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Opera singer Montserrat Caballe, best known for her duet with Freddie Mercury on the song “Barcelona”, has died at the age of 85.

Caballe had been in poor health and was admitted to hospital in Barcelona last month because of a gall bladder problem, according to the Spanish media. A spokesman for Hospital Sant Pau announced her death early Saturday.

In a career spanning five decades, she starred in 90 opera roles with nearly 4,000 stage performances.

The Spanish soprano had spells with the Basel Opera and Bremen Opera, and performed alongside Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo.

Renowned for her bel canto technique, her breakthrough performance came in 1965 when she took on the challenging role of Lucrezia Borgia in Donizetti’s opera at the Carnegie Hall in New York City.

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