Montserrat Caballé

Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch, better known as Montserrat Caballé (born April 12 1933), is a famous Catalan soprano opera singer, renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretat

Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch, better known as Montserrat Caballé (born April 12 1933), is a famous Catalan soprano opera singer, renowned for her bel canto technique and her interpretations of the roles of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti.

Caballé was born in Barcelona.. After studying music at the Liceu Conservatory, she joined the Basel Opera in 1956, where she made her professional operatic debut in 1957 as Mimì in La Bohème. For the 1960–61 season, she was engaged by the Bremen Opera, where she specialized in bel canto roles. In 1962 Caballé returned to Barcelona and made her debut at the Liceu.