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”