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Congress Approves Initiative to Name Barcelona Train Station After Montserrat Caballé

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The Deputies Congress has approved an initiative to change the name of the train station in Sants in Barcelona in order to add soprano Montserrat Caballé’s name. The news was announced on April 12, the day of the legendary soprano’s birthday. The initiative will now be passed on to the Ministry to approve the change. Caballé was one of the {…}

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Barcelona Mayoral Candidate Proposes Renaming of Sants Station to Honor Montserrat Caballé

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Credit: Met Opera The Popular Party candidate for mayor of Barcelona, Daniel Sirera, recently campaigned at the gates of Sants Station, proposing that the railway station be named after the Catalan soprano Monserrat Caballé. Sirera proposed the renaming to the Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif) to align with the national trend train stations being renamed after distinguished women, such as {…}

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Opera Quiz: Lily Pons, Montserrat Caballé, or Mariella Devia – Which Soprano Is It?

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Lily Pons, Montserrat Caballé, and Mariella Devia are some of the greatest sopranos of their respective generations. They were all also born on April 12. So for this edition of the quiz, we make a statement and ask you to guess, which soprano it refers to. What is most fascinating about these three singers is that despite very distinct and {…}

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Artist Profile: Montserrat Caballé, A Spanish Soprano of Legends

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Montserrat Caballé is one of the greatest Spanish singers of all time. Born on April 12, 1933 in Barcelona, Spain, she studied at the Liceu Conservatory and graduated with a gold medal in 1954. She moved to Basel where she made her professional debut in 1956; she became a major part of the company the following year. In 1962, she {…}

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Jose Carreras, Juan Pons, & Jaume Aragall To Honor Montserrat Caballé In Barcelona

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Jose Carreras, Juan Pons, and Jaume Aragall are set to honor Montserrat Caballé in a gala at the Gran Teatre del Liceu entitled “La sonrisa de Montserrat Caballé.” The homage to the great late Spanish soprano will be on April 12, the soprano’s birthday and it set to be presented on TV3 y Catalunya Radio. In addition to Carreras, Pons, {…}

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Verdi Requiem To Be Performed For Montserrat Caballé In Barcelona Cathedral

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The Barcelona Cathedral, in collaboration with the Gran Teatre del Liceu, is set to offer a funeral service for the late Montserrat Caballé. The service, organized by her family, will be held on Nov. 17, 2018 and will include Verdi’s Requiem with Ainhoa Arteta, Maite Beaumont, Nikolai Schukoff and Alexander Vinogradov as the soloists. The service will be free of {…}

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Barcelona To Name Street After Montserrat Caballé

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Montserrat Caballé will get a street named after her. Joan Subirats, the commissioner of culture del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, announced that the city has begun paperwork to name a street after the late soprano. The commissioner also announced that soprano will receive the Golden Medal of the city. Caballé passed away on Oct. 6 after being hospitalized. The legendary soprano {…}