Montserrat Caballe to give a concert in Yerevan

 Famous opera singer Montserrat Caballe and the Youth Orchestra of Armenia will give a concert in Yerevan. The press service of the Orchestra told ArmInfo that the concert will take place on June 9. 

Montserrat Caballe is a Spanish operatic soprano. She has sung a wide variety of roles, but is best known as an exponent of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi. Caballe's international breakthrough came in 1965 when she substituted for an indisposed Marilyn Horne in a semi- staged performance of Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia at New York's Carnegie Hall. One of her rare excursions into the world of pop music, Caballe's duet with rock singer Freddie Mercury of Queen,
"Barcelona", became a hit single in 1988, accompanied by an album of the same name. The title track later became the anthem of the 1992 Summer Olympics which was hosted by Caballe's native city, and appeared again in the pop music charts throughout Europe.

The Youth Orchestra of Armenia was founded in November 2005, with the efforts of the students of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. Sergey Smbatyan, violinist and prize-winner in international competitions, is the chief conductor and artistic director of the orchestra. The orchestra has performed in many well-known halls of the world, including Opera Garnier (Paris), Konzerthaus (Berlin), Dr. Anton Philipszaal (the Hague), Grand Hall of Conservatory (Moscow), Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels). Since 2009 the orchestra has been a member of the European Federation of National Youth Orchestras.