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An award winning life

Liz Anderson 3:28pm

A huge screen behind the stage at the Dorchester Hotel yesterday showed Montserrat Caballé singing for a hot-dog in a café. Sadly, she wasn’t there in person to collect the Lifetime Achievement award at the Classic FM Gramophone Awards. Neither was Steven Isserlis present, but his friend Barry Humphries — in the wittiest speech of the lunch — collected the Instrumental award on his behalf for his Bach Cello Suites (Hyperion). Other winners included the violinist Julia Fischer (Artist of the Year) and Vasily Petrenko (Young Artist Award), Principal Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

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The Fat Lady

October 5th, 2007 11:47pm Report this comment

Monserrat's greatest achievement is that superb camp classic with Freddie Mercury "Barcelona". Fantastic. p.s. We had a Sister Monserrat at school - I wonder if by any chance they are related?

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