Mirella Freni
Acting
Born: 1935-02-27 · Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Died: 2020-02-09
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
🎬 Movies (22)
Mirella Freni – Ein Leben für die Oper
2010
Self (archive footage)
Karajan: Beauty As I See It
2008
Self (archive footage)
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1998
1998
Self - Soprano
Fedora
1997
Fedora Romazov
Falstaff
1993
Alice Ford
A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
1992
Self - Singer
The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991
1991
Self
Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame
1991
Adriana Lecouvreur
1989
Adriana Lecouvreur
La Boheme
1988
Mimì
Don Carlo
1983
Elisabeth de Valois
The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
1983
Self
Verdi Ernani
1982
Elvira
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
1978
Amelia Grimaldi
Verdi: Otello
1976
Desdemona
The Marriage of Figaro
1975
Susanna
Gounod: Faust
1975
Marguerite
Puccini's Madama Butterfly
1974
Cio-Cio-San, known as Butterfly
Otello
1973
Desdemona
La Traviata
1973
Violetta Valery
Bizet Carmen
1967
Micaëla
La Bohème
1965
Mimi
