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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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Rossini: William Tell - Italian version / Act 4: "Tutto cangia, il ciel s'abbella"
Sherrill Milnes
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act I: Vogliatemi bene – Vieni, vieni! (Love Duet)
Mirella Freni

Albums

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (2025 Remaster)

2025
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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
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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 (2024 Remaster)

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

2023
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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

Singles & EPs

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Mirella Freni - Renata Scotto: In Duet

EP • 1980

Videos

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Mozart - Figaro - Kiri Te Kanawa and Mirella Freni - Sul Airia.mp4

beatbackthejungle • 4.5K views
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Puccini Madame Butterfly un bel di vedremo Subtitulado al español

Jose Andres • 585K views
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MIRELLA FRENI & LUCIANO PAVAROTTI "VOGLIATEMI BENE" (MADAMA BUTTERFLY) Giacomo Puccini, HD

jeffrey a • 137K views
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Puccini - Madama Butterfly, "Vogliatemi bene" (Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiù) | from COASE(12/14)

wocomoMUSIC • 255K views
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"O soave fanciulla" La boheme Luciano Pavarotti & Fiamma Izzo d' Amico

gercha88 • 997K views
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Mirella Freni: Mascagni - L'Amico Fritz, 'Son pochi fiori'

Thewisemonkey9 • 175K views
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Mirella Freni & Luciano Pavarotti "Si mi chiamano Mimi, oh soave fanciulla"

Onegin65 • 952K views
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La bohème - Puccini - O soave fanciulla - Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti

medici.tv • 160K views
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La Bohème - Si mi chiamano Mimi - Mirella Freni

Alexis Itália • 79K views
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Asmik Grigorian, Freddie De Tommaso - Vogliatemi bene (Madama Butterfly) 2020

오씨남 • 152K views

Featured on

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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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