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Mirella Freni

1935 - 2020

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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 Mozart's Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. Freni is associated with the role of Mimì 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 in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mirella Freni is the 259th most popular singer (down from 160th in 2019), the 1,379th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,034th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Singer.

Mirella Freni is most famous for her role as the first lady of the Metropolitan Opera.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mirella Freni ranks 259 out of 4,381. Before her are Victoria de los Ángeles, Ricky Martin, Eric Burdon, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rita Pavone, and Dionne Warwick. After her are Stevie Nicks, Courtney Love, Max Romeo, Melanie C, Nicolai Ghiaurov, and John Fogerty.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Mirella Freni ranks 63. Before her are Zhelyu Zhelev, William Friedkin, Ernesto Laclau, David Lodge, Monique Wittig, and Seiji Ozawa. After her are Pranab Mukherjee, Donald P. Bellisario, Wim Duisenberg, Azzedine Alaïa, Lorenzo Bandini, and Satoshi Ōmura. Among people deceased in 2020, Mirella Freni ranks 80. Before her are K. C. Jones, Mamadou Tandja, Moussa Traoré, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Gerald Carr, and Tom Lister Jr.. After her are Ernesto Cardenal, Pranab Mukherjee, Eddie Van Halen, Kobe Bryant, Lorenzo Sanz, and Stanley Ho.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Mirella Freni ranks 1,379 out of 5,161. Before her are Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), Rita Pavone (1945), Luca Marenzio (1553), Anna d'Este (1531), Marcantonio Raimondi (1480), and Mathilde Bonaparte (1820). After her are Julia (-190), Andrea Cesalpino (1519), Dicaearchus (-350), Carlo Maria Viganò (1941), Liliana Cavani (1933), and Cristofano Allori (1577).

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Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Mirella Freni ranks 25. Before her are Franco Corelli (1921), Umberto Tozzi (1952), Renata Scotto (1934), Gianni Morandi (1944), Alessandro Moreschi (1858), and Rita Pavone (1945). After her are Tito Gobbi (1913), Sabrina Salerno (1968), Ornella Vanoni (1934), Fabrizio De André (1940), Antonio Cesti (1623), and Laura Pausini (1974).

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