Caballé, Montserrat

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Caballé, Montserrat (1933– ) Spanish soprano. She made her operatic debut as Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème (1957) at Basle Opera, Switzerland. Her performance (1965) in the title role of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall, New York City, established her reputation as a prima domma. Later that year, Caballé made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Marguerite in Gounod's Faust. A versatile performer, her dramatic power and clear voice also found expression in the operas of Verdi, Rossini, Bellini, Wagner, and Strauss. Her duet with rock singer Freddie Mercury was the anthem of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

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