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About the artist Mirella Freni

Mirella Freni made her professional debut as Micaela in Carmen in 1955 in her hometown of Modena and, over the following several seasons, sang at most of the leading Italian opera houses. She made her La Scala debut in 1963 as Nanetta in Falstaff and the following year; she achieved immediate international stardom there, when she was cast by Maestro Herbert von Karajan as Mimì in a new production of La Bohème staged by Franco Zefferelli. Within a short period of time, guest appearances took Ms. Freni to the world’s most important opera houses, including the Vienna State Opera, where the prestigious title “Kammersängerin” was conferred upon her by the Austrian Government. In North America, the soprano made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1965. In 1970, Ms. Freni began a judicious transition from the purely lyric repertory to that of certain spinto roles, when she starred with Jon Vickers in a new production of Otello at the Salzburg Festival. The conductor was Maestro von Karajan who, perhaps more than anyone, had a profound influence on her career.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Mirella Freni

CATALOGUE NR: 4697582  (barcode: 0028946975824)
RECORD LABEL: Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 03-Jun-2002

TITLE: Ave Maria
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Karl Bohm and Rafael Kubelik
ARTISTS: Jose Carreras   Renata Tebaldi   Mirella Freni   Teresa Berganza

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: religious arias and choruses

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CATALOGUE NR: 5759092  (barcode: 0724357590921)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Very Best of Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 03-Feb-2003

TITLE: Very Best of Mirella Freni
TRACKS: Don Pasquale : Quel guardo il cavaliere … So anch' io la virtu magica. Si mi chiamano Mimi. Addio … Donde lieta usci al to grido. Vissi d'arte. Un bel di vedremo. Son pochi fiori. Ecco! respiro appena … Io son l'umile ancella. Poveri fiori. C'est des contrebandiers … Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante. Les Pecheurs de perles : Me voila seule dans la nuit … Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre. Aria: Adieu notre petite table. Faust : Je voudrais bien savoir … Il etait un Roi de Thule. Ah! je ris - Jewel Song. Voyons nouricce … Je veux vivre - Waltz Song. O nuit divine! je t'emplore. Aria: Vedrai carino. O rendetemi la speme … Qui la voce … Vine diletto'. E strano! … Ah fors' e lui … Sempre libera. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta. O mio babbino caro. Senza mamma O bimbo. Signore ascolta!. Tu che di gel sei cinta. Sono giunta! … Madre pietosa vergine. Pace pace mio Dio. Ritorna vincitor! - Aida. Qui Radames verra … O patria mia. Mia madre aveva una povera ancella … Piangea cantando nell'arma landa. Ave Maria piena di grazia.
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni      

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CATALOGUE NR: GM40062  (barcode: 0608974140625)
RECORD LABEL: Golden Melodram
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.39

TITLE: Gala Concert
TRACKS: I Vespri Siciliani Overture. Rigoletto - 'La donna e mobile' (Verdi). Manon - 'Adieu mon petit table' (Massenet). La Damnation de Faust - Ungarischer Marsch (Berlioz). Turandot - 'Tu che di gel sei cinta'. La Boheme - 'Chegelida manina'. La Boheme 'Mi Chiamano Mimi'. La Boheme - 'O suave fanciulla' (Puccini). Benvenuto Cellini Overture (Berlioz). Carmen - 'C'est des contrebandiers' (Bizet). L'Elisir d'Amore - 'Una furtiva lacrima' (Donizetti). Adriana Lecouvreur - 'Io son l'umile ancella' (Cilea). Madam Butterfly 'Bimba dagli occhi piene di malia' (Puccini).
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni   Eduardo Alvarez    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1971

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CATALOGUE NR: 101519  (barcode: 0807280151992)
RECORD LABEL: Arthaus Musik
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
RELEASE DATE: 27-Jun-2011

TITLE: Mirella Freni - A Life Devoted To Opera
TRACKS: featuring - Placido Domingo / Nicolai Ghiaurov / Herbert Von Karajan / Luciano Pavarotti.
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM stereo / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 58 minutes / Subtitles: Italian English French German Spanish

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CATALOGUE NR: ARPCD0478  (barcode: 4035122404784)
RECORD LABEL: Archipel
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.95
RELEASE DATE: 17-Feb-2012

COMPOSER: Alessandro Scarlatti
TITLE: Griselda
ORCHESTRA: Rundfunkorchester Hannover des NWDR
CONDUCTOR: Bruno Maderna
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni   Eugenia Ratti   Pierre Mollet   Heinz Rehfuss

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live Hannover in 1960

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CATALOGUE NR: 4756666  (barcode: 0028947566663)
RECORD LABEL: Decca Classic Opera
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.95
RELEASE DATE: 07-Mar-2005

COMPOSER: Arrigo Boito
TITLE: Mefistofele - complete
ORCHESTRA: National Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Oliviero de Fabritis
ARTISTS: Luciano Pavarotti   Nicolai Ghiaurov   Montserrat Caballe   Mirella Freni

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded: Walthamstow Assembly Hall London Aug-1980 & Jan-1982 / with full libretto - Penguin Guide 3 star 'with the principal soloists all at their best, this is a most recommendable set, though Fabritiis in his last recording lacks a little in energy'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6861862  (barcode: 5099968618629)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.95
RELEASE DATE: 17-Aug-2009

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Mireille - complete
ORCHESTRA: Toulouse Capital Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Michel Plasson
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni   Jose van Dam   Alain Vanzo   Jane Rhodes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 16-page booklet with tracklist and synopsis in English French German and Spanish - third disc is CD-Rom with pdf booklet including original notes and complete libretto in sung language English French and German

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CATALOGUE NR: GL100788  (barcode: 8712177050352)
RECORD LABEL: Gala
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.59
RELEASE DATE: 12-Mar-2007

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Romeo and Juliet - complete
TRACKS: bonus tracks: Franco Corelli / Gianna d'Angelo / Philadelphia Orchestra / Anton Guadagno - Romeo and Juliet (Gounod).
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Robin Stapleton
ARTISTS: Alfredo Kraus   Mirella Freni   Sesto Bruscantini   George Meadows

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live 1982 and bonus recorded Philadelphia Apr-1964

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CATALOGUE NR: 0948622  (barcode: 5099909486225)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.49
RELEASE DATE: 16-May-2011

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Faust - highlights
TRACKS: Vin ou biere. O sainte medaille.… Avant de quitter ces lieux… Le veau d'or est toujours debout. Nous nous retrouvons mes amis!… Ainsi que la brise egere… Ne permettrez vous pas ma belle demoiselle. Quel trouble inconnu me penetre!… Salut! demeure chaste et pure. Je voudrais bien savoir… Il etait un roi de Thule… Ah!.. Je ris. Il se fait tard!… Adieu!. Seigneur daignez permettre… Souviens-toi du passe… Quand du Seigneur. Gloire immortelle de nos aieux. Vous aui faites I'endormie. Alerte alerte… Anges purs anges radieux… Christ est ressuscite.
ORCHESTRA: Paris Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Placido Domingo   Mirella Freni   Nicolai Ghiaurov   Thomas Allen

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: enhanced CD with libretto

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CATALOGUE NR: MCD985198  (barcode: 0608974501983)
RECORD LABEL: Myto
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.33

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Faust - complete
ORCHESTRA: Milan La Scala Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni   Nicolai Ghiaurov   Piero Cappuccilli  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1978

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CATALOGUE NR: OALS3011D  (barcode: 0809478030119)
RECORD LABEL: La Scala Collection
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.20
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2004

COMPOSER: Francesco Cilea
TITLE: Adriana Lecouvreur - complete
ORCHESTRA: Milan La Scala Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Muti
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni   Peter Dvorsky   Fiorenza Cossotto   Ernesto Gavazzi

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL 4:3 / Sound Format: Dolby Stereo / Region Code: All / Duration: 159 minutes - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 900303  (barcode: 4035719003031)
RECORD LABEL: BR Klassik
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 26-Apr-2011

COMPOSER: Francesco Cilea  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Great Singers Live - Mirella Freni
TRACKS: Adriana Lecouvreur : Io son l'umile ancella (Francesco Cilea). La Boheme : Si mi chiamano Mimi. La Boheme : Quando me'n vo. Tosca : Vissi d'arte. Turandot : Tu che di gel sei cinta (Giacomo Puccini). Carmen : C'est des contrebandiers (Georges Bizet). Manon : Adieu notre petite table (Jules Massenet). Aida : Ritorna vincitor! (Giuseppe Verdi). Le Nozze di Figaro : E Susanna non vien - Dove sono (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). Eugene Onegin : Und sei's mein Untergang (Tchaikovsky). Adriana Lecouvreur : Io son l'umile ancella (Francesco Cilea).
ORCHESTRA: Munchner Rundfunkorchester
CONDUCTOR: Kurt Eichhorn and Vladimir Ghiaurov
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1971 / 1983 / 1987

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CATALOGUE NR: GFOCD00562  (barcode: 0878280000054)
RECORD LABEL: Glyndebourne
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.99
RELEASE DATE: 26-Oct-2009

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: L'elisir d'amore - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Felice Cillario
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni   Luigi Alva   Emily Maire   Sesto Bruscantini

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded live 1962 - Jan-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jan-2010 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A great company show.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6406902  (barcode: 5099964069029)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 15.95
RELEASE DATE: 11-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Don Pasquale - complete
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Muti
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni   Sesto Bruscantini   Leo Nucci   Gosta Winbergh

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: third disc is CD-Rom with pdf booklet including original notes and complete libretto with translation

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CATALOGUE NR: 9482802  (barcode: 5099994828023)
RECORD LABEL: EMI The Home of Opera
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.50
RELEASE DATE: 07-Mar-2011

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: L'elisir d'amore - complete
CONDUCTOR: Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni   Nicolai Gedda   Mario Sereni   Renato Capecchi

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1966 - third disc is CD-Rom with libretto & synopsis

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CATALOGUE NR: 4164942  (barcode: 5099941649428)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Very Best of Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set  DURATION: 149 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 04-Feb-2013

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Very Best of Mirella Freni
TRACKS: CD1: Don Pasquale : Quel guardo il cavalier… So anch'io (Donizetti). La boheme : Si Mi chiamano Mimi / Addio… D'onde lieta usci. Tosca : Vissi d'arte. Madama Butterfly : Un bel di vedremo (Puccini). L'amico Fritz : Son pochi fiori (Mascagni). Adriana Lecouvreur : Ecco! respiro appena… Io son l'umile ancella / Poveri fiori (Francesco Cilea). Carmen : C'est des contrebandiers…Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante. Les Pecheurs de perles : Me voila seul…Comme autrefois (Bizet). Manon : Allons!…Adieu notre petite table (Massenet). Faust : Je voudrais bien savoir…Il etait un Roi de Thule…Ah! Je ris - Jewel Song. Romeo et Juliette : Voyons nourrice…Je veux vivre / O nuit divine! (Gounod). CD2: Don Giovanni : Vedrai carino (Mozart). I puritani : O rendetemi la speme…Qui la voce sua soave…Vien diletto (Bellini). La traviata : E strano…Ah! fors'e lui…Sempre libera (Verdi). La rondine : Chi il bel sogno di Doretta. Gianni Schicchi : O mio babbino caro. Suor Angelica : Senza mamma. Turandot : Signore ascolta / Tu che di gel sei cinta (Puccini). La forza del destino : Son giunta!…Madre pietosa Vergine / Pace pace mio Dio!. Aida : Ritorna vincitor! / Qui Radames verra…O patria mia. Otello : Mia madre avea una povera ancella…Piangea cantando / Ave Maria (Verdi).
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni      

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CATALOGUE NR: BRV9905  (barcode: 0723721310455)
RECORD LABEL: Bravissimo Opera Library
FORMAT: 14 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 25.99
RELEASE DATE: 12-Nov-2010

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel
TITLE: Mirella Freni - Legendary Performances
TRACKS: complete opera - SERSE - XERXES (HANDEL). I PURITANI (BELLINI). FAUST (GOUNOD). LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO (DONIZETTI). LA BOHEME (PUCCINI). LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (MOZART) - performed by - Mirella Freni / Luigi Alva / Fiorenza Cossotto / Alfredo Kraus / Gianni Raimondi / Nicolai Ghiaurov / Luciano Pavarotti / Sesto Bruscantini / Jose Van Dam / Frederica von Stade / La Scala Orchestra & Chorus / Orchestra of Teatro Comunale Modena / RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Rome / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera / Piero Bellugi / Nino Verchi / Georges Pretre / Nino Sanzogno / Thomas Schippers / Herbert von Karajan.
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: exciting live recordings taped 1962-1974

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CATALOGUE NR: 5855052  (barcode: 0724358550528)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Gemini
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 20-Oct-2003

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Carmen - complete
ORCHESTRA: Paris Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
ARTISTS: Grace Bumbry   Jon Vickers   Mirella Freni   Kostas Paskalis

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CATALOGUE NR: 4782488  (barcode: 0028947824886)
RECORD LABEL: Decca Opera!
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.69
RELEASE DATE: 16-Aug-2010

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Carmen - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre National de France
CONDUCTOR: Seiji Ozawa
ARTISTS: Jessye Norman   Mirella Freni   Neil Shicoff   Simon Estes

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: includes plot synopsis and tracklisting

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CATALOGUE NR: VAIA1216  (barcode: 0089948121626)
RECORD LABEL: VAI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.39
RELEASE DATE: 08-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Mirella Freni in Conversation with Jon Tolansky
TRACKS: Musical selections of music - Carmen : Je dis que rien ne m’epouvante 'Micaëla’s Aria' (Bizet). La Boheme : Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire (Puccini). Don Giovanni K527 : Vedrai carino se sei buonino (Mozart). Adriana Lecouvreur : Io son l’umile ancella (Cilea). Otello : Ave Maria (Verdi). Madama Butterfly : Con onor muore (Puccini). Eugene Onegin Opus 24 : Tatiana’s letter scene (Tchaikovsky). Aida : O terra addio (Verdi).
ARTISTS: Mirella Freni      

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