Montserrat Caballé: an Extremely Brief Profile of an Operatic Powerhouse

A black-and-white photograph of Montserrat Caballé, circa 1969.

Cada generación tiene sus mitos, y en el mundo de la ópera … hablar de Montserrat Caballé … es hablar de una auténtica leyenda.

Every generation has its myths, and in the world of opera … to speak of Montserrat Caballé … is to speak of a true legend. [1, translated from Spanish by me]

With a rafter-shaking voice, Caballé was one of a small handful of opera singers whose fame extended out beyond the world of opera into the public sphere. Born in Barcelona in 1933, she broke out in 1965 at Carnegie Hall to wide-ranging operatic acclaim. [1]

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