Mirella Freni - The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991

The Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet
James Levine

[@albertogatti6262]

I cannot stop weeping.... this is a fifetime live performance... Mirella you'll be a milestone, a benchmark for any opera singer for decades to come!!

[@giovanniarioli2971]

Divinità Mirellonar

[@bazone8]

She could sing the dictionary and I would still marvel at this outstanding soprano. Sheer delight to listen to anything she performs.

[@Cuteo05]

Loved your comment :D

[@bazone8]

Thank you for that nice reply!

[@giovanniarioli3021]

Brian Allen grazie a dio che sei nata

[@giovanniarioli3021]

Cuteo05 ho visto alla scal l'ultima Adriana, signora Freni, signora Cossotto, maestro Gavazzeni. meravigliosa meraviglia

[@vima8680]

you are so right

[@jenylogan1]

I have never heard the aria sung better, with such simplicity, simply beautiful, brava Mirella.

[@Altonahh10]

No tricks, no put-on gestures, just perfect singing.

[@arthurchater8419]

Freni's voice was enticing bordering in fervor. One of the last great voices of Italy. May she rest in peace.

[@Starz723]

The magnificent Mirella Freni. NYC and the Metropolitan opera adored her.. She was my favorite soprano. Listen to that ovation. She had an amazing career with a phenomenal voice. RIP my dear Freni.

[@stevehinnenkamp5625]

She sang from the heart and her interpretation struck a cord in the heart of every listener.

[@gregsolovieff6711]

So sad to hear she’s gone! Beautiful woman with a beautiful voice! Requiescat in pace, Mirella!

[@chucknyc123]

The entire operatic world is in mourning today. Fortunately there are some excellent recordings of her magnificent voice. Requiescat in pace, Madama.

[@alwaysnew189]

Ciao Mirella grandissima!!! Posa in pace! Feb 9, 2020. 💔💔💔😭🌹🎭

[@raffaelecapellirossi1852]

Così desidero ricordarti, circondanta dall'ammirazione, dall'affetto che la tua splendida arte, generava in tutti noi. Grazie.

[@juanvallejo8826]

She is now singing with the angels, RIP Mirella.

[@Ulysses88047]

She is simply PERFECT !❤

[@tolaipei2120]

Still today, this performance gives me lovely chills. Absolutely beautiful!

[@MrStpendouslvforjo]

Her voice got nice and robust in the upper register...I love that!

[@gaitpiano]

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[@alexgomez2]

She was all perfection. RIP beloved Diva Mirella Freni.

[@jrosings1]

I’m just now learning of Freni’s passing. Very sad. I’ve spent countless hours over the years basking in the beauty of her voice. I saw her live only once, as Alice Ford in Falstaff at the Met. I believe it was in 2002. She was the oldest in the cast by many years, but she still outsang everyone.

[@birdlover7776]

That is so cool

[@lbcandide]

It should be illegal to sing that beautifully! Incredible!

[@donikamataj7856]

ç

[@marcelomartin8613]

A lo más profundo del alma. Un milagro.

[@heisenberg470]

Is it possible to sing this aria better? It's not possible at all! Outstanding performance

[@tcp1313]

My late wife and I were there. Memorable.

[@BillYovino]

Amazing! What a voice, what a loss. Thank you, KZbin for preserving this for people who've never seen or heard her, and for those of us who can't get enough.

[@laurenceesposito3393]

She is unparalleled. An artist like no other!

[@tatters1232006]

A most beautiful pure voice. And she gave us opera fans a lot of pleasure RIP MsFreni

[@wotan10950]

Freni could spin magic from thin air. I saw her onstage as Mimi, and in the final phrase of Addio senza rancor, she held and caressed that phrase like she was stroking with her hand the curves of the most beautiful antique furniture. It was amazing.

[@birdlover7776]

Dave Glo Wish I was there !

[@brianstuardostuardo4185]

Maravillosa descansa en paz queridisima Mirella que tu voz se oiga eternamente en los cielos

[@gustavojimenez4402]

grande Freni... mi favorita entre todas sin compararla con nadie ni mejor ni peor, mi favorita. Grazie Mirella per la tua bellissima voce

[@debradorfman7940]

I can't believe she's gone! Rest in peace, beautiful soul.

[@MrSwifts31]

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[@MrSwifts31]

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[@noellesaissi2255]

La plus grande adriana lecouvreur merci à vous de ne pas nous la faire oublier une pépite d´or ....

[@vima8680]

Just as beautiful as her performance in Milan, 1968!!!!!!

[@hankaustin7091]

I didn't realize until I was reading through the comments, she just passed a few days ago, what a tragic loss to the opera world!! RIP dear woman, your voice was so absolutely beautiful!

[@Leanrosso]

As I always say....The past was always better.... No point of comparison with singers from this generation. Such perfection doesn t exist on them. Present singer will not never achieve it. Today' singers "must" learn from these marvellous artists.... Brava Mirella!!!!!!!

[@alguso1]

Bravíssima, Mirela. A great singer.

[@mariezenaida]

Pretty much the definitive interpretation of this aria. So beautiful.

[@acitipo]

Una gran soprano lírica de gran potencia, y de larga carrera…muy inteligente, que supo escoger su repertorio y cantar hasta los 70 años , para luego ser maestra y jurado en muchos lugares del mundo.

[@m-l7127]

She's simply amazing. God bless her soul and that of her family.

[@ESilva-gw9ig]

Freni, Tebaldi and Caballe own this music. Each one is unique in vocal terms. They all 'act' with their voices. La Freni is just superb. Bravissima.

[@daganella23]

Grande e umile ancella del Signore! ❤️ R.I.P. MIRELLA

[@lauragabrielamaida4811]

Miralla Freni es única, este aria es una joya, es de una perfección y una sensibilidad absolutas....

[@michaelgiuseffi7434]

Because of the wise husbanding of her voice, Mirella Freni managed to have one of the longest careers of any soprano, but more importantly, the quality of the voice became better and better over time and didn't diminish until the very end which came about ten years after this video. The only thing one cannot appreciate from this clip is the bloom of sound as she rose up the scale. You can get the gist of this sound in the last line of the above video...Che al novo di morrà ... on the" di" , listen to how the sound swells and multiply by ten. The note is a G# i think. How wonderful.

[@n88vokal20]

Прекрасная вокалиста, настоящая прима !!!

[@lauragabrielamaida4811]

UNICA!!!!!!!!!!! CUANTA BELLEZA EN SU VOZ!!!

[@meiada]

Absolutely the best❤

[@cam_soprano]

A true inspiration!! I love you forever and ever my dear! May you rest in eternal peace 💕💕💕💕

[@marcostavares4223]

Maravilhosa!!!!!!!! 😍

[@angelicamansilla]

Espectacular. ..qué belleza...perfección. ..

[@giuseppinascapparone5912]

Stupenda, emozionante, meravigliosa Mirella!!!!!

[@dantewalston2755]

Simply beautiful

[@DanielZavagna]

Whenever I listen to Freni I wonder if it is a woman or an angel singing.

[@stillstanding6031]

The end of an era. Brava, Freni. La Studpenda!

[@noellesaissi2255]

Bravo mirela et merci de ne pas l´oublier 🙏🙏💐🍀🎼

[@jesusmunoz2400]

Que grandísima soprano! En este repertorio era única.

[@adrianadestefano620]

assolutamente straordinaria la Mirella Freni!

[@Rapicienta]

MAGNIFICAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@aliciasarramida]

sublime ♥

[@liviosorre1873]

😱😱😱. QUESTA È. ARTE. GRANDISSIMA FRENI. 😱😱😱

[@amaliasantamaria2110]

Una scuola di canto !! ❤️

[@antonyb8026]

Sadly I did not appreciate her earlier work when I first started listening to opera. I preferred big, rich voices. As I got older and she started performing bigger roles, I then began to listen to her earlier works and started to understand the true beauty of her voice. What an amazing artist

[@martino5720]

Wonderful Mirella ❤️

[@Nightmarigny]

Vocal Goddess.

[@davideincerti6418]

Ciao Mirella, per sempre in cielo con Luciano, le voci degli angeli

[@yashin1669]

Pure class

[@elinaricciardi6037]

Grande, maravillosa, no necesitó show para brindar lo mejor con sus interpretaciones

[@allaadamyan7019]

Rest in peace wonderful Mirella ❤️

[@josemariadasilveira6375]

Favolosa, meravigliosa anche stupenda Mirella bravissima❤

[@borisvandruff7532]

Completely flawless in every way. Brava. Edit: except the conductor

[@CajIlotuuli]

Mirella Freni had the voice of an angel !!!

[@guidotejos9346]

Nadie, absolutamente nadie en ésta aria como la gran Magda Olivero

[@fourstrings48]

Strange as it may sound, it was, in large measure, Mirella Freni's singing that convinced me, back in the Sixties when I was an undergraduate at Columbia University, just a short subway ride from the Met, that I just had to come to live in Italy. And here I am now, resident in Milan, where I have lived ever since 1980. She was always very kind to me. I particularly treasure the memory of an evening when, having just sung Mimì in Philadelphia, she gave me a lift back to Manhattan in her chauffeured limousine. We talked all the way; she in Italian and I in what was, back then, my rather rudimentary Italian (a language that I had begun studying largely because of her). A lovely person and a wonderful singer!

[@dennisdeemii]

what a marvelous story! Amazing.

[@birdlover7776]

David Steven Tabbat That is a wonderful story! Are you still living in Italy ? I am thinking about moving there as I am an opera singer needing to polish my Italian! Am unsure where to settle there..Naples , Verona or Palermo..

[@fourstrings48]

@@birdlover7776 For reasons having to do with crime and corruption, I would advise you to avoid Naples and Palermo and to choose -- out of the three cities you have named -- Verona, a lovely and livable city.

[@fourstrings48]

@@birdlover7776 Among the three cities you have named, I would avoid (for reasons of inefficiency, crime and corruption) Naples and Palermo, and would recommend Verona, a lovely and livable city.

[@birdlover7776]

David Steven Tabbat Thank you for your response. Verona sounds lovely. Are you still in Italy or have you chosen elsewhere

[@allenjones3130]

Ms. Freni's magnificent vocal was solidly backed by the superb Met orchestra under the baton of James Levine.

[@gloriaaleotti9460]

Sono fiera di essere italiana. Voce sublime.❤

[@charlescoleman5509]

R.I.P. Mirella Freni

[@robertzsombok7661]

Legend.

[@ciociosan]

Requiescat in pace, Mirella.

[@bucketspree4952]

I like how they were basically storming the stage before she even sang

[@Lorraineseaside]

Magical.

[@alexanderzamora5930]

I love her voice here!

[@Shahrdad]

No gimmicks, just perfect, natural singing, and no shaking jaw or waggling tongue on sustained tones.

[@keithclifton392]

I heard her live twice, the first time as Aida and the second as Fedora. Both times I knew there would never be a more beautiful soprano voice than that of Mirella Freni.

[@mugrad25]

Was her voice massive in the house?

[@keithclifton392]

@@mugrad25 I wouldn't say massive but she easily filled the house. Sounded just like she does on record.

[@olesia.mamonenko]

Brava!!!!!!!!

[@grantyoungblood7895]

And that's how THAT goes! Brava diva!!

[@tenormar2995]

fantastica, mirella aveva tecnica di canto molto buona, mi piace molto, la voce Brillante!

[@FranciscoArvizuH]

RIP. Grandissima Soprano.

[@remigarin8900]

RIP Mirella.

[@Ussery77]

RIP dear lady

[@enabnas]

R.I.P 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@gencerito]

Descansa en paz!

[@gerriedeharder9409]

Beautiful Brava Mirella

[@alwaysnew189]

Un anno senza La Freni 💔🤩🙏🎶🌟🎭

[@milosobilic9897]

la più grande

[@31.01]

Optima Forma R.I.P Dear Mirella Freni❤🙏

[@robertzsombok7661]

Magic

[@ef7952]

Awww. God Bless! R.I.P!!

[@mozart2306]

Fantástica Freni y mejor aún en los últimos minutos. El vídeo mejoraría con estos datos en el texto: Opera "Adriana Lecouvreur" (aria "lo son l'umile ancella")

[@marcleysens7716]

Living up to the adage that dynamite comes in small packages. 03:25 sweeping goosebumps.

[@giovanniarioli2971]

Meraviglia assolutamente

[@davidsanchez4056]

Perfecta, un milagro.

[@ЛюдмилаТарасова-ц6у]

Изумительно,волшебно,прекрасно!

[@mhorned]

So beautiful. Do you by chance have the whole concert to upload? That would be beyond fantastic!

[@operskapevacica1]

Now when does anyone every applaud before the aria is over these days? Brava Mirella!

[@jefferycampbell247]

After that unbelievable performance, I was just too stunned to even move. Let alone, clap or shout out.

[@RobertoMartinez-kv5tp]

Le va a quedar pequeño el cielo 😢

[@emitch9213]

Adrienne aria, 'I am but a humble servant of the great creator...' ❤🌹