Montserrat Caballé, who died aged 85 on 6th October 2018, was a Spanish operatic
soprano who first became famous when she stepped in for Marilyn Horne in the
title role of Donizetti's 'Lucrezia Borgia' for New York's American Opera
Society in 1965. Her fame went far beyond the world of opera when the anthem
'Barcelona' with rock star Freddy Mercury, recorded ahead of the 1992 Olympic
Games in her home city, became an international hit.
Born in Barcelona in 1933, she and her family were forced to leave their home
during the Spanish Civil War but a wealthy patron paid for her to...