Icon:Montserrat Caballe

The reputation of this Barcelona-born soprano soared after a performer's illness gave her the part of Mimi in La Boheme in 1956. Here are 4 CDs of her most prized EMI recordings: selections from the aforementioned opera and from Les Huguenots; Macbeth; Otello; Aida; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot , and Don Carlo (several of which feature Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras) plus the treasured Spanish songs that she sang so beautifully!