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Montserrat Caballé unbeldi.com; Montserrat Caballé weberclaudia.de (in German) Fiammetta Rocco: When the ample Catalan sings: Callas is no more; Kiri Te Kanawa is making television commercials, but Montserrat Caballe, the 61-year-old soprano with the old-fashioned style, is still the people's diva of choice (Interview) The Independent, 1994
Martí was born as Montserrat Martí Caballé in Barcelona on 15 November 1971 to Montserrat Caballé and Bernabé Martí. She made her first appearance as a singer in 1993, singing with her mother in London. Following that, the mother and daughter sang together on a few occasions both on stage and on recordings. [2] [3] [4]
She made her American debut on 5 October 1985 as Gilda in a concert performance of Rigoletto in Philadelphia conducted by Riccardo Muti (repeated on 8 October at Carnegie Hall). [1] In the same year she made her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Giulietta in I Capuleti e i Montecchi. John Von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune wrote of her performance:
Lyric Opera of Chicago is an American opera company based in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in Chicago in 1954, under the name 'Lyric Theatre of Chicago' by Carol Fox, Nicola Rescigno and Lawrence Kelly, with a season that included Maria Callas's American debut in Norma. Fox re-organized the company in 1956 under its present name.
On 14 August 1964 he married the soprano Montserrat Caballé at Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey. They had met earlier that year when on short notice he replaced an ailing tenor for performances of Madama Butterfly in Corunna. Martí and Caballé later sang together many times. They had a son named Bernabé and a daughter named Montserrat, also ...
Performances include film, classical, and modern music, such as The Godfather, The Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, a Spanish zarzuela movement, "Barcelona" by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé, and modern pop songs. [6] Performances take place at half-hour intervals every weekend, with weekends extended during the summer season.
Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Janet Coster, Orazio Mori: Gianfranco Masini, Lyric Orchestra of Radio France Orchestra and Chorus (live recording) CD: Opera D'Oro Cat: OPD-1194 1977: Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova, Giacomo Aragall, Giuseppe Taddei: Gianandrea Gavazzeni, San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus
She sang Adalgisa next to the Normas of Callas, Joan Sutherland, Montserrat Caballé, Leyla Gencer, and Elinor Ross [2] Her repertory at the Met included Amneris, Eboli, Adalgisa, Santuzza, Azucena, Dalila, Carmen (only on tour and in outdoor park concerts), Principessa di Bouillon ( Adriana Lecouvreur ) and Mistress Quickly (which she added in ...