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Mirella Freni
Mirella Freni OMRI was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. She received international attention at the Glyndebourne Festival, where she appeared as Mozart's Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. Freni is associated with the role of Mimì in Puccini's La bohème, which featured in her repertoire from 1957 to 1999 and which she sang at La Scala in Milan and the Vienna State Opera in 1963, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. She also performed the role in a film of the production and as her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1965. In the earliest opera DVDs, she portrayed her characters convincingly in both acting and singing. Freni was married to the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov, with whom she performed and recorded. Her obituary from The New York Times described her as a "matchless Italian prima donna". From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act II: Un bel dì vedremo
Mirella Freni
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Puccini: La bohème, Act I: O soave fanciulla (Love Duet)
Luciano Pavarotti
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Act 3: "Ecco la marcia... andiamo." - "Amanti costanti"
Ingvar Wixell
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act I: Vogliatemi bene – Vieni, vieni! (Love Duet)
Mirella Freni
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Rossini: William Tell - Italian version / Act 4: "Tutto cangia, il ciel s'abbella"
Sherrill Milnes

Albums

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Verdi: Otello

2026
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Puccini: La bohème (2024 Remaster)

2024
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Mirella Freni

2016
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Verdi: Aida (feat. Agnes Baltsa, Ruggero Raimondi, José van Dam & Katia Ricciarelli)

2026
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (feat. Claire Watson, Franz Crass, Paolo Montarsolo & Walter Berry)

2023
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Il Natale del Redentore

2015
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Verdi: Don Carlo (feat. José van Dam, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Nicolai Ghiaurov & Agnes Baltsa)

2026
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Freni: Essentials

2019
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2025 Remaster)

2025
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Legendary Performances of Freni

2016

Singles & EPs

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Mirella Freni - Renata Scotto: In Duet

EP • 1980

Videos

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Asmik Grigorian and Piotr Beczała: Madama Butterfly “Vogliatemi bene” (Wiener Staatsoper Opern Air)

Asmik Grigorian • 61K views
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Victoria de los Angeles & Jussi Bjorling - Viene la sera (Madama Butterfly )

Trebonis • 226K views
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La Bohème - Si mi chiamano Mimi - Mirella Freni

Alexis Itália • 80K views
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Mozart - Figaro - Kiri Te Kanawa and Mirella Freni - Sul Airia.mp4

beatbackthejungle • 4.6K views
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Mirella Freni, Herbert von Karajan - Puccini: La Bohème: "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì"

Deutsche Grammophon - DG • 5.5K views
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La bohème - Puccini - O soave fanciulla - Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti

medici.tv • 163K views
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Puccini - Madama Butterfly, "Vogliatemi bene" (Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiù) | from COASE(12/14)

wocomoMUSIC • 419K views
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Puccini Madame Butterfly un bel di vedremo Subtitulado al español

Jose Andres • 609K views
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Mirella Freni & Luciano Pavarotti "Si mi chiamano Mimi, oh soave fanciulla"

Onegin65 • 1M views
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"O soave fanciulla" La boheme Luciano Pavarotti & Fiamma Izzo d' Amico

gercha88 • 1M views

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Essential Opera

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Opera for the Ages

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Essential Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music

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