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Artist: Mirella Freni
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-04-22
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Don Pasquale, opera: Act I. Quel guardo il cavalier...So anch'io
  2. La bohème, opera: Act I. Sì, Mi chiamano Mimì
  3. La bohème, opera: Act III. Addio...D'onde lieta uscì
  4. Tosca, opera: Act II. Vissi d'arte
  5. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act II. Un bel dì vedremo
  6. L'amico Fritz, opera (commedia lyrica) in 3 acts: Act I. Son pochi fiori
  7. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Act I. Ecco! respiro appena...Io son l'umile ancella
  8. Adriana Lecouvreur, opera: Act IV. Poveri fiori
  9. Carmen, opera: C'est des contrebandiers...Je dis que rien ne m'épouvent
  10. Les Pêcheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Act II. Me voilà seul...Comme autrefois
  11. Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act II. Allons!...Adieu, notre petite table
  12. Faust, opera: Act III. Je voudrais bien savoir...Il était un Roi de Thulé...Ah! Je ris (Jewel Song)
  13. Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act I. Voyons, nourrice...Je veux vivre
  14. Roméo et Juliette, opera: Act II. O nuit divine!
Music CD 2
  1. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Act II. Vedrai, carino
  2. I Puritani, opera: Act II. O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien diletto
  3. La Traviata, opera: Act I. È strano...Ah! fors' è lui...Sempre libera
  4. La Rondine (The Swallow), opera: Act I. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
  5. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
  6. Suor Angelica, opera: Senza mamma
  7. Turandot, opera: Act I. Signore, ascolta
  8. Turandot, opera: Act III. Tu, che di gel sei cinta
  9. La forza del destino, opera: Act II. Son giunta!...Madre, pietosa Vergine
  10. La forza del destino, opera: Act IV. Pace, pace mio Dio!
  11. Aida, opera: Act I. Ritorna vincitor
  12. Aida, opera: Act III. Qui Radames verrà...O patria mia
  13. Otello, opera: Act IV. Mia madre avea una povera ancella...Piangea cantando...
  14. Otello, opera: Act IV. Ave Maria

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Free Music Review: A Bible of Soprano Singing
Hit: 5 Stars

Many of these items were available on different cd, now out of print. That disc introduced me to the art of Mirella Freni, and one listening had me hooked. Mirella Freni is my favorite artist in any genre. She has taken such good care of her voice that she is still singing and getting fantastic reviews at the age of 68. She started off by singing lyric/coloratura roles such as Adina, Susanna, Zerlina, Micaela, the Puritani Elvira, then came Mimi, Juliette, Violetta, Marguerite, Manon, which which had heavier orchestrations. The seventies saw Freni's voice expanding and growing naturally very unlike Renata Scotto, who pushed her voice to sing roles too heavily orchestrated. Scotto is a great artist, but nobody can deny the fact that her voice turned terribly shrill. New roles for Freni were Desdemona, Elisabetta, Aida, Tosca and Butterfly (on record) and Boito's Marguerita. Never forcing or pushing, she sang these roles with great success and beautiful tone. She also was expanding emotionally and her characterizations grew deeper and more intense. In the 80's, she continued to expand her repertoire, though not giving up old roles, to include Manon Lescaut, Adriana Lecouvreur, Tschaikovsky's Tatyana and Liza with incredible results. She still added new roles in the 90's and into the 21st century, Fedora, Madame Sans Genes and Tschaikovsky's Maid of Orleans (a mezzo role). Unlike Tebaldi and other Italian sopranos, Freni often sang roles in their original language, French, Russain and songs in German. We only get to hear French and Italian here, and I strongly urge any opera lover to seek out her recordings on other labels than EMI. DG, for her wonderful Manon Lescaut, 2nd Butterfly, 2nd Tosca, Tatyana, Boccanegra's Amelia. On London/Decca, her Mimi (legendary), Butterfly, Nedda, Nannetta, Margharita, Mathilde, Tosca, the Trittico heroines (a Suor Angelica that is supreme).
Now, about the singing on this disc:
The Pasquale aria is nicely done (though I prefer Sill's rendition). The Boheme numbers are legendary, enough said. The Tosca aria is my favorite of all soprano's and ever Freni's (she recorded it at least twice more), beautiful and slow. Her Butterfly is regarded as "model" and her singing of both arias are intense and heart wrenching. Her Amico Fritz arias are perfectly judged and performed. The Adriana arias are fine, though they would grow in character when she took on the full role in the 80's and I prefer her later recording of them for Decca on her Verismo Arias disc. Her Micaela is also regarded as legendary and this recording shows why. The Pearl Fishers, Faust and Manon arias are gorgeously sung with golden tone and the Romeo arias show her technical skills in coloratura, well done. Her Mozart, too, is wonderful, receiving praise from, of all people, Renata Scotto in her autobiography. Her Violetta is secure and rich with brilliant coloratura in the Sempre Libera section. Her Doretta is ok, with some odd breath points that should have been eliminated. The other Puccini sections are very special, showing what a superb Puccinian she is. She is a commanding Verdian in the Forza arias, but the acoustic is horrible. Her singing is worth it, though. The Aida items are intense and with long breaths. I just love her as Aida but the engineers did not capture her voice as richly as it was at that time. Still this is masterful singing of difficult music. Willow Song and Ave Maria are, in my mind, the best ever committed to disc. If you are not under her spell in these tracks, then you must be stone-hearted. My only regret is that her gorgeous Tu che le vanita from Don Carlos is not included here......a serious omission!!!!!
This is a great showcase for a supreme artist. Buy it.....you won't regret it!
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