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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 (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)

Songs

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

Albums

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Puccini: La Bohème live conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Live) (feat. Peter Klein, Kurt Equiluz & Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper)

2025
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Pavarotti – The Opera Collection 6: Puccini: La bohème (Live in Rome, 1969)

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

2014
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Puccini: La bohème (Remastered 2024)

2024
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Pavarotti – The Opera Collection 4: Massenet: Manon (Live in Milan, 1969)

2023
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Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin - Highlights

2014
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (feat. Claire Watson, Franz Crass, Paolo Montarsolo & Walter Berry)

2023
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Mirella Freni

2016
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Pavarotti – The Opera Collection 5: Bellini: I puritani (Live in Rome, 1969)

2023
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Scarlatti: La Griselda (Live)

2015

Singles & EPs

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Mirella Freni - Renata Scotto: In Duet

EP • 1980

Videos

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Puccini - Madama Butterfly, "Vogliatemi bene" (Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiù) | from COASE(12/14)

wocomoMUSIC • 132K views
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"O soave fanciulla" La boheme Luciano Pavarotti & Fiamma Izzo d' Amico

gercha88 • 942K views
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Puccini Madama Butterfly. Un bel di vedremo. Subtitulada en español

José Antonio Solé Cortina • 1.1K views
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Asmik Grigorian: Un bel dì, vedremo (Puccini)

Asmik Grigorian • 16K views
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Puccini Madame Butterfly un bel di vedremo Subtitulado al español

Jose Andres • 558K views
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Lucciano Pavarotti No, Pagliaccio non son (subtitulado)

elcritico21 • 48K views
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Mirella Freni & Luciano Pavarotti "Si mi chiamano Mimi, oh soave fanciulla"

Onegin65 • 845K views
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Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso - Vogliatemi bene (Madama Butterfly) 2020

오씨남 • 116K views
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La Bohème - Si mi chiamano Mimi - Mirella Freni

Alexis Itália • 79K views
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La bohème - Puccini - O soave fanciulla - Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti

medici.tv • 156K 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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