“It's not enough to have a beautiful voice, it’s the depth of interpretation that is different.” In February this year the news broke of Mirella’s death. One of the finest sopranos in the great ...

Italian soprano Mirella Freni (pictured in 2010) shared a wet nurse with childhood friend and fellow opera star Luciano Pavarotti and was also his partner on stage AFP / Valery HACHE One of the great ...

Mirella Freni, whose lyrical voice and bravura performances in “Carmen,” “La Boheme” and “The Marriage of Figaro” throughout a 50-year career made her one of the world’s most beloved operatic sopranos ...

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Mirella Freni.(Italian soprano Mirella Freni in a dress rehearsal of Luchino Visconti's production of Verdi's La Traviata at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ...

ROME - One of the great stars of Italian opera Mirella Freni, who as an infant shared a wet nurse with Luciano Pavarotti, died Sunday at the age of 84 following a long illness, media reports said.

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ROME - One of the great stars of Italian opera Mirella Freni, who as an infant shared a wet nurse with Luciano Pavarotti, died Sunday at the age of 84 following a long illness, media reports said.