[PAR] [TLE] Natalia Troitskaya [SEP] Natalia Troitskaya (1951 – 9 April 2006) was a Russian operatic soprano who had a major international career during the 1980s and early 1990s.  She particularly excelled in the operas of Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi.  Among her signature roles were Tatyana in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" and the title heroines in Verdi's "Aida", Puccini's "Manon Lescaut", and Puccini's "Tosca".  She was a frequent partner of Plácido Domingo during the 1980s and also sang opposite other great artists like Montserrat Caballé, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and Luciano Pavarotti. [PAR] [TLE] Montserrat Caballé [SEP] Montserrat Caballé (] ; born 12 April 1933) is a Spanish operatic soprano.  She has sung a wide variety of roles, but Caballé is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire, notably the works of Rossini, Bellini, and Donizetti.  She came to the attention of a much wider audience when she recorded at the request of the IOC in 1987 "Barcelona", a duet with Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the British rock band Queen; the song was inspired by Caballé´s home city, later it was used as one of the two official theme songs for the 1992 Olympic Games.
[PAR] [TLE] Natalia Troitskaya [ SEP ] Natalia Troitskaya ( 1951 – 9 April 2006 ) was a Russian operatic soprano who had a major international career during the 1980s and early 1990s . She particularly excelled in the operas of Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi . Among her signature roles were Tatyana in Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 's " Eugene Onegin " and the title heroines in Verdi 's " Aida " , Puccini 's " Manon Lescaut " , and Puccini 's " Tosca " . She was a frequent partner of Plácido Domingo during the 1980s and also sang opposite other great artists like Montserrat Caballé , Dmitri Hvorostovsky , and Luciano Pavarotti . [PAR] [TLE] Montserrat Caballé [ SEP ] Montserrat Caballé ( ] ; born 12 April 1933 ) is a Spanish operatic soprano . She has sung a wide variety of roles , but Caballé is best known as an exponent of the works of Verdi and of the bel canto repertoire , notably the works of Rossini , Bellini , and Donizetti . She came to the attention of a much wider audience when she recorded at the request of the IOC in 1987 " Barcelona " , a duet with Freddie Mercury , the lead singer of the British rock band Queen ; the song was inspired by Caballé´s home city , later it was used as one of the two official theme songs for the 1992 Olympic Games .
What great artist that Natalia Troitskaya sang with, did a duet with Freddie Mercury that became one of the two official theme songs for the 1992 Olympics?
What great artist that Natalia Troitskaya sang with , did a duet with Freddie Mercury that became one of the two official theme songs for the 1992 Olympics ?
Montserrat Caballé
Montserrat Caballé