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 296,545 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Mirella Freni is the 157th most popular singer (down from 98th in 2019), the 1,005th most popular biography from Italy (down from 704th in 2019) and the 14th 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 157 out of 3,528. Before her are Gilbert Bécaud, Dr. Dre, Feodor Chaliapin, Ibrahim Ferrer, Chris Norman, and Paul Anka. After her are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Chester Bennington, John Denver, Bob Geldof, Alessandro Moreschi, and Birgit Nilsson.
1927 - 2001
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 151
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 152
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 153
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 154
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 155
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 156
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 157
1925 - 2012
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 158
1976 - 2017
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 159
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 160
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 161
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 162
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 163
Among people born in 1935, Mirella Freni ranks 36. Before her are Omar Bongo, Gherman Titov, Udo Lattek, Adnan Khashoggi, Harvey J. Alter, and Miroslav Blažević. After her are Giya Kancheli, David Harvey, Jim Peebles, Jerry Lee Lewis, William Friedkin, and Satoshi Ōmura. Among people deceased in 2020, Mirella Freni ranks 49. Before her are Lucia Bosè, Christopher Tolkien, Kim Ki-duk, Stirling Moss, Joel Schumacher, and Kobe Bryant. After her are Nexhmije Hoxha, Luis Sepúlveda, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Eduard Limonov, Ulay, and Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri.
1935 - 2009
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 30
1935 - 2000
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 31
1935 - 2015
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 32
1935 - 2017
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 33
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 34
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 35
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 36
1935 - 2019
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 37
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 38
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 39
1935 - 2022
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 40
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 41
1935 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 42
1931 - 2020
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 43
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 44
1960 - 2020
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 45
1929 - 2020
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 46
1939 - 2020
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 47
1978 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 48
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 49
1921 - 2020
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 50
1949 - 2020
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 51
1964 - 2020
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 52
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 53
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 54
1941 - 2020
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 55
Among people born in Italy, Mirella Freni ranks 1,005 out of 4,668. Before her are Valerius Maximus (-100), Romuald (951), Ibycus (-600), Franco Columbu (1941), Liutprand of Cremona (922), and Luigi Riva (1944). After her are Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470), Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249), Francesco Albani (1578), Roberto Cavalli (1940), Rosalba Carriera (1673), and Emma Morano (1899).
100 BC - 100
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 999
951 - 1027
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 1,000
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 1,001
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,002
922 - 972
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 1,003
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 1,004
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,005
1470 - 1524
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 1,006
1249 - 1302
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 1,007
1578 - 1660
HPI: 62.14
Rank: 1,008
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 1,009
1673 - 1757
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 1,010
1899 - 2017
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,011
Among singers born in Italy, Mirella Freni ranks 14. Before her are Salvatore Adamo (1943), Gigliola Cinquetti (1947), Renata Tebaldi (1922), Domenico Modugno (1928), Mina (1940), and Eros Ramazzotti (1963). After her are Alessandro Moreschi (1858), Beniamino Gigli (1890), Barbara Strozzi (1619), Franco Corelli (1921), Mario Del Monaco (1915), and Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921).
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 8
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 9
1922 - 2004
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 10
1928 - 1994
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 11
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 12
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 13
1935 - 2020
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 14
1858 - 1922
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 15
1890 - 1957
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 16
1619 - 1677
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 17
1921 - 2003
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 18
1915 - 1982
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 19
1921 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 20