernando Iacopucci, Carlo Bergonzi, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé, Dorothy Krebill, Sherrill Milnes, Gene Boucher, Thomas Jamerson, Flavio Tosin, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Nancy Stokes, Georges Prêtre, Harold Enns
E strano, è strano! - Ah fors è lui
RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Nancy Stokes, Georges Prêtre, Montserrat Caballé, Dorothy Krebill, Gene Boucher, Sherrill Milnes, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Fernando Iacopucci, Carlo Bergonzi, Thomas Jamerson, Flavio Tosin, Harold Enns
"Tu che di gel sei cinta"
Ah! l'ultima preghiera in questo caro suolo
"Sulla tomba che rinserra"
"Il dolce suono"
Jesús López-Cobos, Philharmonia Orchestra, Samuel Ramey, Claes-Håkon Ahnsjö, Vincenzo Sardinero, Montserrat Caballé, Ann Murray, José Carreras
"Spargi d'amore pianto"
The Ambrosian Singers, Vincenzo Sardinero, Jesús López-Cobos, Montserrat Caballé, Philharmonia Orchestra, Samuel Ramey
Com' è bello!
Shirley Verrett, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Franco Ricciardi, Jonel Perlea, Robert El Hage, Montserrat Caballé, Vito Maria Brunetti, Fernando Iacopucci, Alfredo Kraus, Giuseppe Baratti, RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Ezio Flagello, Franco Romano
Andrea Cheneir, DrammaLa mamma morta
Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (2002 Remastered Version)
Cavatina: "Lo sguardo avea degli angeli"
Egli riede? oh lieto istante!
W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Duet Papageno & Papagena: Pa-pa-pa...
José Collado, Montserrat Caballé, Thomas Quasthoff, SWR Rundfunkorchester, Kaiserslautern
W. A. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588
"Temerari! Sortite!" - "Come scoglio!"
"Quant'è grato all'alma mia"
Gianfranco Masini, The Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé
Ambroise Thomas: Barcarolle
Act II: Barcarolle: Belle nuit
No. 14 "Il était un roi de Thulé" / "Ah! Je ris de ma voir si belle en ce miroir!"
Reynald Giovaninetti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé
"A te, o cara, amor talora" (Arturo, Elvira, Giorgio, Gualtiero, Coro)
The Ambrosian Singers, Stefan Elenkov, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti, Alfredo Kraus, Agostino Ferrin, Montserrat Caballé
Bolero. Merce, dirette amiche
Gianfranco Masini, Montserrat Caballé, Orquesta Sinfónica de Barcelona
G. Verdi: Don Carlo (1988 Digital Remaster)
Era più calma ... Piangea cantando (Atto IV)
Ave Maria (Atto IV)
R. Strauss: Arabella
Act I, "Aber Der Richtige, Wenn's Einen Gibt Für Mich Auf Dieser Welt" (Arabella, Zdenka)
René Kollo, Leonardo Monreale, Carlo Gaifa, Oralia Dominguez, Wolfgang Rennert, Kurt Moll, Renato Borgato, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jeannette Scovotti, RAI Chorus, RAI Orchestra, Montserrat Caballé, Oliviera Miljakovic
R. Wagner: Die Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), WWV 86d