LC control no. | n 81023018 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
LC classification | ML420.C17 Biography |
Personal name heading | Caballé, Montserrat |
Variant(s) | Caballé i Folch, Montserrat Concepción Bibiana Folch, Montserrat Concepción Bibiana Caballé i Caballé i Folch, Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Folch, Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i |
Associated country | Spain |
Birth date | 1933-04-12 |
Death date | 2018-10-06 |
Place of birth | Barcelona (Spain) |
Place of death | Barcelona (Spain) |
Field of activity | Opera |
Profession or occupation | Sopranos (Singers) Opera singers |
Found in | Presenting Montserrat Caballé. [Phonodisc] 1966. Grove music online, viewed Oct. 25, 2010 (Caballé, Montserrat; b. Apr. 12, 1933, Barcelona; Spanish soprano) Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 25, 2010 (Montserrat Concepción Bibiana Caballé i Folch; b. Apr. 12, 1933, Barcelona, Spain; Catalan operatic soprano); viewed Oct. 9, 2018 (Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch) Spanish Wikipedia, viewed Oct. 9, 2018 (María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé Folch) New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 9, 2018 (in obituary published Oct. 6: Montserrat Caballé; Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepción Caballé i Folch; b. Apr. 12, 1933; d. there Saturday [Oct. 6, 2018], aged 85; Spanish soprano widely counted among the last of the old-time prima donnas for the transcendent purity of her voice, the sweeping breadth of her repertory, and the delirious adulation of her fans; one of the foremost opera singers of the second half of the 20th century; also widely heard in recital) |