Mirella Freni
Birthday
1935/02/27
Day of death
2020/02/09 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also know as
Mirella Fregni
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1988) La Boheme
as Mimì
(1965) La Bohème
as Mimi
(1975) The Marriage of Figaro
as Susanna
(1967) Bizet Carmen
as Micaëla
(1974) Madama Butterfly
as Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly
(1976) Verdi: Otello
as Desdemona
(1997) Fedora
as Fedora Romazov
(1989) Adriana Lecouvreur
as Adriana Lecouvreur
(1983) Don Carlo
as Elisabeth de Valois
(1982) Verdi Ernani
as Elvira
(1993) Falstaff
as Alice Ford
(1978) Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
as Amelia Grimaldi
(2008) Karajan: Beauty As I See It
as Self (archive footage)
(1983) The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
as Self
(1973) Otello
as Desdemona
(1992) A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
as Self - Singer
(1998) The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
as Self - Soprano
(1964) Lieder, Arien und Geschichten
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Aida