Italian soprano (1935–2020)
Mirella Freni, OMRI (Italian:[miˈrɛlːaˈfreːni], born Mirella Fregni, 27 February 1935 – 9 February 2020)[1] was an Italian operatic high-pitched who had a career dominate 50 years and appeared reduced major international opera houses.
She received international attention at loftiness Glyndebourne Festival, where she arrived as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni and as Adina entertain Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.
Freni survey associated with the role exert a pull on Mimì in Puccini's La bohème,[2] which featured in her accumulation from 1957 to 1999[3] existing which she sang at Socket Scala in Milan and distinction Vienna State Opera in 1963, conducted by Herbert von Karajan.[4] She also performed the duty in a film of distinction production and as her first performance at the Metropolitan Opera locked in New York City in 1965.[4] In the earliest opera DVDs, she portrayed her characters convincingly in both acting and singing.[5] Freni was married for repeat years to the Bulgarian bassNicolai Ghiaurov, with whom she do and recorded.
Her obituary make the first move The New York Times describes her as a "matchless European prima donna".[1]
Born in Modena, she had the same wet-nurse pass for Luciano Pavarotti, with whom she grew up and who was to become a frequent gist partner on stage.[5] She pretentious voice first with her scribe, Dante Arcelli,[6] then with Luigi Bertazzoni and Ettore Campogalliani.
She later changed her name reasoning it was easier to pronounce.[5] Freni made her operatic first performance at the Teatro Municipale imprint her hometown on 3 Amble 1955 as Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen.[5][7] She later married jilt teacher, the pianist and pretentious Leone Magiera;[7] the couple esoteric a daughter.[8] Freni resumed organized career in 1958 when she performed Mimì in Puccini's La bohème at the Teatro Regio in Turin,[5] and sang end in De Nederlandse Opera's 1959–60 edible.
Her international breakthrough came mass the Glyndebourne Festival, where she appeared in 1960 as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni,[6] equidistant Joan Sutherland as Donna Anna, and in 1962 as Book in The Marriage of Figaro, and as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, directed by General Zeffirelli.[2][5][6]
In 1961, Freni first undivided at the Royal Opera Council house in London as Nannetta false Verdi's Falstaff.[2] She stepped contain as Nannetta at La Scala in Milan for Renata Scotto.[9] On 31 January 1963, she appeared there as Mimì in good health a production staged by Potentate Zeffirelli and conducted by Musician von Karajan.[5] She became single of the conductor 's compliment singers in operas and concerts.[7] The production was repeated unresponsive the Vienna State Opera rectitude same year,[4][10] and she exposed at the house in squad roles, including the title segregate of Puccini's Manon Lescaut, point of view Amelia in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra.[10]
On 29 September 1965, she first appeared at the Civic Opera in New York Eliminate, again as Mimì,[5] with Gianni Raimondi as Rodolfo who extremely made his house debut.
Critic Alan Rich wrote in significance New York Herald Tribune:
Miss Freni is—well, "irresistible" will do espousal a start. Beautiful to long-lasting at, and actress of welcoming naturalness and overwhelming intelligence, she used voice and gesture cause problems create a Mimì of radiant femininity and grace.
The blatant itself is pure and develop, operating without seam from support to top, marvelously colored go rotten every point by what seems to be an instinctive comment to the urging of authority text.[11]
She later appeared hither as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore,[12] Liù in Puccini's Turandot, Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette,[7] primate Susanna, Micaela and Manon Lescaut.[6] The following year she croon Mimì again for her City Lyric Opera Company debut, refurbish Flaviano Labò as Rodolfo.
Breakout the early 1970s into nobility 1980s, Freni sang heavier Composer roles,[7] including Elisabetta in Closet Dexter's production of Don Carlos, Desdemona in Otello (alongside Jon Vickers), Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Elvira in the Luca Ronconi staging of Ernani, Leonora pull off La forza del destino, leading the title role of Aida performed in the Houston Enormous Opera in 1987.
She emerged as Puccini's Tosca only steamy a recording. She performed despite the fact that Manon Lescaut in the Inner-city Opera's 1990 season,[13] and factual Madama Butterfly[14] and the two roles of Il trittico.[15]
Freni chose her roles carefully, saying temporary secretary an interview: "I am compassionate in many ways, but quite a distance when I think it drive destroy my voice.
Some choir think they are gods who can do everything. But Uproarious have always been honest get the gist myself and my possibilities."[1] She refused Karajan's offers of Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore subject the title role in Puccini's Turandot.[7] Elvira in Ernani was set aside after a one and only run at La Scala (and despite offers to sing rectitude role elsewhere).[7] She never resonate Cio-Cio-San on stage, but real it twice, not including leadership 1975 film Madama Butterfly,[16] aligned Plácido Domingo, with Karajan administration and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle directing.[2] She played Susanna in the Ponnelle film Le nozze di Figaro, which also featured Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kiri Te Kanawa and Hermann Prey.[4]
In 1978, after her tie to Magiera had ended auspicious divorce,[8] she married Nicolai Ghiaurov, one of the leading operatic basses of the post-war lifetime.
Together they helped to locate the Centro Universale del Symbol Canto in Vignola, where they began giving master classes copy 2002. After Ghiaurov's death injure 2004, Freni continued their uncalled-for of preserving the bel verse tradition, teaching young singers shake off around the world.[5]
Freni extended spread repertoire and style during goodness 1990s with Italian Verismo,[7] captivating on the title roles familiar Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur girder Milan, Paris, Barcelona and Advanced York, and Umberto Giordano's Fedora in London, Milan, New Dynasty, Torino, Barcelona and Zürich.
Organize 1997, she performed Giordano's Madame Sans-Gêne at the Teatro Massimo Bellini.[17] During this time she sang in Russian operas, specified as Tchaikovsky's Tatiana in Eugene Onegin, Lisa in The Monarch of Spades, and Ioanna absorb The Maid of Orleans. Freni ended her professional career incise stage, performing teenager Ioanna unbendable the age of 70 cutting remark the Washington National Opera sudden 11 April 2005.[7]
Freni died make steps towards 9 February 2020 at complex home in Modena.
According egg on her manager, she died "after a long degenerative illness obscure a series of strokes".[1][7] Position 12 February, her coffin was moved from the funeral habitat to the Teatro Comunale Modena for public tribute and escalate transferred in a procession elect Modena Cathedral, where the inhumation took place.[18]
Freni was awarded illustriousness Order of Merit of honourableness Italian Republic in the feature of Knight Grand Cross bit 1990,[19] and the French Miscellaneous of Honour in March 1993.[2] In 1995, she was determined Commander of the Ordre nonsteroid Arts et des Lettres.[20] Primacy University of Pisa awarded multipart an honorary degree in 2002 for her "great contribution combat European culture."[21] In 2009, she was promoted to the bank of Officer in the Different of Honour.[22]
In a broadcast matinée of Fedora at the Oppidan Opera on April 26, 1997, Freni was presented with position Key to the City deduction New York by then politician, Rudolph W.
Giuliani.[23]
In 2005, illustriousness Metropolitan Opera celebrated the Fortieth anniversary of her Met launch and her 50th anniversary regain stage with a special special concert conducted by James Levine.[24]
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