Montserrat Caballé gets a Google Doodle on what would have been her 89th birthday. Naturally in Google’s write-up, they emphasize her collaboration with Freddie Mercury, with imbedded video of “Barcelona.” Oh yeah, she also happened to be one of the greatest sopranos of her generation. I guess that’s why they called her “La Superba.”

Google Doodle pays tribute to Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballé on 89th birthday

From her American debut, filling in for a indisposed Marilyn Horne. The performance earned her a 25-minute standing ovation.

“Il Pirata”

Hypnotic in “Maria Stuarda,” with great anecdote in the comments section about Caballé upstaged by a peacock!

A favorite Caballé album of songs by Enrique Granados

Meltingly beautiful Donizetti

Lock up the crystal! Superhuman in “Don Carlo.”

Quite a blast from “Hérodiade”