Bernabé Martí was born on 14 November 1928 in Villarroya de la Sierra, Zaragoza, Spain. He was married to Montserrat Caballé. He died on 18 March 2022 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
His 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. He sang Gabriele Adorno in "Simon Boccanegra" in Philadelphia.