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Caballé

American  
[kah-bah-yay, -bahl-yay, kah-bah-lye, -ye] / ˌkɑ bɑˈjeɪ, -bɑlˈjeɪ, ˌkɑ βɑˈljɛ, -ˈjɛ /

noun

  1. Montserrat 1933–2018, Spanish soprano.


Caballé British  
/ kaβaˈʎe /

noun

  1. Montserrat (monserˈrat). born 1933, Spanish operatic soprano

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Caballé took the stage alone, with Mercury's vocals accompanying her.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2021

They are playing the Queen classic ‘Barcelona’ in honour of opera singer Montserrat Caballé who recently died.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2018

“She possesses,” Stereo Review magazine said of Ms. Caballé in 1992, “one of the most beautiful voices ever to issue from a human throat.”

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2018

“When Caballé began her first aria, there was a perceptible change in the atmosphere,” critic John Gruen wrote in the New York Herald Tribune.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2018

Ms. Caballé even recorded a well-received album with the British rock star Freddie Mercury, titled “Barcelona” and released in 1988.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2018

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