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Montserrat Caballé

1933 - 2018

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María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch or Folc (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), also known as Montserrat Caballé (i Folch), was a Spanish operatic soprano from Catalonia. Widely considered to be one of the best sopranos of the 20th century, she won a variety of musical awards thoroughout her six-decade career, including three Grammy Awards. Caballé performed a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. She was noticed internationally when she stepped in for a performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall in 1965, and then appeared at leading opera houses. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Montserrat Caballé is the 21st most popular singer (up from 24th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Spain (up from 43rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Singer.

Montserrat Caballé is most famous for her operatic voice. She is a Spanish opera singer who has sung in many languages, including Catalan, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, and English.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Montserrat Caballé ranks 21 out of 4,381. Before her are Frank Sinatra, Julio Iglesias, David Bowie, Adriano Celentano, Dalida, and Umm Kulthum. After her are Patti Smith, Marianne Faithfull, Demis Roussos, Enrico Caruso, Tina Turner, and Brian Johnson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Montserrat Caballé ranks 7. Before her are Akihito, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Karl Lagerfeld, Garrincha, Roman Polanski, and Dalida. After her are Yoko Ono, Michael Caine, Lina Medina, Claudio Abbado, Francisco Gento, and William Anders. Among people deceased in 2018, Montserrat Caballé ranks 8. Before her are Aretha Franklin, George H. W. Bush, Barbara Bush, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kofi Annan, and Charles Aznavour. After her are Ingvar Kamprad, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Bernardo Bertolucci, Stan Lee, Miloš Forman, and Joe Jackson.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Montserrat Caballé ranks 40 out of 3,355. Before her are Philip III of Spain (1578), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Charles II of Spain (1661), Saint Dominic (1170), Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), and Maria Theresa of Spain (1638). After her are Anne of Austria (1601), Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), Arcadius (377), Florentino Pérez (1947), Charles III of Spain (1716), and Pedro Almodóvar (1949).

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Among SINGERS In Spain

Among singers born in Spain, Montserrat Caballé ranks 3. Before her are Plácido Domingo (1941), and Julio Iglesias (1943). After her are José Carreras (1946), Enrique Iglesias (1975), Teresa Berganza (1933), Victoria de los Ángeles (1923), Lola Flores (1923), Isabella Colbran (1785), Elvira de Hidalgo (1891), Adelina Patti (1843), and Raphael (1943).

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