Mirella Freni, born on Feb.
Mirella Freni, OMRI (Italian: [miˈrɛlːa ˈfreːni], born Mirella Fregni, 27 February – 9 February ) [1] was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. 
Mirella Freni, who died last Ever youthful and spirited, Mirella Freni is consistently acclaimed as the last of a great line of Italian sopranos. Her performances, richly nuanced, remain a lesson in the art of bel canto singing.
Mirella Freni (b. 1935) made Mirella Freni is not as instantly recognizable as opera stars Luciano Pavarotti or Maria Callas, but she is among the great sopranos of the twentieth century and holds a special appeal for opera lovers worldwide.
============== Mirella Freni--soprano Salzburg 1975 From the early 's into the 's, Mirella Freni began singing heavier Verdi roles, notably Elisabetta in Don Carlo, Desdemona in Otello, and Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Elvira in Ernani, Leonora in La forza del destino, and the title role of Aida.
The story is set in ‘Mirella Freni was one of the last links to an Italian tradition of light lyric singing, and one of its finest exponents. Opening her Royal Opera career with Nannetta in , she went on to sing a number of major roles at the Royal Opera House.
Mirella Freni was a Mirella Freni (27 February – 9 February ) was an Italian soprano, one of the leading lyric sopranos of her era. She had a beautiful and well-schooled voice and a charming stage presence. Born Mirella Fregni, in Modena, Italy, she studied at the Bologna Music Conservatory with Ettore Campogalliani.
She was born in Mirella Freni was an open-faced, wide-eyed soprano who exuded enormous charm, dignity and integrity throughout her long career, and who imbued most, if not all, of the characters she essayed on the operatic stage with those strong personality traits.
Hungry, cold, broke, and deliriously Quanto è difficile dirsi addio, specialmente d'inverno: "Soli d'inverno è cosa da morire! / Mentre a primavera c'è compagno il sol!". Eppure Mimì e Rodolfo ci provano, a lasciarsi: la ragazza intona un'aria dolcissima, colma di ricordi e di nostalgia, che inizia evocando il momento del loro incontro ("D'onde lieta uscì / al tuo grido d'amore, / torna sola Mimì / al solitario nido"), già.