Bernabe Marti was a Spanish Aragonese operatic tenor and the widower of Montserrat Caballé.
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Bernabe Marti’s critical success came with Manuel de Falla’s La vida breve in Granada in 1958, followed by Salome in Düsseldorf under Alberto Erede.
Bernabe Marti then toured for two years singing in various European cities and in 1960, he performed at the Liceu in Barcelona in the premiere of El cap de drac by Ricard Lamote de Grignon.
Bernabe Marti’s Carnegie Hall debut was in Il pirata, followed by Il trovatore, Rigoletto, Tosca, Werther, Turandot, Pagliacci, Carmen and Norma, in American cities such as San Antonio (Texas), Washington DC, Dallas, Houston and Kansas.
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Bernabe Marti sang Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra in Philadelphia. The tenor appeared with the New York City Opera from 1967 to 1971, debuting as Luigi in Il tabarro.
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In 1972, Bernabe Marti had to abandon a performance in Paris due to problems with his voice, which was subsequently identified as lung disease.
Bernabe Marti responded to treatment, but his career came to an end in 1985 after he was diagnosed with a cardiac condition.
Bernabe Marti died on 18 March 2022 at the age of 93 in his home in Barcelona.


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