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 Mirella Freni - A Celebration
Release Date: 04/12/2005 
Label:  London/Decca   Catalog #: 000424402   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Giacomo PucciniAlfredo CatalaniFrancesco CilčaRuggero LeoncavalloGiuseppe Verdi
Arrigo BoitoPeter Ilyich TchaikovskyGioachino Rossini
Performer:  Mirella FreniLuciano PavarottiChrista Ludwig
Conductor:  Herbert von KarajanNicola RescignoGiuseppe SinopoliRoberto AbbadoGiuseppe Patané
Claudio AbbadoSir Georg SoltiOliviero de FabritiisJames Levine
Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraNational Philharmonic OrchestraVienna Philharmonic OrchestraPhilharmonia Orchestra
Venice Teatro la Fenice OrchestraMilan Teatro alla Scala OrchestraRCA Italian Opera Orchestra
Dresden Staatskapelle

Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 

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1.  La Bohčme: Si, mi chiamano Mimě by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1896; Italy 
Length: 5 Minutes 21 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
2.  Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 18 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
3.  Madama Butterfly: Viene la sera...Bimba dagli occhi pieni by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Mirella Freni (Soprano), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
Length: 7 Minutes 34 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
4.  Madama Butterfly: Vogliatemi bene...O quanti occhi fisi by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo Soprano), Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
Length: 7 Minutes 51 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
5.  Madama Butterfly: Un bel dě vedremo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 38 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
6.  Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu, piccolo iddio [Death of Butterfly] by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (Tenor)
Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1904; Italy 
Length: 5 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection begins with "Con onor muore..." 
7.  Manon Lescaut: In quelle trine morbide by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 24 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
8.  Manon Lescaut: Sola, perduta, abbandonata by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 54 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
9.  Turandot: Tu, che di gel sei cinta by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1926; Italy 
Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
10.  La Wally: Ebben?... Ne andrň lontana by Alfredo Catalani
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Roberto Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
11.  Adriana Lecouvreur: Poveri fiori by Francesco Cilča
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Roberto Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 2 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
12.  I Pagliacci: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo by Ruggero Leoncavallo
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Patané
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; Italy 
Length: 5 Minutes 13 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
13.  Aida: Ritorna vincitor! by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1871; Italy 
Length: 7 Minutes 7 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
14.  Un ballo in maschera: Ecco l'orrido campo...Ma dall' arido stelo divulsa by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1859; Italy 
Length: 10 Minutes 13 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
15.  Don Carlos: Tu, che la vanitá conoscesti del mondo by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1867/1884; Italy 
Length: 12 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
16.  Otello: Piangea cantando "Willow Song" by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
Length: 12 Minutes 54 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
17.  Otello: Ave Maria by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1887; Italy 
Length: 6 Minutes 0 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
18.  Simon Boccanegra: Come in quest' ora bruna by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1857; Italy 
Length: 4 Minutes 9 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
19.  Falstaff: Sul fil d'un soffio etesio by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
Orchestra/Ensemble:  RCA Italian Opera Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1893; Italy 
Length: 3 Minutes 55 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
20.  Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare by Arrigo Boito
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Oliviero de Fabritiis
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1868; Italy 
Length: 6 Minutes 56 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
21.  Eugene Onegin, Op. 24: Tatiana's letter scene by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  James Levine
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Dresden Staatskapelle
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1877-1878; Russia 
Length: 14 Minutes 11 Secs. 
Language: Russian 
22.  Tosca: Quagl' occhio al mondo by Giacomo Puccini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Nicola Rescigno
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900; Italy 
Length: 13 Minutes 22 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
Notes: This selection begins with "Mario! Mario! Mario! Son qui..." 
23.  Guillaume Tell: Sombre foręt by Gioachino Rossini
Performer:  Mirella Freni (Soprano)
Conductor:  Riccardo Chailly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Length: 9 Minutes 6 Secs. 
Language: Italian 
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