THE TEATRO REAL DEDICATED TO MONTSERRAT CABALLÉ THE OCTOBER 6th PERFORMANCE OF ‘FAUST’

The last Tribute Gala to the great soprano took place at the Teatro Real in 2014

The Teatro Real deeply mourns the demise of Montserrat Caballé, who was undoubtedly one of the greatest sopranos of all time. The october 6th performance of Faust was dedicated to her as a symbolic tribute to her greatness.

Montserrat Caballé's outstanding artistic career is one of the most brilliant ever written in the history of world lyric art. The unique beauty of her long-range voice, the neverending richness of her tone's palette of colours, her prodigious technique, the expresiveness of her polished singing line, the incredible dramatic plasticity of her vocal performances, combined with her eagerness to explore unknown or forgotten works, have placed her name in the exclusive gallery of the greatest singers of the seconf half of the 20th century.

The last great Tribute Gala to Montserrat Caballé took place at the Teatro Real on 9 December 2014. Well-known sopranos linked in one way or another with the famous Barcelona-born singer performed pieces aiming to recall her triumphant evenings in Madrid and her peerless performances of the Romantic belcanto repertory.

Montserrat Caballé is a cornerstone in the history of the Teatro Real since the time it served as a concert hall, with unforgettable performances of composers such as Vivaldi, Granados or Bellini. In the current stage of the Teatro Real, after being reopened in 1997 as an opera theatre, Montserrat Caballé offered a concert on 2 July 1998 and performed the title role in a concert performance of the opera Cléopâtre by Jules Massenet in December 2004.