Montserrat Caballé: The Legendary Soprano (Opera Documentary) | Perspective

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A profile of the Spanish soprano, best known for the Olympic anthem Barcelona that she performed with Freddie Mercury.
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  • @flav2689
    @flav2689 Жыл бұрын

    ”Unapproachable diva?” Who the hell said that? That’s ridiculous. Diva, yes - in a good way. Unapproachable? Never. She was always grateful and kind to her fans. She was a lovelh lady with a warm heart. And that’s not the only mistake in the video. Do better. But Montse - we love and miss you. Rest in peace❤️

  • @skeeterradar
    @skeeterradar Жыл бұрын

    no one could grab, hold, and sustain a note indefinitely like Montserrat, without losing any of its beauty of tone and brilliance.

  • @kellybrown7671
    @kellybrown7671Ай бұрын

    She WAS NOT an "unapproachable diva"! She was a funny and humble, charming and lovely person. NO Maria Callas nonsense!

  • @islandbirdw
    @islandbirdw3 жыл бұрын

    She had no boundaries for joy in singing

  • @katerinatretyakova4993
    @katerinatretyakova49933 ай бұрын

    Love Montserrat's voice, is like a balsam for the soul ❤ What a big, big honour was to be able to know her personally. Such a great human beeing❤ Such loss... And such a shame for Zaragoza to loose her Voice Competition. Happy, that it revives now at Gran Teatre del Liceu and Teatro Real Madrid!🎉🎉🎉

  • @Willzito
    @Willzito Жыл бұрын

    Most beautiful voice and charisma ever

  • @Sotzume
    @Sotzume3 жыл бұрын

    Caballe was never unapproachable...she was so human.

  • @magdaschweitzer1472
    @magdaschweitzer14723 жыл бұрын

    The incredible, inimitable La Superba!

  • @nancybraselman6745
    @nancybraselman6745 Жыл бұрын

    I hear Montsy and Freddie together and I just want to cry. Their voices are so beautiful, music runs through their bodies, they are music,.and their mutual love for one another is glaringly obvious.

  • @themessenger4208
    @themessenger42083 жыл бұрын

    Good, bad or indifferent...She was one of G-D's most infinitely and incredibly joyous gifts to us. She earned her success with pain, tears, and disappointments, but always with an the attitude of "Tell me I can't and I will show you I can". She was a very gracious lady and will be forever missed and loved by the many of us she never knew...

  • @roblessusan19
    @roblessusan193 жыл бұрын

    Her smile and humor was very beautiful and warm. Such an underrated amazing woman!! R.I.P...

  • @arnoldamaral7406

    @arnoldamaral7406

    3 жыл бұрын

    She was not underrated. She was greatest soprano of her time. With an incredible repertoire etc. So much more diverse than leontyne Price and Dame Joan. 🇫🇷🍷💙 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

  • @roblessusan19

    @roblessusan19

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arnoldamaral7406 Sorry I think you are misunderstanding my comment..

  • @islandbirdw
    @islandbirdw3 жыл бұрын

    She was an angel on earth. She now sings in heaven Freddie Mercury just loved her and her incredibly amazing voice. I smile thinking of the 2 of them singing together in heaven

  • @tonosanchez2094
    @tonosanchez20943 жыл бұрын

    La Superba, a legend!! R.I.P

  • @astridgunkel2230
    @astridgunkel22303 жыл бұрын

    FABULOUS.......MONTSERRAT!!!!!! 🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎶🎼🎵🎼🎵🎶💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜Love Montserrat so much!!!!!!What for a woman..........👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @hectorhouse1671
    @hectorhouse16713 жыл бұрын

    Real Diva! Her Artistry was absolutely amazing.

  • @Sobolady89
    @Sobolady893 жыл бұрын

    I was watching a video of her teaching a master class. She kept trying to get a young lady to push the notes from her diaphragm and not her throat. She kept trying to get her to do it over and over and was so patient. She was so sweet.

  • @ijaroldwalters2857
    @ijaroldwalters28573 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful person

  • @liguten
    @liguten6 ай бұрын

    Que Montserrat soit une légende de l'opéra n'est plus à prouver. Dans moins de dix ans elle sera reconnue comme la plus grande soprano du second XX7 siècle.

  • @wotan10950
    @wotan109502 жыл бұрын

    I was only lucky enough to see her a few times onstage. Adriana Lecouvreur at the Met, and I said to myself, "I will never hear a more beautiful sound than this." And also scenes from The Ring at the New York Philharmonic, where she sang Brunnhilde. I asked to meet her, and waited patiently while she signed pictures of herself in beautiful gowns and jewels. When I reached her dressing table, she signed a picture......holding the head of John the Baptist!! I don''t know why she chose it, but I still have it framed on the wall.

  • @JuancitoCanarias
    @JuancitoCanarias Жыл бұрын

    Tuve la suerte de verla en la segunda mitad de los 70 cantando Norma, Semiramide, Tosca, Ballo, Roberto, Adriana, Manon Lescaut... además de un par de recitales. Maravillosa siempre! Me hizo amar la ópera desde que era un crío.

  • @astridgunkel2230
    @astridgunkel22303 жыл бұрын

    WORLDSTAR............Montserrat Caball'e 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 ❤ I adore her!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤

  • @angelafalsetta9489
    @angelafalsetta94892 жыл бұрын

    Montsy and Freddie are together and having the time of their lives!

  • @geraldferguson3138
    @geraldferguson31383 жыл бұрын

    A true gift from God: RIP

  • @michaelroberts6894
    @michaelroberts689418 күн бұрын

    Nobody today sings like she could and DID!

  • @astridgunkel2230
    @astridgunkel22303 жыл бұрын

    GÖTTIN of the Sopranomusic........allways!!!!!!And so lovley!!!!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🎼🎵🎶😘😘

  • @joeygodin8861
    @joeygodin8861 Жыл бұрын

    My favourite soprano!

  • @Ruffiello
    @Ruffiello3 жыл бұрын

    Lucrezia Borgia didn't happen at the Metropolitan, it was a American Opera Society production.

  • @davidmolina7543

    @davidmolina7543

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s what I was thinking.

  • @vale86301
    @vale86301 Жыл бұрын

    Una meraviglia assoluta,con una voce strepitosa e penetrante,che resta nel cuore. Potente,anche nei suoi pianissimi unici e inimitabili. Poteva fare ogni cosa ,con quella voce .Bellissima e strepitosa Caballet .

  • @elainebrito3500
    @elainebrito35003 жыл бұрын

    Montserrat es maravillosa, la más grande dela Opera, la última gran primadona.

  • @Tamarindos9
    @Tamarindos93 жыл бұрын

    Montserrat is the patron saint of Catalonia, shared with Saint George. Saint Eulalia is the patron saint of Barcelona.

  • @msbadkittie
    @msbadkittie3 жыл бұрын

    i have always loved Maria Callas. but i’ll admit, i don’t know much about opera. i can’t believe i’ve only just discovered Monserrat Caballe. absolutely stunning! i have a lot of catching up to do.

  • @arnoldamaral7406

    @arnoldamaral7406

    3 жыл бұрын

    You won't be disappointed my friend. The greatest art form in the world. 🇷🇺🌍🌏🌎🍷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

  • @tomtalker2000

    @tomtalker2000

    Жыл бұрын

    Indeed you do my friend indeed you do...!!! She was truly one of a kind.

  • @AdrianaHernandez-cr6ko

    @AdrianaHernandez-cr6ko

    Жыл бұрын

    😅

  • @AdrianaHernandez-cr6ko

    @AdrianaHernandez-cr6ko

    Жыл бұрын

    She, indeed, after Callas

  • @davidmolina7543

    @davidmolina7543

    3 ай бұрын

    Good luck in your journey, discovering Caballe. I too, am a Maria Callas fan as well as a Caballe fan.

  • @kenking7320
    @kenking73203 жыл бұрын

    She was fabulous. That is all. ❤️

  • @seasonsvienna
    @seasonsvienna Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful voice . Words can not describe it !

  • @jessicarinaldi7742
    @jessicarinaldi77423 жыл бұрын

    Supersonic diva

  • @ahogbin2644
    @ahogbin26443 жыл бұрын

    One of the real post-war greats. The Lucrezia Borgia breakthrough though, replacing Horne, was in fact at Carnegie Hall in New York in concert and NOT The Met.

  • @DeAudiofilosyLocos

    @DeAudiofilosyLocos

    3 жыл бұрын

    They said it correctly in the beggining

  • @arnoldamaral7406

    @arnoldamaral7406

    3 жыл бұрын

    This documentary sucks. And full of embellishments. It should be taken off KZread. 🇫🇷🍷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

  • @user-py1jg6bb2r
    @user-py1jg6bb2r Жыл бұрын

    What a shining name, Wow... such a grand package to the world🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @garyfayman5976
    @garyfayman5976 Жыл бұрын

    She is the reason I fell in love with opera.

  • @goldeq8521
    @goldeq85212 жыл бұрын

    Such great voice and beautiful soul.

  • @joseenriqueonaselfa2144
    @joseenriqueonaselfa21443 жыл бұрын

    This documentary is full of wrong information , better to watch the one Montserrat agreed to take part in, produced by Euroarts. She was not only an incredible artist, but a wonderful human being, I shall never forget how witty she was. I miss her very much.

  • @carriemarti3282

    @carriemarti3282

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree. A very disjointed and disappointing documentary! LS Superba deserves much better than this bit of fluff!

  • @funkforward

    @funkforward

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hacienda somos todos.

  • @julierandall1327

    @julierandall1327

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@funkforward is

  • @baritonebynight

    @baritonebynight

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is pretty much a junk channel.

  • @acrossthenorthernsea
    @acrossthenorthernsea3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this!

  • @joseangelpiraces9846
    @joseangelpiraces98463 жыл бұрын

    Si en el cielo ay Ángeles, Monserrat Caballé con María Calas sin duda los tendrán enamorados, que dos prodigios de la naturaleza. ( irrepetibles )

  • @miekeregelink7301
    @miekeregelink7301 Жыл бұрын

    thank you for this wonderful documentary

  • @crikitaftw
    @crikitaftw2 жыл бұрын

    Montserrat did not perform "Barcelona" alone at the Olympics opening ceremony in 1992. She performed a different song with José Carreras. Who made the research for this video?

  • @evgeny9965
    @evgeny9965 Жыл бұрын

    Her debut in NY wasn’t at the Met but in Carnegie hall. A huge gaff in a documentary bio!!!!

  • @VirginiaBaker-jz4uw

    @VirginiaBaker-jz4uw

    2 ай бұрын

    Correct. Lots of errors in this presentation. Lucretia Borgia was performed at Carnegie Hall. I always knew who Monserrat was and thought she had a lovely voice, but unfortunately never got really interested in her until she was at the end of her career. She was a person i would have liked to have known.

  • @LauraTenora
    @LauraTenora3 жыл бұрын

    17:20 Norma is a mezzo part? That's new to me! She did also sing Adalgisa, though, which is indeed considered a mezzo role, although nowadays it's often sung by a soprano. But then they are showing the cover of the 1973 RCA recording in which she sang the title role (which is definitely a soprano part!)

  • @davidmolina7543

    @davidmolina7543

    3 жыл бұрын

    I believe the doctor was confused Norma is a soprano part and Adalsia isA mezzo or a soprano part as well.

  • @brucebrown3315

    @brucebrown3315

    2 жыл бұрын

    The part was first sing by a soprano.

  • @seropera

    @seropera

    2 жыл бұрын

    Both roles were written for a soprano voice. However, because the role of Adalgisa delves into the mezzo soprano registre, it was taken over the years by mezzos with easy high notes.

  • @roblessusan19
    @roblessusan193 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @sunah6897
    @sunah68972 жыл бұрын

    Perfect Awesome!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👍👍👍👍

  • @larranag
    @larranag2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Danielle de Niese, this is a beautiful piece.

  • @edwardinderrieden
    @edwardinderrieden2 жыл бұрын

    Her big break in NYC was with Lucrezia Borgia, replacing Marilyn Horne, BUT it was NOT at the Met. It was at Carnegie Hall.

  • @OperaJH
    @OperaJH Жыл бұрын

    I love the Andrea Chenier duet for the Met Opera Gala. Just so compelling

  • @ritawing1064
    @ritawing10643 жыл бұрын

    For those fans of the great Catalan trio of Caballé, Carrreras and Pons, look.up Massenet's "Herodiade" from the Liceu. Everyone at the height of their powers!

  • @eddiebuenaventure3666

    @eddiebuenaventure3666

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was there and it was truly amazing. Herodiade should be performed more often. Problem is that it requires a cast similar to Don Carlo , so if you have such a cast available, you do Don Carlo

  • @ritawing1064

    @ritawing1064

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@eddiebuenaventure3666 were you really? It was one of the first Liceu operas I was in. Great memories!

  • @arnoldamaral7406

    @arnoldamaral7406

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ritawing1064 that's really impressive my friend. Thank you for your experience. 💙🇫🇷🍷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

  • @ritawing1064

    @ritawing1064

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arnoldamaral7406 yes, it was great! Cheers!

  • @OperaJH

    @OperaJH

    Жыл бұрын

    I will go find the recording. Thank you!!

  • @mauricioszwerdszarf1455
    @mauricioszwerdszarf14553 жыл бұрын

    Hello. Thanks again for these videos. Maybe you could do one on Leontyne Price.

  • @zandzgallardo8404
    @zandzgallardo84042 жыл бұрын

    A prodigious virtuoso...

  • @emitch9213
    @emitch92133 жыл бұрын

    Caballe released her own documentary for facts to be accurate. SHE WAS NOT A MEZZO. The repertoires Caballe sang could not have been in her endless Diva roles if she were a mezzo! How embarrassing to reveal your Perspective which gathers your questionable knowledge of music and speaking of information not quite correct. The greatest soprano of the 20th century who carried a lead through that wonderful time 'The Golden Age of Opera.' We will never know a time as this ever and Montserrat Caballe will be listened to with fresh ears wondering who was this. RIP lovely Montserrat--you are missed. 🌹❤

  • @davidmolina7543

    @davidmolina7543

    3 ай бұрын

    Touché

  • @matthewtravisano1097
    @matthewtravisano10979 ай бұрын

    Caballe’s big break in the U.S. was as Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall and *not* the Metropolitan Opera as this film says. She sang at the Met not long after.

  • @user-ie2wg2tr5b

    @user-ie2wg2tr5b

    7 ай бұрын

    Thank God there are people who still have a bit of memory...

  • @hjander
    @hjander3 жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @laprimmadonna2341
    @laprimmadonna23418 ай бұрын

    El timbre dulce de la Caballé, el legato impresionante entre otras cosas, la hacían y la hicieron única, una extraordinaria cantante, con un repertorio vasto, dueña de un gran oído musical, que le permitía cantar y guiar la orquesta! Era la reina del pianissimo. Exploró óperas con un gran ingenio y creatividad. Su técnica era pulida y acertada. Podía cantarlo todo, con excelencia, al estilo de las grandes cantantes españolas la Malibran, la Colbran, y del siglo XX María de los Ángeles y la inolvidable Elvira de Hidalgo. Siempre incluía en su repertorio la zarzuela. Era una artista total: cantante y actriz impresionante, bella y generosa, sus clases magistrales eran de primer nivel. Maravillosa la gran cantante española del siglo XX. POSDATA: en este documental hablan y hablan y no se molestaron en venir al Liceu y charlar con la gente que conoció a la gran Caballé. El Gran Teatre del Liceu siempre fue su casa. su hogar, Barcelona era su ciudad. Gracias.

  • @magicmonkichi
    @magicmonkichi3 жыл бұрын

    Did I hear that right, she replaced Marilyn Horne as Lucrezia?....I did not know Horne sang the title role of Lucrezia?

  • @ronronizetti2534

    @ronronizetti2534

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's correct! - And when Horne heard her sing it, she decided she best leave the role alone! Which is why you never heard Marilyn sing it

  • @arnoldamaral7406

    @arnoldamaral7406

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ronronizetti2534 later Marilyn Horne said that it was career suicide to follow our Monsey. 💙🇫🇷🍷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

  • @rrgallo967

    @rrgallo967

    Жыл бұрын

    Horne was a soprano till the mid 60s

  • @evgeny9965
    @evgeny9965 Жыл бұрын

    She sang over 5000 performances in her career .

  • @kurtgarmaker3719

    @kurtgarmaker3719

    7 ай бұрын

    5000????? You mean 500. If it's ,5000 her voice would have died early.

  • @Jgrayski
    @Jgrayski3 жыл бұрын

    Please do a perspective on soprano Alessandra Marc

  • @k-dramagoodmorningseoul
    @k-dramagoodmorningseoul3 жыл бұрын

    Hi! - How are you?South Korea/Seoul started the cold spell this week. The average temperature is -12'C. It snowed. I hope you have a healthy day this week. ^O^

  • @MargueriteFairProductions
    @MargueriteFairProductions2 жыл бұрын

    It was as though the wind came out to play with her voice...

  • @larrywoods6318
    @larrywoods63183 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know the song/aria she sang here in the Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony

  • @tosin.o
    @tosin.o10 ай бұрын

    O mio babbino caro

  • @hardcoreboredent98
    @hardcoreboredent983 жыл бұрын

    Where can I get a soundtrack of the pieces used for this documentary?

  • @miguelruiz3078

    @miguelruiz3078

    3 жыл бұрын

    You'll have to look for the Operas she recorded. Dunno for what label she worked, maybe Decca?

  • @PABLOGARCIA-gb5ih
    @PABLOGARCIA-gb5ih3 жыл бұрын

    Subtítulos en español

  • @marcmitchel25
    @marcmitchel253 жыл бұрын

    What asinine comments a lovely documentary generates.

  • @kurtgarmaker3719
    @kurtgarmaker37199 ай бұрын

    Norma is not a mezzo part with 15 high cs ??

  • @richardvergara
    @richardvergara3 жыл бұрын

    Was she at the Met or Carnegie Hall for Lucrezia Borgia?

  • @arnoldamaral7406

    @arnoldamaral7406

    3 жыл бұрын

    Carnegie Hall my friend. Another mistake 🇫🇷🍷💙 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

  • @unclelouie3828
    @unclelouie3828 Жыл бұрын

    Her debut?? She replaced M. Horne in a Carnegie Hall performance "not" the Met. Opera. How? do you make this video and 'not' know the facts??

  • @MargueriteFairProductions
    @MargueriteFairProductions2 жыл бұрын

    Listening to them sing together...is proof of God as one within and through us...

  • @Lindow
    @Lindow3 жыл бұрын

    Norma a Mezzo part?!?

  • @roblessusan19
    @roblessusan193 жыл бұрын

    Sir can you please invite me to your funeral?

  • @JillyCookeMusic

    @JillyCookeMusic

    2 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment here.

  • @VirginiaBaker-jz4uw
    @VirginiaBaker-jz4uwАй бұрын

    This is so poorly done. Having seen many films of her, where she speaks of what she feels, before I saw this, and have read the reviews of performances, she was very “human” warm Funny. a diva yes, often canceled for frivolous reasons, enjoyed life, came from poverty during the civil war in Spain, she lived a good life, very religious, various health problems, close family, grandparents took care of the kids, she wasn’t perfect but when she was “on” it was as near perfection as one could get. She could laugh at herself. Very much loved.

  • @chivalrouslee
    @chivalrouslee3 ай бұрын

    Some inaccuracies along the documentary

  • @mariogomez-hv2ir
    @mariogomez-hv2ir3 жыл бұрын

    After her death,catalonian goverments didn't do any tribute to commemorate her incredible gift ,just because she was not independentist.Poor ignorant people!

  • @arnoldamaral7406
    @arnoldamaral74063 жыл бұрын

    This is poorly done. I wish people would do their research before they produce a documentary at this level. The greatest opera star of her era OUR MONTSE 👑 after our Maya 👑.The story about Corelli is so not true. This is an outrage indeed. 🇫🇷💙 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

  • @tolo2002
    @tolo2002 Жыл бұрын

    Very poor documentary, with many mistakes and the words telling her story are rarely accompanied by the right images. Despite that, it’s always good go see and hear her.

  • @mariogomez-hv2ir
    @mariogomez-hv2ir3 жыл бұрын

    in my opinion her voice was nicer than LA DIVINA,less elegant,but warmer!

  • @TheBeverly7
    @TheBeverly710 ай бұрын

    Norma is not a mezzo soprano role!!!!!!

  • @Sotzume
    @Sotzume3 жыл бұрын

    I adore Caballe..but her faith in Careras was misplaced..he was horrible from the very beginning....never deserved what he got.

  • @arnoldamaral7406

    @arnoldamaral7406

    3 жыл бұрын

    Unconditional love don't judge something you know nothing about my friend. Jose Carreras would always say she was like a big sister to me and I will always listen to her when she scolded me. End of story 💙🍷🇫🇷 Arnold Bourbon Amaral

  • @LyndaRae

    @LyndaRae

    2 жыл бұрын

    Carreras WAS wonderful in his youth. Unfortunately, he lost his voice early.

  • @flav2689

    @flav2689

    Жыл бұрын

    @@LyndaRae True.