Monserrat Caballé (2,071 views)

[innuendo]

Montserrat Caballé: (April 12th, 1933 - October 6th, 2018)
Voice Type: Soprano
Vocal Range: F♯3 - D6

Significant high notes:

D6 ("Anna Bolena" Milan 1982, "Aroldo" Act 1, "Elisabetta I", "Ma Di'.. L'amato Giovane...Oh, Non Tremare, o Perfido...Or Basti" Philadelphia 1972, "Maria Stuarda" Munich 1979, "Oh, A Te Bada" Philadelphia 1969, "Oh, Sole! Ti Vela", "Quando Rapito In Estasi", "Semiramide" Aix-En-Provence 1980)
C♯6 ("Caro Nome", "Di Tanti Palpiti", "Maria Stuarda" Paris 1972, "Non Fu Sogno" Live, "Non Più Affanni, Mie Genti" London 1972, "Obéissons... Je marche" Live Barcelona 1968, "Oh! Nel Fuggente Volo", "Quando Rapito In Estasi", "Sempre All'Alba e Alla Sera", "Sempre Libera", "Trovatore" Orange 1972, "Tu M'Apristi In Cor Ferita")
C6 ("Alzira" Live, "Carlo Vive", "Caro Nome", "D'Amor Sull'Ali Rosee", The Fallen Priest", "Herodiade" Live Liceum 1984, "In Fra Di Noi Si Oppone" Live Liceum 1974, "Lohengrin", "Maffio Orsini, Signora, Son Io" New York 1965, "Merce, Dilette Amiche", "Non Fu Sogno" Live, "O Patria Mia", "O Soave Fanciulla", "Sorgete, E' In Me Dovere" Live Florence 1969)
B5 ("Al Dolce Guidami", "Arrigo! Ah, Parli A Un Core", "Canciones Amatorias N.2", "Di Tanti Palpiti", "The Golden Boy", "Hijo De La Luna", "La Japonaise", "Mi Chiamano Mimì", "Morro, ma Prima In Grazia", "Oh! Nel Fuggente Volo", "Papagena/Papageno Duet", "Preghiera" Live Milan 1971, "Si, Per Sempre" New York 1972, Sombre forêt, triste désert" Live London 1972, "Un Bel Dì", "Un Giorno Di Regno")
B♭5 ("Barcelona", "Caballero Del Alto Plumero", "Carlo Vive", "Casta Diva", "Com'è Bello" New York 1968, "Donde Lieta Uscì", "Elisabetta I", "La Vergine", "Maria Stuarda", "Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia", "O Soave Fanciulla", "Per Pietà, Ben Mio, Perdona" Live 1974, "Preghiera" Live Milan 1971, "Quando Rapito In Estasi", "Ritorna Vincitor", "Ruhe, meine Seele", "Sombre Foret", "Tu Che Le Vanità", "Vissi D'Arte")
A5 ("Alzira" Live, "Canciones Amatorias N.1", "Caro Nome", "Casta Diva", "Di Tanti Palpiti", "Guerra, Guerra" Live 1973,"How Can I Go On", "Like A Dream", "Non Fu Sogno" Live, "Preghiera" Live Milan 1971, "Qual Fiamma Avea Nel Guardo!.. Stridono Lassù", Sombre forêt, triste désert" Live London 1972, "Un Giorno Di Regno", "Vergine Degli Angeli")
G♯5 ("Carlo Vive", "Donde Lieta Uscì", "Ensueno", "The Golden Boy", "Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia", "Ojos Verde", "Quando Rapito In Estasi", "Ritorna Vincitor", "Ruhe, meine Seele", "Tu Che Le Vanità", "Wienglied")
G5 ("Arrigo! Ah, Parli A Un Core", "Barcelona", "Canciones Amatorias N.1", "Canciones Amatorias N.2", "Canciòn De Paloma", "Guerra, Guerra" Live 1973, "La Vergine", "Like A Dream", "Maria Stuarda", "Oh! Nel Fuggente Volo", "Preghiera" Live Milan 1971, "Sombre forêt, triste désert" Live London 1972) 
F♯5 ("Alzira" Live, "Com'è Bello! Quale Incanto", "Dindirindin", "Donde Lieta Uscì", "Habanera", "La Gran Via", "Merce, Dilette Amiche", "Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia")
F5 ("Canciones Amatorias N.2", "Canciòn De Paloma", "Caro Nome", "Di Tanti Palpiti", "Non Fu Sogno" Live, "Oh! Nel Fuggente Volo", "Sombre forêt, triste désert" Live London 1972, "Tu Che Le Vanità")
E5 ("Alzira" Live, "Arrigo! Ah, Parli A un Core", "Dindrindin", "Elisabetta I", "Ensueno", "Exercise In Free Love", "Hijo De La Luna", "La Gran Via", "Ojos Verde", "Quando Rapito In Estasi", "Un Bel Dì")
E♭5 ("Alzira" Live, "Canciones Amatorias N.1", "Canciones Amatorias N.2", "Di Tanti Palpiti", "Gloria", "La Japonaise", "La Maja De Goya", "La Maya Dolorosa" N.2, "La Violetera", "Non Fu Sogno" Live, "Ritorna Vincitor") "Un Giorno Di Regno")

Significant low notes:

D4 ("Cancion Amatorias N.1", "Di Tanti Palpiti", "Donde Lieta Uscì", "Hijo De La Luna", "Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia", "Tu Che Le Vanità")
C♯4 ("Habanera", Per Pietà, Ben Mio, Perdona" Live 1974)
C4 ("Addio Del Passato", "Caro Nome", "Ensueno", "Gloria", "Ruhe, meine Seele", "Vissi D'Amore")
B3 ("Exercise In Free Love", "La Violetera", "Like A Dream", "Sombre forêt, triste désert" Live London 1972)
B♭3 ("The Fallen Priest", "Merce, Dilette Amiche")
F♯3 ("Arrigo! Ah, Tu Parli A Un Core", "Salomè") 
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{Warning}
This is my first thread and it's still work in progress, so suggestions and advice are accepted. I'm still notechecking stuff, so expect edits. I'm also writing her summary.

[Elsa]

A nice start on Caballe's thread (Considering how difficult it is to make a thread on an Opera singer) however, there were a few things I wanted to point out (Hopefully, it doesn't sound as rude):
1) I had already claimed Montserrat Caballe's thread and I will be posting my thread when I have covered her discography, so please do check up the claimed singers before putting the effort into making threads.
2) I don't understand why several pieces are just named by the Opera's title? Not only does it not provide us with the specific piece where the singer executed the note, but also, Several Composers have operas with the same titles which just increases the confusion.
Donizetti's Anna Bolena for example has at least 62 pieces, and while notewatching we must write notes for all pieces the singer sings in. Writing 6 notes from a 2-hour opera is not justifiable.
3) The use of blue notes for a classical singer where the repertoire is sung in head voice (at least the section documented in a thread) is not necessary.
4) I have also noticed certain mislabelled pitches in the thread. It could be because of the fact that most opera videos that are uploaded to Youtube undergo pitch shifts so try to match notes with either a sheet or the key of the piece.
5) There are quite a few formatting issues that I'm sure you'll improve with time! (Including a typo of her name)
6) Adding a Discography Section to threads usually helps to navigate threads and to refer notes, so that'd be amazing if you could add that.
You can check out the other Opera singer threads we have on this platform, I'm sure they'll be of great use!!

[innuendo]

Thank you for the feedback.

1) I didn't see your message on Singer Index and I think that your claim isn't on the sheet, so when I checked that I thought that nobody already claimed her.
2) Yes, that's a problem I encountered with doing this. i'm actually working on fixing opera's names, although it's quite long
3) I used blue for just one note because that note sounds to my ears different from others, but I'm fine wtih not-using blue
4) I checked the notes with online pianos and I'm pretty sure about the notes pitches tbh. I'll recheck them anyway
5) True, I don't know why I sometimes mispell her name without writing t between mon and serrat
6) I'm working about her discography section. I didn't put it here because it is pretty long and still unfinished.

Again, thank you for the feedback, I'll try to fix the problems

[kaji]

To add to #2. I recommend notewatching operas with a score on hand. You can find those freely on IMSLP most of the time. It is very useful as sometimes the singer will sing with the choir or ensemble and won’t be audible on the lead.

[innuendo]

Thanks for the advice. Actually most of the things I've notewatched are purely Montserrat (most are studio version or good quality live), but I'll remember than when I'll go on more live opera with some choruses and not very good quality in!