Montserrat Caballe was an opera singer who once lived.
She was credited to have brought the opera genre into the pop charts.
Her most notable performance is with Freddie Mercury’s Barcelona.
Caballe and Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury recorded the song in 1987, and it was played again at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, a year after Mercury’s death.
She was well-known for her renditions of Italian opera, and she frequently collaborated with the late singer Luciano Pavarotti.
How old was Montserrat Caballe when she died?
The singer was 85 years old when she passed away on Saturday, October 6, 2018.
She died in Barcelona’s Sant Pau hospital.
What happened to Montserrat Caballe?
Caballe accepted to a 250,000 euro fine and a symbolic six-month prison term in 2015, at a time when Spain was tightening down on tax cheating as it sought to rein in a massive public deficit during a lengthy economic crisis.
Her most recent appearance was at the Catalan town of Cambrills in August of 2014.
