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Mirella Freni

Mirella Freni
  • Name: Mirella Freni
  • Birthday: 1935-02-27
  • Also known as: Mirella Fregni
  • Place of birth: Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  • Popularity: 1.022
Biography: Mirella Freni (born Mirella Fregni, 27 February 1935 – 9 February 2020) 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 Mimi 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... Read More

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Title Release date
Karajan: Beauty As I See It   as  Self (archive footage) 2008-05-10
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998   as  Self - Soprano 1998-12-31
Fedora   as  Fedora Romazov 1997-04-26
Falstaff   as  Alice Ford 1993-01-01
A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song   as  Self - Singer 1992-12-01
Adriana Lecouvreur   as  Adriana Lecouvreur 1989-06-02
La Boheme   as  Mimì 1988-01-01
Don Carlo   as  Elisabeth de Valois 1983-07-28
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala   as  Self 1983-01-01
Verdi Ernani   as  Elvira 1982-07-28
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra   as  Amelia Grimaldi 1978-10-27
Verdi: Otello   as  Desdemona 1976-07-12
The Marriage of Figaro   as  Susanna 1975-01-01
Madama Butterfly   as  Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly 1974-09-14
Otello   as  Desdemona 1973-05-21
Bizet Carmen   as  Micaëla 1967-01-01
La Bohème   as  Mimi 1965-01-16