Died Opera diva Montserrat Caballe

On 86-m to year of life has died the sponge, the singer Montserrat Caballe.

According to news Agency Efe, Montserrat caballé had problems with health, and last month she was hospitalized in the hospital of Barcelona, presumably due to problems with the bladder.

During his long 50-year career she had more than 85 roles in various operas.

The real international recognition came when in 1965 it replaced the American Marilyn Horne in the Opera «Lucrezia Borgia», which then showed in the «Carnegie hall».

Her duet with Freddie mercury is considered legendary, and their joint song «Barcelona» after the death of the singer became the anthem of the Olympic games in 1992.

In this case, the singer almost always been in poor health. In 1985 Montserrat caballé spent three months in hospital with a brain tumor, and in 1993 she took a course of treatment in connection with heart disease.

‘Friends until the end…’

RIP Montserrat Caballé.

Thank you 👏 pic.twitter.com/n0E5E59ui9

— D∆VID (@Iceman7D) October 6, 2018

His 85-th birthday of Montserrat caballé celebrated in Kiev in April of this year.

As reported by Spanish media, the funeral procession will be held on Monday (8 October) in Barcelona.

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