Google Doodle pays tribute to Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballé

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Today’s Google Doodle is a striking tribute to Montserrat Caballé, an opera singer perhaps most popularly known for her duet with Freddie Mercury

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Caballé was born on April 12, 1933, in Barcelona under the name María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch

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From an early age, she had a passion for music, attending music school and receiving singing lessons

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Shortly after moving to Switzerland, Montserrat Caballé made her debut as a professional opera singer

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In the subsequent decade, she steadily grew in popularity across Europe

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Cabellé’s breakthrough moment was when she was given the opportunity to join a 1965 performance of Lucrezia Borgia at Carnegie Hall in New York City

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This performance was her first in the “bel canto” style of opera, but in short order, she grew to become world-renowned, gaining the nickname “La Superba.”

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She won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance for a recording of La bohème.

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Caballé also devoted much of her life to good works and helping the needy, having been recognized as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and establishing a charity