Mirella Freni

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Mirella Freni with Ino Savini and Luciano Pavarotti (1969)

Mirella Freni , actually Mirella Fregni (born February 27, 1935 in Modena ; † February 9, 2020 there ), was an Italian opera singer ( lyric soprano ).

Life

Freni, who came from a working-class family, was trained by her uncle Dante Arcelli. She made her debut in 1955 in the role of Micaëla in Carmen . At the beginning of her career she was supported by Herbert von Karajan . She became famous in roles such as Violetta ( La traviata ), Tatjana ( Eugen Onegin ) and Mimì ( La Bohème ), but also as Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in the film adaptation by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle .

Freni and the Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda , with whom she recorded several operas from the Italian and French repertoire, were considered the opera's “dream couple”.

She was often the partner of Luciano Pavarotti , whom she had known since her youth. Among other things, she interpreted the opera La Bohème at his side on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the premiere . In September 2007 she commented on the live broadcast of the funeral service for Luciano Pavarotti in the RAI .

After a 50-year career, Freni retired in 2005. She was married to the Bulgarian-Austrian bass player Nikolaj Gjaurow for the second time . Mirella Freni died in Modena on February 9, 2020 at the age of 84.

repertoire

DVD

  • A Life Devoted to Opera by Maria Stocker, 2011, Arthaus DVD 101519 / Naxos

literature

Web links

Commons : Mirella Freni  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ BR-Klassik of February 9, 2020: On the death of the soprano Mirella Freni. From the Poetry of Little Things, by Alexandra Maria Dielitz , accessed on February 10, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Freni, Mirella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fregni, Mirella (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer (lyric soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Modena , Italy
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 2020
Place of death Modena