Died opera diva Montserrat Caballe

Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe died at the age of 85 in the hospital of Sant Pau in Barcelona, ​​reported the newspaper Il Pais, citing sources in a medical institution.

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A hospital spokesman told the agency Associated Pressthat the cause of death of the opera star will not be made public at the request of the Montserrat Caballe family. He confirmed that she was hospitalized in September, writes Air force.

Caballe's creative career lasted 50 years. Montserrat Caballe was born in Barcelona in a simple family, but at the age of seven she showed extraordinary musical talents, performing Bach's cantatas, and at the age of nine she was accepted into the musical school at the Barcelona Liseu opera house.

After graduating from 1953, Montserrat traveled to Italy, where she initially received minor roles, and 7 on January 1962 made her debut on the stage of the Liceu theater in Richard Strauss's Arabella. She has performed all over the world with such masters of the operatic stage as Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo, performing almost 90 roles and about 800 chamber works.

The singer received international recognition thanks to the beauty of her voice and dramatic interpretation of roles. Her fans called her La Superba - "excellent."

Her career was overshadowed by health problems. In 1985, she spent three months in the hospital, when she had a brain tumor (benign), and in 1993, she had to undergo treatment for heart problems.

10 facts about the life of a famous singer:

1. Named in honor of the sacred mountain

The full name of the singer sounds like Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepcion Caballe and Folk, writes TVNZ. Parents named it in honor of the sacred mountain of St. Mary of Montserrat, where the monastery of the same name is located.

2. Married in 31 year

The husband of the singer Bernabe Marti was a famous tenor in the mid-5th century and was 45 years older than her. Caballe and Marty met when he was invited to replace a sick performer in Madama Butterfly. There is a kissing scene in the opera - and Marty kissed Montserrat so passionately that she almost fainted. This was her first and only love. The couple has two children: daughter Montserrat Marti i Caballe (XNUMX), also an opera singer, and son Bernabe Marti Jr.

3. World success came in 32 of the year

Fame and fame came to Montserrat a year after the wedding, when she was invited to replace opera star Marilyn Horne at the American Carnegie Hall. Caballe sang the role of Lucrezia Borgia in the opera of the same name so that the audience applauded for 20 minutes. Leading critics called Caballe the successor to Maria Callas, who ended her solo career that same year, and the new “best soprano in the world.”

4. Last birthday celebrated in Kiev

Caballe celebrated her last, 85th birthday on April 12 in Kyiv. She came there with her daughter and granddaughter. The day before, she gave an exclusive interview to “KP” in Ukraine,” in which she told what she dreamed about.

“I dream of health. I want God to give me as much time as possible with my family and strength to implement creative ideas. And I still dream that all people on Earth would be kinder and try to change the world for the better with their actions,” said the legendary opera singer.

5. I got into a car accident

In her youth, the singer was slim, but after a head injury, which she received in an accident, the area of ​​the brain that was responsible for the correct fat metabolism atrophied. For the year, Caballe gained more 40 kilograms and then could not lose weight. With the growth of 161, see the singer weighed over 100 kilograms, although she was constantly on a diet.

6. Her brother Carlos became a personal impresario

When the young Montserrat came to conquer Italy, a local impresario said that with such an appearance she had nothing to do on stage. Then her brother Carlos said that he himself would become her personal impresario. It was Carlos who encouraged his sister to meet Mercury.

7. Received time for tax evasion

In 2015, in Spain, a world opera star was sentenced to a prison sentence of six months for tax evasion and fined 250 thousands of euros. Also, Caballe was ordered to pay more than 72 thousand euros to the tax authorities in the form of various costs. She paid off her debts with a fine.

8. President of Ukraine awarded her with the Order of Princess Olga I degree

Caballe received it in 2006 from President Viktor Yushchenko. “Of course, the award from the President of Ukraine is very pleasant for me. But the most valuable reward for me is my audience and their recognition. If there weren’t a spectator, there wouldn’t be me!” she said.

9. World hit with Freddie Mercury

In 1992, at the opening of the Summer Olympics in the capital of Catalonia, Montserrat Caballe, together with Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury, performed the song “Barcelona”, which became a hit. The song was first released in 1987 and became the anthem of the Olympic Games.

10. Voice coached by special gymnastics

Her voice remained so young, because Kaballe had been doing special breathing exercises every day, which she had been taught at the conservatory.

Montserrat Caballe was one of the most popular opera singers of the second half of the 20th century. She sang on stage until the last months of her life - in the summer and early autumn of 2018, she toured Russia.

Farewell to the singer will be held on Sunday. The funeral will take place on Monday, October 8.

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