Montserrat Caballe

Montserrat Caballe is destined to be the last of the caste of great opera divas of the twentieth century. At one time, Maria Callas was assigned the epithet Divine, and Renata Tebaldi was called Amazing. Montserrat Caballe is quite worthy of the title “Unsurpassed.”

For the first time, the opera shook Montserrat at the age of seven, when she sobbed all the way back from the theater, frustrated by the death of Madame Butterfly. Continue reading →