Montserrat Caballé becomes famous overnight replacing Marilyn Horne

Highlighted comments from the commenters below:
-John Mitchell:
In the mid 60's Marilyn Horne toyed with the idea of once again singing some soprano roles - she started as a soprano singing roles like Mimi and Marie in Wozzek. She felt Lucrezia was possible for her as the tessitura is not high. But she had to cancel because of a difficult pregnancy. At that period there were very few sopranos singing this repertoire. Sutherland and Gencer were both busy, but one of the American Opera Society's members remembered hearing Caballé in Europe and recommended her.
-Kastrafior:
Quelle sublime ligne de chant ! Montserrat était à l'époque soprano-doublure à l'opéra de Bâle (Suisse). Elle travaillait aussi comme serveuse au buffet 2° classe de la gare de cette ville... Une femme merveilleuse, courageuse et généreuse. RESPECT !
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