Mirella Freni
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Biography
[Edit]Mirella Freni became one of the leading stars of opera, known for her lyric voice but with a surprising ability to extend it to the higher spinto roles. She has also been one of the most durable of singers, retaining vocal freshness and attractive stage presence through a career lasting over forty years.
She was born Mirella Fregni. She came from a working class backgrounds. Her mother and Luciano Pavarotti were co-workers in the same cigarette factory in Modena and even had the same wet nurse. She studied voice from her uncle, Dante Arcelli. At the age of ten she entered a singing competition, and at twelve won another, singing "Un Bel Di." Beniamino Gigli, hearing her, advised her to undertake serious vocal studies.
Her teacher was Ettore Campogalliani in Bologna. She debuted in 1955 in Modena as Micaela in Carmen, won the G.B. Viotti International Competition in 1957, sang a season at the Netherlands operas, and began regular appearances at Glyndebourne in England. She made a major impression in Franco Zeffirelli productions of Elisir d'Amore and Falstaff (as Ninetta). She married a childhood friend, Leone Magiera, who accompanied her in some of those early recital appearances in Modena.
He formed a major musical partnership with Herbert von Karajan, and once claimed that she could sense an unplanned change in his tempo with her back turned. He said that he if had been a singer, he would want to be Freni. She created some of the most memorable portrayals of Puccini¹s Mini, Mozart's Susanna, and Micaela, and recorded all these roles in video productions for Unitel. She has, naturally, sung with the leading opera companies of the world. Her major debuts were: La Scala (1962) the Metropolitan (1965), and Covent Garden (1962).
Some of the more dramatic roles she has undertaken are Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly), Desdemona (Otello), Aîda, (Tatiana Evgeny Onegin), and Lisa (Queen of Spades).
She continued to add to her repertory well into the 1990s with the title role of Giordano's Fedora and, for 1998, in the same composer¹s Madama Sans-Gêne.
She remarried, in 1981, to the singer Nicolai Ghiarov. Together they have made numerous concert tours and joint operatic appearances. He voice is notable for its purity, strong and warm tone, and evenness of tone and focus. In 1994, the New York Times wrote, "Ms. Freni is nowhere near the end of her [career]."
Title: Simon Boccanegra
Artist: Mirella Freni, Gianni Raimondi, Nicolai Ghiaurov Piero Cappuccilli
Title: Puccini: la Bohème (Live) / Puccini: la Boheme (Live)
Artist: Rome, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Gianni Maffeo, Sesto Bruscantini, Mario Frosini, Franco Calabrese, Alessandro Maddalena, Nicolai Ghiuselev, Thomas Schippers, RAI Symphony Chorus, RAI Symphony Orchestra Rome, Rita Talarico, Elio Prisco, Mario Di Filici
Genre: Opera
Title: Puccini: Madama Butterfly (3 CDs)
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Christa Ludwig
Genre: Opera
Title: Puccini: Tosca
Artist: Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Nicola Rescigno
Title: Mirella Freni & Renata Scotto
Artist: Mirella Freni, Renata Scotto, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorenzo Anselmi
Genre: Opera
Title: Nessun dorma, Vol. 1
Artist: Mirella Freni, Franco Bonisolli, Leone Magiera, Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Genre: Opera
Title: Puccini: Tosca - Highlights
Artist: Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno
Genre: Classical
Title: Dreamticket to La Bohème / Dreamticket to La Boheme
Artist: Tito Schipa, Mirella Freni, Beniamino Gigli, Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Cesare Siepi, Jussi Björling / Jussi Bjorling, Fritz Wunderlich, Enrico Caruso, Giuseppe De Luca, Maria Cebotari, Irene Eisinger, Koloman Von Pataky, Ljuba Welitsch, Lucrezia Bori, Licia Albanese, Margherita Carosio, Heinrich Schlusnus, Marcel Wittrisch, Lotte Schöne / Lotte Schone, Elena Arizmendi, Vanni Marcoux
Genre: Opera
Title: Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)
Artist: Mirella Freni, Seiji Ozawa, Jessye Norman, Neil Shicoff, R. T. F. Choeur De Radio France
Genre: Opera
Title: Happy Mothers Day With Tchaikovsky (CD3)
Artist: Mirella Freni, Mstislav Rostropovich, Lang Lang, Neil Shicoff, Daniel Lozakovich
Genre: Classical
Title: Happy Mothers Day With Tchaikovsky (CD2)
Artist: Mirella Freni, Mstislav Rostropovich, Lang Lang, Neil Shicoff, Daniel Lozakovich
Genre: Classical
Title: Rossini: Guglielmo Tell
Artist: Riccardo Chailly, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolai Ghiaurov
Genre: Opera
Title: Aida - Verdi
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker, Mirella Freni, Jose Carreras
Genre:
Title: Happy Mothers Day With Tchaikovsky (CD4)
Artist: Mirella Freni, Mstislav Rostropovich, Lang Lang, Neil Shicoff, Daniel Lozakovich
Genre: Classical
Title: Donzietti: L'elisir D'amore
Artist: Mario Rossi, Mirella Freni, Sesto Bruscantini, Renzo Casellato, RAI Orchestra Of Torino
Genre: Opera
Title: Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
Artist: The American Boychoir, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Mirella Freni, Seiji Ozawa, Ernesto Gavazzi, Maureen Forrester, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Dominique Labelle, Sergei Leiferkus, Vladimir Atlantov, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Richard Clement, Katherine Ciesinski, Julian Rodescu, Janis Taylor, Tanya Roudenko, John Oliver, Dennis Peterson, Jorge Chaminé / Jorge Chamine, James Litton
Title: Il Natale del Redentore
Artist: Mirella Freni, Carlo Felice Cillario, Orchestra Dell'Angelicum Di Milano
Genre: Classical
Title: Happy Mothers Day With Tchaikovsky (CD1)
Artist: Mirella Freni, Mstislav Rostropovich, Lang Lang, Neil Shicoff, Daniel Lozakovich
Genre: Classical
Title: Verdi: Falstaff
Artist: Mirella Freni, Geraint Evans, Georg Solti, RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra
Collections
Title: Puccini Gold
Genre: Opera
Title: Donizetti Opera Favourites
Genre: Classical
Title: The Opera Album 2011
Genre:
Title: Rapture - Opera's Most Heavenly Moments
Genre: Opera
Title: The World of Opera Favourites
Genre: Opera
Title: The Best of Puccini
Genre: Opera
Title: 50 More Essential Pieces Of Classical Music
Genre:
Title: Top 100 Opera
Genre: Opera
Title: 50 Best Soprano Arias
Genre: Opera
Title: Verdi: 6 Great Operas
Genre: Opera
Title: Nessun Dorma - Puccini 2008
Genre:
Title: The Great Love Duets
Genre:
Title: Luciano Pavarotti - My Favourite Love Songs
Genre:
Title: One Hour of Classical Music: Puccini
Genre: Opera
Title: Essential Puccini
Genre:
Title: 50 Best Verdi
Genre:
Title: Puccini Love Songs
Genre:
Title: Puccini: The Definitive Collection
Genre: Opera
Title: Diva
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, Reggaeton, World Music, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 100 Best Adagio Voices (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Absolute Opera (CD3)
Title: The Opera 2011 Album (CD2)
Title: Best Of Italian Opera
Genre: Classical
Title: Puccini: The Essentials
Title: Classical Collection: The Essential Romantics
Genre: Classical
Title: Autumnal Puccini
Genre: Classical
Title: Puccini - Great Recordings (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Puccini - Great Recordings (CD3)
Genre: Classical
Title: Classical Christmas Songs (CD3)
Genre: Traditional Pop Music, Classical
Title: Verdi Requiem - Great Recordings (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Puccini: A Classical Aesthetic
Genre: Classical
Title: Listening To Bruckner (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Listening To Bruckner (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Puccini: Essential Recordings (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Puccini: Essential Recordings (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Title: Puccini For Lovers 2023 (CD1)
Genre: Classical
Title: Puccini For Lovers 2023 (CD2)
Genre: Classical
Featuring albums
Title: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: Luciano Pavarotti
Artist: Luciano Pavarotti
Genre: Opera
Title: Luciano Pavarotti - The Best
Artist: Luciano Pavarotti
Genre: Classical, Opera, Classical Crossover
Title: Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Opera for Everyone
Artist: Luciano Pavarotti
Genre: Opera
Title: Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker
Genre: Classical
Title: The Classical Guide to Domingo
Artist: Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Nello Santi, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Orchestre National De France, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Staatskapelle Berlin, English Chamber Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Covent Garden, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georges Prêtre / Georges Pretre, Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Julius Rudel, Orchestra Of La Scala Milan, Coro Di Roma Della RAI, Orchestra Sinfonica, Richard Amstrong
Genre: Opera
Title: Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame - the Queen of Spades
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Genre: Opera
Title: Plácido Domingo at the MET / Placido Domingo at the MET
Artist: Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo
Genre: Opera
Title: Handel: Alcina, HWV 34
Artist: Richard Bonynge, Joan Sutherland, Teresa Berganza, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Monica Sinclair
Genre: Opera
Title: The Art of Mirella Freni
Artist: Carlo Maria Giulini, Mario Rossi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra And Chorus Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Riccardo Muti, Coro E Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma, Peter Maag, Thomas Schippers, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino, Nino Sonzogno
Genre: Opera
Title: Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)
Artist: Leontyne Price, Herbert Von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker
Genre: Opera
Title: Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Artist: Giuseppe Sinopoli, Philharmonia Orchestra
Title: Bizet: Carmen
Artist: Seiji Ozawa, Jessye Norman, Orchestre National De France
Title: Massenet: Manon
Artist: Peter Maag, Orquesta Del Teatro De La Scala De Milan, Coro Del Teatro De La Scala
Genre: Opera
Title: Essential Opera
Artist: Plácido Domingo / Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland
Genre: Opera
Title: The Pavarotti Edition, Vol. 6: Puccini, Mascagni & Leoncavallo
Artist: Luciano Pavarotti
Genre: Opera
Title: Opera - Vol. 3
Artist: Herbert Von Karajan, Anton Nanut, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus, Zubin Mehta, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Slavonica, Alceo Galliera, Alfred Scholz, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Tiziano Severini, Radio Symphony Orchestra De Ljubljana, Süddeutsche Phiharmonic Orchestra / Suddeutsche Phiharmonic Orchestra, Sinfónica De Viena / Sinfonica De Viena, Sínfónica Nacional De La Rai / Sinfonica Nacional De La Rai
Genre:
Title: Nessun dorma, Vol. 3
Artist: Staatskapelle Berlin, Lamberto Gardelli, Chor Der Staatsoper Berlin, Leone Magiera, Staatskappelle Berlin
Genre:
Title: Verdi: la Traviata
Artist: Staatskapelle Berlin, Lamberto Gardelli, Chor Der Staatsoper Berlin
Genre:
Title: Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Artist: James Levine, Staatskapelle Dresden
Title: Puccini: Turandot (highlights)
Artist: Alain Lombard, Orchestre Philharmonique De Strasbourg
Genre: Opera
