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b. 1933 Spanish soprano Caballé studied at the Barcelona Liceo, and joined the Basle Opera in 1956, where she sang the Italian and German repertory. She appeared at La Scala and in Vienna, before consolidating her reputation in several operas by Donizetti. She made her Glyndebourne and Metropolitan Opera debuts in 1965, and her Covent Garden debut ...

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b. 1933, Spanish This soprano’s melting pianissimo has earned her a faithful following, but she is also one of the few operatic singers to have had a hit pop record – Freddie Mercury, of rock band Queen, wrote ‘Exercises in Free Love’ for her, which was featured on the award-winning album Barcelona. Caballé’s training began at ...

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1913–76, English Lord Edward Benjamin Britten was one of England’s most important composers. Britten was a musical ambassador who, working with a close-knit group of collaborators, helped develop a thriving and vital British opera scene. Indeed, Peter Grimes (1945) heralded a new era for British music and for the post-war performing arts in general. A Musical Start ...

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b. 1964 English tenor Bostridge completed a doctorate in history at Oxford before making his Wigmore Hall recital debut (1993) and his operatic debut at Covent Garden (1995). He has performed at the Aldeburgh, Edinburgh and Salzburg Festivals, at La Scala, Milan, and the Vienna State Opera, and with leading orchestras including the Berlin and Vienna ...