Montserrat Figueras, who has died aged 69, was a soprano and one of the leading voices in the early music movement. With her husband, the viol player Jordi Savall, and their ensemble, Hespèrion XXI, ...

NEW YORK - Montserrat Figueras - a glamorous, powerfully emotive Catalan soprano who with her husband, Jordi Savall, created ensembles that revitalized the performance of early music - died Nov. 23 at ...

Sad news arrived this morning from Barcelona: Monserrat Figueras, a marvelous Catalan soprano with a luminous voice that helped generations of listeners discover hidden early music treasures, passed ...

Montserrat Figueras, a Spanish soprano whose enchanting voice helped her husband, musician Jordi Savall, resurrect and popularize forgotten European music from the Renaissance and earlier eras, died ...

One evening in 1988 my girlfriend and I were driving home from work when one of the most exquisite sounds I had heard emerged from the car radio. I asked her to pull in at the side of the road so I ...

Merula: Arie e Capricci Montserrat Figueras, soprano; Jean-Pierre Canihac, Ton Koopman, Andrew Lawrence King, Rolf Lislevand, Lorenz Duftschmid and Jordi Savall (Astree). Tarquinio Merula (ca.

Sad news arrived this morning from Barcelona: Monserrat Figueras, a marvelous Catalan soprano with a luminous voice that helped generations of listeners discover hidden early music treasures, passed ...

“It is not enough to listen to it with your ears, you must listen to this music with your soul, your spirit. We are lucky because Spain is a melting pot of different cultures. When you hear music, ...

Montserrat Figueras, a Spanish soprano whose enchanting voice helped her husband, musician Jordi Savall, resurrect and popularize forgotten European music from the Renaissance and earlier eras, died ...

Montserrat Figueras i García was an outstanding soprano and a leading figure in the performance of a vast vocal repertoire from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods. Born in Barcelona into a ...