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	Mirella Freni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mirella Freni (born 27 February 1935) is a famous Italian opera soprano much admired for the youthful quality of her voice and her acting skills.
		Freni was married many years to the Bulgarian basso Nicolai Ghiaurov, with whom she performed and recorded frequently.
		Freni was born Mirella Freni into a working class family in Modena (both her mother and tenor Luciano Pavarotti's mother worked in the same cigarette factory in that city).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mirella_Freni (673 words)

	Mirella Freni
		Mirella Freni (born 27 February 1935) is a famous opera singer much admired for the youthful quality of her voice and her acting skills.
		Mirella made her operatic debut in Modena at 1955, at age 19, as Micaëla in Carmen.
		Freni continued to add to expand her repertory well into the 1990s, taking on the title roles of Adriana Lecouvreur in Milan, Paris and New York and Giordano's Fedora in Milan.
	www.freewebs.com /universounds/freni.htm (362 words)

	The Very Best of Mirella Freni [RF]: Classical CD Reviews- Apr 2003 MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mirella Freni made her professional debut at the young age of twenty in her native town of Modena.
		Freni never ventured far in the bel canto repertoire although she sang in ‘I Puritani’ at the Wexford Festival of 1962 and to acclaim in Rome in 1969 (with Pavarotti).
		Freni’s care of her voice means that in 2003 she is still appearing, in the Russian repertoire, on the operatic stage.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2003/Apr03/freni.htm (755 words)

	PlaybillArts: Features: A Life in the Theater
		On May 15 when the Met celebrates Freni's 70 years of life--50 years as an opera singer, 40 of which have been as a treasured Met artist--there will be found at the center of the stage a singer with a lustrous voice and interpretive skills that have deepened over the years rather than calcified.
		Freni's gift of a gorgeous voice is complemented by her way of using words, acting, and singing to illuminate and transmit emotion.
		He took Freni aside and said, "Bambina mia, you have something special not only in your voice but in the way you express yourself." Gigli told her not to sing again until she was older, or she would damage her voice.
	www.playbillarts.com /features/article/1912.html (1665 words)

	classical music - andante - mirella freni, forever young
		It is with this improbable work that Washington National Opera has chosen to open its spring 2005 season — with the 70-year-old Mirella Freni in the title role of the teen-aged Joan of Arc.
		Freni has always been the textbook example of a lyric soprano who moved into dramatic roles wisely, conserving her voice so that even in her 60s she retained enough vocal freshness and bloom to remain one of the world's best MimÃ¬s.
		Freni never did and does not now fit into either of those categories, but in an acoustically lively theater like the Kennedy Center's Opera House, she has power sufficient to project the part.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=25387 (776 words)

	Mirella Freni Puccini and Verdi ARTS ARCHIVES 43008-2 [RJF]: Classical CD Reviews- Dec 2004 MusicWeb-International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Freni moved quickly to Violetta under Karajan at La Scala in 1964 and had her first set-back.
		In the 1970s Freni’s repertoire extended in the theatre and on record and this recording of the Puccini and Verdi arias and duets catches her very much at her vocal peak.
		This disc is an ideal complement to EMI’s ‘The Very Best of Mirella Freni’ and the issue devoted to her in Decca’s ‘Grandi Voci’ series.
	www.musicweb-international.com /classrev/2004/Dec04/Freni.htm (932 words)

	Classical Net Review - Mirella Freni - A Celebration
		However, Mirella Freni, who turned 70 in February 2005, celebrated by singing the role of Joan in Tchaikovsky's The Maid of Orleans in Washington D.C. – fifty years after her debut in her hometown of Modena as Micaëla! Clearly, this woman is remarkable – another Magda Olivero in terms of durability and consistent excellence.
		That is because Freni recorded for other labels during this period – EMI Classics, mostly – so those who wish for a more complete portrait of her career may wish to complement this release with a compilation on another label.
		Earlier in Freni's career she was primarily a lyric soprano, and even sang coloratura roles such as Elvira in Bellini's I Puritani.
	www.classical.net /~music/recs/reviews/l/lon756553a.html (513 words)

	Mirella Freni - Moviefone
		Freni was born Mirella Freni into a working class family in Modena (both her mother and tenor Luciano Pavarotti's mother worked in the same cigarette...
		Mirella Freni Born February 27, 1935 in Modena, Italy Country: Italy Biography Mirella Freni is the textbook example of a lyric soprano who expanded.
		Mirella Freni - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Mirella Freni Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/mirella-freni/23184/main (124 words)

	Opera Today : Mirella Freni and Cesare Siepi Live in Concert
		There can't be many bass arias as light and tuneful as this, and though Siepi's vocal production does give evidence of the length of his career, the handsomeness of his tone and the commanding technique more than compensate.
		Freni took on the role of Don Carlos's Elisabetta around this time, and she manages the supremely challenging "Tu che le vanita" very well, but without quite the dramatic commitment to make the long selection (11 minutes) thoroughly captivating.
		Soon Freni joins him as Zerlina, and their "La ci darem la mano" caps the concert beautifully, only leaving the wish that the program had included more duets.
	www.operatoday.com /content/2006/08/freni_and_siepi.php (1414 words)

	Unitel Catalog / Mirella Freni: Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For there was Mirella Freni on stage singing Mimi, as fresh and lustrous and touching as in 1963.
		It was as Mimi that the lyrical soprano conquered La Scala in the legendary Bohème staged by Franco Zeffirelli and conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
		Miss Freni didn't stray far from home when she began her career as the sweet but luckless Micaela in Carmen: her debut on Feb. 3, 1955 took place in her native Modena (where, as an infant, she and Luciano Pavarotti shared a wet nurse).
	www.unitel.de /ucatalog/soloist/bios/freni.htm (580 words)

	Mirella Freni (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		1966 Freni, Ghiaurov, Watson, Gedda, Crass, Ludwig, Berry, New Philharmonia Orch.
		1964 (Sept. 26) Freni, Raimondi, Panerai, Vincenzi, Maffeo, Vinco, Orch.
		1960 (Sept. 27) Freni, Mollet, Ratti, Rehfuss, Witsch, Häfliger, Hannoverche Solistenvereinigung, Norddeutscher Rundfunk Orch.
	www.weblaopera.com.cob-web.org:8888 /voces/sopranos/mfreni.htm (808 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Music: Giacomo Puccini (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		What I think is special about this production is the combination of Freni and Pavarotti They were born in the same town (Modena) in the same year and here they are, of course, performing in their own language.
		Freni's voice is golden, Pavarotti never sounds better, VPO is devine and Karajan is the ultimate Puccini conductor.
		Although Freni never sang Butterfly in the opera house she makes such a great figure of Butterfly on disc that one can only imagine on stage what could have been..possibly her greatest role, which she declined to do out of fear of the vocal demands.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Puccini-Butterfly-Herbert-von-Karajan/dp/B0000041S8 (797 words)

	CUBEC - mirella freni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In some cases Mirella Freni may decide to give a merit certificate.
		For the Master class with Mirella Freni a maximum of 16 participants is admitted.
		Participants to the Master Class with Mirella Freni may ask for a "Nicolai Ghaurov" scholarship.
	www.belcanto.it /Calendario.asp?ID=736 (371 words)

	OperaBlog
		Freni made her entrance on the arm of Met General Manager, Joseph Volpe.
		Freni changed from the lovely red gown she had worn in the first half into a most becoming blue gown.
		Freni with an autographed photograph of Puccini framed in a piece of the curtain from the Old Met.
	www.operacast.com /2005/05/happy-40th-mirella-freni.html (886 words)

	Giacomo Puccini - La BohÃ¨me / Francesca Zambello Â· Tiziano Severini - M. Freni Â· L. Pavarotti Â· San ...
		However, Karajan was right when he told Mirella Freni that she was Mimi.
		The emotions are stronger than before and by the end of the opera she totally hits her stride and a quarter of a century melts away.
		As many singers, such as Freni, experience a lowering of voice and a widening of vibrato, they become greater interpereters, greater artists.
	www.mwp.com /shop/dvd.php4?asin=B00003M5GA (467 words)

	Freni/Bonisolli concert
		He is joined on many of the excerpts with the exquisite Italian soprano, Mirella Freni, who is also featured in several arias.
		For example, all of the excerpts with Freni (both solo and duet) are also included on a recent Arts Archives release (43008-2).
		Mirella Freni, here recorded in her prime, is in gorgeous voice on all of her excerpts.
	classicalcdreview.com /freni.html (631 words)

	TIME.com: Mirella Freni Tries the Slalom -- Aug. 3, 1981 -- Page 1
		Freni is familiar to American audiences from several excellent popular opera recordings—La Bohème and Madama Butterfly with Supertenor Luciano Pavarotti, Aida and Don Carlos with Tenor José Carreras, all conducted by Herbert von Karajan—as well as from films of Bohème and Butterfly shown here in 1965 and 1976.
		But Freni's talent still far outshines her American reputation.
		Indeed, Freni temporarily quit the stage after the birth in 1956 of her daughter Micaela, born the year after Mirella's professional operatic debut and named for her role in Bizet's Carmen.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,949300,00.html (788 words)

	Amazon.com: mirella_freni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mirella Freni and Luciano Pavarotti - Love Duets from Puccini's Operas: for Soprano and Tenor with Piano by Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, and Giacomo Puccini (Paperback - April 1, 2004)
		Mirella Freni -- Find pics, news, movies, interviews, filmography and more at Moviefone.
		Mirella Freni CDs at ArkivMusic.com -- Every Mirella Freni CD in print is for sale here.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=mirella_freni&tag=myguitartabsc-20&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (452 words)

	CUBEC - Mirella Freni
		She made her debut in Modena, February 3, 1955, not yet 20 years old, as Micaela in Carmen.
		In a career spanning nearly fifty years Mirella Freni has sung more than forty roles and realized many record productions and radio-television recordings.
		In 2002 the University of Pisa gave her the prestigious honorary degree for the "great contribution to the development of european culture".
	www.belcanto.it /testo.asp?ID=866 (256 words)

	Mirella Freni
		In Herbert von Karajan she found a kindred soul who fostered her international career.
		After Karajan's death, Mirella recalled her first Bohème at La Scala: "Karajan, with tears in his eyes, embraced me, saying: 'This is the second time in my life that I weep; the first was at my mother's death'."
		As an infant, Mirella shared the same wet nurse with Luciano Pavarotti, in their home town of Modena, and she once averred: "You can see who got all the milk!"
	www.beautyinmusic.com /artist_pages/mirella_freni.htm (82 words)

	Decca Music Group - New Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The great Italian soprano Mirella Freni celebrates her 70th Birthday on February 27th 2005.
		A much-loved and very popular artist, Freni has recorded a substantial discography for a variety of companies and among her most important recordings are those on Decca and Deutsche Grammophon.
		As her career developed Mirella Freni continued to add other roles to her repertory and these included Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly) — she is heard here in excerpts from Decca’s 1974 recording with Von Karajan.
	www.deccaclassics.com /newsandnewreleases/february2005/4756553.html (248 words)

	PlaybillArts: News: Photo Journal: The Met Salutes Mirella Freni
		The Metropolitan Opera paid tribute to soprano Mirella Freni at a gala concert on May 15.
		The gala marked the 50th anniversary of Freni's operatic debut and the 40th anniversary of her Met debut.
		Among the singers on the program were Freni, Frederica von Stade, Marcello Giordani, Salvatore Licitra, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Robert Lloyd, and James Morris.
	www.playbillarts.com /news/article/2097.html (284 words)

	Amazon.com: Puccini - La BohÃ¨me / Freni, Pavarotti, Harwood, Ghiaurov, Karajan: Music: Giacomo Puccini,Mirella ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The smaller parts are wonderfully sung, the comedy sharply profiled, and the pathos contained in such a way that the opera's ending proves remarkably gripping.
		Pavarotti is magnificent, Freni is gorgeous, as is Harwood, Ghiaurov...well the whole gang is great.
		I love Pavarotti's voice and for me Freni is a lovely Mimi, but I think the Serafin recording with Tebaldi and Bergonzi is better.
	www.amazon.com /Puccini-Pavarotti-Harwood-Ghiaurov-Karajan/dp/B0000041TD (1402 words)

	JBQ54032JH - Mirella Freni & Luciano Pavarotti - Love Duets from Puccini's Operas (for Soprano & Tenor with Piano)
		Mirella Freni & Luciano Pavarotti - Love Duets from Puccini's Operas (for Soprano & Tenor with Piano)
		All details of the artists' performances are notated: note variations, breaths, fermatas and other nuances of style.
		Browse All Piano Music Performed By Mirella Freni.
	www.encoremusic.com /JBQ54032.html (345 words)

	vilaine fille: Mirella Freni
		"Cause for celebration," my feature on Mirella Freni, with a sidebar offering essential CD and DVD picks, appears in the 12-18 May issue of Time Out New York.
		The Mirella Freni Gala Concert, celebrating the fortieth anniversary of her Metropolitan Opera début and the fiftieth anniversary of her operatic début, takes place on Sunday, 15 May at 17h00 at the Metropolitan Opera.
		Claudio Abbado's DG recording of Simon Boccanegra, starring Mirella Freni as Amelia, belongs in the collection of everyone who cares about music.
	vilainefille.blogs.com /vilaine_fille/2005/05/mirella_freni.html (200 words)

	iClassics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Artists: Mirella Freni Nicolai Gedda Rome Opera Orchestra (Conducted by: Thomas Schippers)
		Artists: Mirella Freni Luciano Pavarotti Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan)
		Artists: Agnes Baltsa JosÃ© Carreras Mirella Freni Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan) Vienna State Opera Chorus (Conducted by: Herbert von Karajan)
	www.iclassics.com /productDetail?contentId=50661 (264 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Ti Amo - Puccini's Greatest Love Songs: Music: Luciano Pavarotti (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		There is Turandot, Boheme, Tosca, La Fanciulla del West, Madama Butterfly and Manon Lescaut highlights on this disc.
		The very best arias are all here, with especially generous extracts from the Madama Butterfly set with Karajan and Freni, "Viene la sera", lasting for 15mins 20secs, and also the Tosca set, "Mario!Mario!Mario!" lasting 14mins 32secs.
		All of the tracks are very good, well chosen and well sung.
	www.amazon.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000041VA/theshoppingcen00 (263 words)

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