1935 - 2020
Mirella Freni, OMRI (Italian: [miˈrɛlːa ˈfreːni], born Mirella Fregni, 27 February 1935 – 9 February 2020) was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. She received international attention at the Glyndebourne Festival, where she appeared as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni and as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. Freni is associated with the role of Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, which featured in her repertoire from 1957 to 1999 and which she sang at La Scala in Milan and the Vienna State Opera in 1963, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mirella Freni has received more than 273,547 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mirella Freni is the 98th most popular singer (up from 213th in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,267th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Singer.
Mirella Freni is most famous for her role as the first lady of the Metropolitan Opera.
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Among singers, Mirella Freni ranks 98 out of 3,541. Before her are Lys Assia, Diana Ross, Mercedes Sosa, Morrissey, France Gall, and Yma Sumac. After her are Donna Summer, Roy Orbison, Rihanna, Robin Gibb, John Lee Hooker, and Alla Pugacheva.
1924 - 2018
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 92
1944 - Present
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 93
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 94
1959 - Present
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 95
1947 - 2018
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 96
1923 - 2008
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 97
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 98
1948 - 2012
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 99
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 100
1988 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 101
1949 - 2012
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 102
1917 - 2001
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 103
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1935, Mirella Freni ranks 29. Before her are Ágota Kristóf, Fairuz, Bibi Andersson, Omar Sívori, Faisal II of Iraq, and Mercedes Sosa. After her are Gherman Titov, Jerry Lee Lewis, Omar Bongo, William Friedkin, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and Maj Sjöwall. Among people deceased in 2020, Mirella Freni ranks 33. Before her are Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Joel Schumacher, Oliver E. Williamson, Kenny Rogers, Stirling Moss, and John le Carré. After her are Luis Sepúlveda, Paolo Rossi, Radomir Antić, Christopher Tolkien, Nexhmije Hoxha, and Rob Rensenbrink.
1935 - 2011
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 23
1935 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 24
1935 - 2019
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 25
1935 - 2005
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 26
1935 - 1958
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 27
1935 - 2009
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 28
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 29
1935 - 2000
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 30
1935 - Present
HPI: 72.14
Rank: 31
1935 - 2009
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 32
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 33
1935 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 34
1935 - 2020
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 35
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 27
1939 - 2020
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 28
1932 - 2020
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 29
1938 - 2020
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 30
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 31
1931 - 2020
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 32
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 33
1949 - 2020
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 34
1956 - 2020
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 35
1948 - 2020
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 36
1924 - 2020
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 37
1921 - 2020
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 38
1947 - 2020
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 39
Among people born in Italy, Mirella Freni ranks 704 out of 4,088. Before her are Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (-519), Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (1749), Titus Tatius (-800), Pope Theodore II (840), Pietro da Cortona (1596), and Alessandro Manzoni (1785). After her are Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769), Andrea Pisano (1290), Jacobus da Varagine (1228), Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562), Andrea Pozzo (1642), and Pope Stephen VIII (900).
519 BC - 430 BC
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 698
1749 - 1792
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 699
800 BC - 800 BC
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 700
840 - 897
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 701
1596 - 1669
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 702
1785 - 1873
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 703
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 704
1769 - 1824
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 705
1290 - 1348
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 706
1228 - 1298
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 707
1562 - 1630
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 708
1642 - 1709
HPI: 73.23
Rank: 709
900 - 942
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 710
Among singers born in Italy, Mirella Freni ranks 11. Before her are Andrea Bocelli (1958), Toto Cutugno (1943), Albano Carrisi (1943), Domenico Modugno (1928), Salvatore Adamo (1943), and Gigliola Cinquetti (1947). After her are Eros Ramazzotti (1963), Renata Tebaldi (1922), Mina (1940), Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921), Beniamino Gigli (1890), and Barbara Strozzi (1619).
1958 - Present
HPI: 77.59
Rank: 5
1943 - Present
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 7
1928 - 1994
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 8
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 10
1935 - 2020
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 12
1922 - 2004
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 13
1940 - Present
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 14
1921 - 2008
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 15
1890 - 1957
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 16
1619 - 1677
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 17