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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 Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni 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 for many years to the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov, with whom she performed and recorded. Her obituary from The New York Times describes her as a "matchless Italian prima donna". From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirella_Freni) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

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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
Luciano Pavarotti
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Rossini: William Tell - Italian version / Act 4: "Tutto cangia, il ciel s'abbella"
Sherrill Milnes, Elizabeth Connell, Della Jones, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Mirella Freni, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly, and Gioachino Rossini
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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

Albums

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

Album • 2023
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Handel: Serse (Xerxes), HWV 40 [Recorded 1962]

Album • 2014
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Dreamticket to La Bohème

Album • 2011
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Pavarotti – The Opera Collection 6: Puccini: La bohème (Live in Rome, 1969)

Album • 2023
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Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin - Highlights

Album • 2014
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The Art of Mirella Freni

Album • 2011
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Mirella Freni

Album • 2016
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2013 Remastered Version)

Album • 2013
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Scarlatti: La Griselda (Live)

Album • 2015
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Puccini: La bohème (2013 Remastered Version)

Album • 2013

Videos

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Duettino Sull'aria Le nozze di Figaro

slickerflicker • 4.2M views
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Vogliatemi bene - Mario Lanza (tenor) y Kathryn Grayson (soprano)

ejecutor0506 • 80K views
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MIRELLA FRENI & LUCIANO PAVAROTTI "VOGLIATEMI BENE" (MADAMA BUTTERFLY) Giacomo Puccini, HD

jeffrey a • 121K views
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Mirella Freni & Luciano Pavarotti "Si mi chiamano Mimi, oh soave fanciulla"

Onegin65 • 791K views
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Vedrai Carino... (Don Giovanni/Mozart)

Hernani76600 • 364K views
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Mirella Freni: «Giunse alfin il momento - Deh, vieni, non tardar». Las Bodas de Fígaro, Mozart

rinconcete • 203K views
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Puccini Madame Butterfly un bel di vedremo Subtitulado al español

Jose Andres • 541K views
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La bohème - Puccini - O soave fanciulla - Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti

medici.tv • 154K views
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"O soave fanciulla" La boheme Luciano Pavarotti & Fiamma Izzo d' Amico

gercha88 • 912K views
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Juliana Grigoryan - “Donde Lieta Usci ” Giacomo Puccini

JULIANA GRIGORYAN • 68K views

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Essential Opera

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Opera for the Ages

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Essential Classical

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