Caballe and Coloratura

I have put together clips of Montserrat Caballe singing coloratura passages (or we might call them “frilly bits“). Only live performances, except for the very first, introductory clip. In all its weirdness and diffidence, Caballe’s coloratura ability, trill aside, was quite good when she wanted it to be. The only problem was that her uppermost range not always cooperated, even early on. And LATER on, it rarely cooperated, and by 1981 was used only for isolated high notes (preferably not at the end of a scal