Montserrat Caballé was one of the most stimulating and refined singers in opera, concert and recital in the second half of the 20th century. Born in Barcelona on 12 April 1933, she studied at the Barcelona Liceo and made her concert debut there in 1954. After opera engagements at Basle and Bremen and guest appearances in Milan, Vienna and Lisbon, she became a major international star in 1965 when she substituted for an ailing Marilyn Horne in a concert performance of Donizettis Lucrezia Borgia in New York. Her long and highly successful career has encompassed a wide range of repertoire, including roles in a number of demanding bel canto operas in which she followed Maria Callas, who had brought these works back into public favour. (bron: EMI Classics) Op 12 april 2013 viert de Spaanse sopraan haar 80ste verjaardag. Aanleiding om haar in de schijnwerpers te zetten. Zoals bijv. met deze 4CD-box in EMI Classics' Icon series met opera-fragmenten (en enkele Spaanse liederen), opgenomen in Caballé's toptijd.
Nederlands
| Titel | Great Operatic Recordings (Icon series) |
| Auteur | Montserrat Caballe |
| Type materiaal | CD |
| Uitgave | EMI Classics, 2009 |
| Overige gegevens | 4 discs |
| Annotatie | Werken: (1) Rossini: Guillaume Tell: "Sombre forêt" (opname: 1972); (2) Bellini: Il pirata: 5 fragmenten (opname: 1979); (7) Bellini: I Puritani: 5 fragmenten (opname: 1979); (12) Donizetti: Poliuto: "Donna! Malvagio!" / "Ah fuggi da morte... Il suon dell'arpe angeliche" (opname: 1970); (14) Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots: "Ô Ciel! où courez-vous?" / "Tu l'as dit / Plus d'amour!..." (opname: 1970); (17) Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco: "Oh, ben s'addice... Sempre all'alba (opname: 1972); (18) Verdi: Macbeth: "Vegliammo invan due notti... Una macchia" (opname: 1971); (19) Verdi: Un ballo in maschera: "Teco io sto... Non sai tu... M'ami! M'ami!" (opname: 1970); (20) Verdi: La forza del destino: "La Vergine degli' angeli" / "Pace, pace mio Dio" (opname: 1971); (22) Verdi: Don Carlo: "Io vengo a domendar" / "Non pianger mai compagna" / "Tu che le vanità" (opname: 1971); (25) Verdi: Aida: 4 fragmenten (opname: 1974); (29) Verdi: Otello: "Era più calmo? ... Mia madre aveva una povera ancella"/ "Ave Maria" (opname: 1971); (31) Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele: "L'altra notte in fondo al mare" (opname: 1973); (32) Puccini: Manon Lescaut: "In quelle..." / Oh, sarò la più bella!" / "Sola, perduta, abbandonata" (opname: 1971); (35) Puccini: La Bohème: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" / "Donde lieta uscì" (opname: 1970); (37) Puccini: Tosca: "Vissi d'arte" (opname: 1970); (38) Puccini: Madama Butterfly: "Un bel di vedremo" / "Tu! Tu! piccolo iddio!" (opname: 1970); (40) Puccini: Turadot: "Signore, ascolta!" / "Tu che di gel sei cinta" (opname: 1970); (42) Puccini: Turandot: "In questa reggia" (opname: 1977); (43) Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (opname: 1970); (44) Puccini: La Rondine: "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta" (opname: 1970); (45) Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana: "Regina coeli..." / "Voi lo sapete..." / Tu qui, Santuzza?..." (opname: 1979); (48) Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier: "Vicino a te" (opname: 1970); (49) Joaquin Turina: Canto a Sevilla, Op. 37: Las fuentecitas del parque (opname: 1979); (50) Xavier Montsalvatge: Cinco canciones negras (opname: 1979). Uitvoerenden: Montserrat Caballé, Lamberto Gardelli, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Coro della RAI, Roma, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Riccardo Muti, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Julia Hamari, Sir Charles Mackerras, London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, Anton Guadagno, Thomas Allen, Carlo Maria Giulini, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Fiorenza Cossotto, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius Rudel, Bruno Bartoletti, London Symphony Chorus, Alain Lombard, José Carreras, Choeurs de l'Opéra du Rhin, Orchestre Philharmonique De Strassbourg, Astrid Varnay, Alexis Weissenberg. |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Onderwerp algemeen | Romantiek en Nationalisme ; Impressionisme en Laat-Romantiek ; Muziektheater/Thatermuziek: opera na ca. 1750 (fragmenten) |
