Mirella Freni; "Je veux vivre"; ROMÉO ET JULIETTE; Charles Gounod

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ============== Mirella Freni--soprano Michelle Vilma--mezzo-soprano Thomas Schippers--conductor Orchestre du Théâtre National de l&de Paris 1968 ================= "Mirella Freni, OMRI (Italian: [miˈrɛlːa ˈfreːni], born Mirella Fregni, 27 February 1935 – 9 February 2020)[1] was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. Freni is associated with the role of Mimi in Puccini&La bohème,[2] which featured in her repertoire from 1957 to 1999[3] and which she sang at La Scala in Milan and the Vienna State Opera in 1963, conducted by Herbert von Karajan.[4] She also performed the role in a film of the production and as her debut at the Metropolitan Opera 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 many years to the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov, with whom she performed and recorded. Her obituary from The New York Times describes her as a "matchless Italian prima donna".[1] Born in Modena, she had the same wet-nurse as Luciano Pavarotti, with whom she grew up and who was to become a frequent tenor partner on stage.[5] She studied voice first with her uncle, Dante Arcelli,[6] then with Luigi Bertazzoni and Ettore Campogalliani. She later changed her name thinking it was easier to pronounce.[5] Freni made her operatic...