translated from Spanish: Spain: death of soprano Montserrat Caballé

The Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé died this Saturday (06.10.2018) in the health centre of Barcelona where he was hospitalized since mid-September because of an ancient ailment in the gallbladder.
The renowned artist of 85 years of age, will be remembered as one of the best sopranos of the 20th century, in the opinion of many reviewers. Her extraordinary voice allowed him to perform in the most important venues in the world works as “La serva padrona” (Pergolesi); “Cossi fan tutte” (Mozart); “Standard” or “I puritani” by Bellini. While Verdi performances of in “Il trovatore”, “La Traviata”, “a ballo in Maschera” and “Aida”.
Throughout his career shared the stage with great artists, among them: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. His rise to fame occurred in 1965, when he starred in “Lucrezia Borgia” by Donizetti, in Carnegie Hall in New York.
Another of the highlights of his career occurred in 1992, when he played the song “Barcelona” at the opening of the Olympic Games held in the Catalan capital.
The first to dedicate a few words to the departure of Caballé was the President of the Government Spanish, Pedro Sánchez, who stressed the interpreter as a “great Ambassador of our country, recognized internationally. His voice and his sweetness, will always remain with us”, the Chief Executive wrote in his Twitter account.
In recent years, he suffered from several health problems, such as what happened in October 2012, when he suffered a stroke during a performance in Russia and falling unconscious fractured the humerus. But health was not his only source of trouble. In December 2015, she was sentenced to six months in prison for tax evasion and to pay a fine of almost 250,000 euros.

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