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Montserrat Caballé

1933 - 2018

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María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch or Folc (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), known simply as Montserrat Caballé (i Folch), was a Spanish operatic soprano from Catalonia. Widely considered to be one of the best sopranos of the 20th century, she won a variety of musical awards thoroughout her six-decade career, including three Grammy Awards. Caballé performed a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Montserrat Caballé has received more than 2,348,360 page views. Her biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Montserrat Caballé is the 24th most popular singer (down from 17th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 36th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Singer.

Montserrat Caballé is most famous for her operatic voice. She is a Spanish opera singer who has sung in many languages, including Catalan, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, and English.

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  • 78.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Montserrat Caballé ranks 24 out of 4,381. Before her are Jim Morrison, Joan Baez, Demis Roussos, Tupac Shakur, Enrico Caruso, and Patti Smith. After her are Umm Kulthum, Brian Johnson, Farinelli, Serge Gainsbourg, Cesária Évora, and Whitney Houston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Montserrat Caballé ranks 7. Before her are Akihito, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Garrincha, Roman Polanski, Dalida, and Karl Lagerfeld. After her are Yoko Ono, Lina Medina, Michael Caine, Tinto Brass, Claudio Abbado, and Jalal Talabani. Among people deceased in 2018, Montserrat Caballé ranks 7. Before her are Stephen Hawking, Aretha Franklin, George H. W. Bush, Kofi Annan, Charles Aznavour, and Ingvar Kamprad. After her are Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Stan Lee, Bernardo Bertolucci, Miloš Forman, Amos Oz, and Isao Takahata.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Montserrat Caballé ranks 43 out of 3,355. Before her are Isidore of Seville (560), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Luis Buñuel (1900), Charles III of Spain (1716), Pope Callixtus III (1379), and Joan Fuster (1922). After her are Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), Arcadius (377), Roland (736), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Michael Servetus (1509), and Pedro Almodóvar (1949).

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Among SINGERS In Spain

Among singers born in Spain, Montserrat Caballé ranks 2. Before her are Julio Iglesias (1943). After her are Plácido Domingo (1941), José Carreras (1946), Enrique Iglesias (1975), Teresa Berganza (1933), Victoria de los Ángeles (1923), Lola Flores (1923), Alfredo Kraus (1927), Salomé (1939), Isabella Colbran (1785), and Raphael (1943).

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