Autographs of Mirella Freni

Mirella Freni OMRI (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 Mozart's Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.
Freni is associated with the role of Mimì 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. 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. In the earliest opera DVDs, she portrayed her characters convincingly in both acting and singing. Freni was married to the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov, with whom she performed and recorded. Her obituary from The New York Times described her as a "matchless Italian prima donna".
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. She studied voice first with her uncle, Dante Arcelli, then with Luigi Bertazzoni and Ettore Campogalliani. She later changed the spelling of her name from Fregni to Freni, thinking it would make it easier to pronounce. Freni made her operatic debut at the Teatro Municipale in her hometown on 3 March 1955 as Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen. She later married her teacher, the pianist and director Leone Magiera, and had a daughter with him. She resumed her career in 1958 when she performed Mimì in Puccini's La bohème at the Teatro Regio in Turin and sang in De Nederlandse Opera's 1959–60 season. Her international breakthrough came at the Glyndebourne Festival, where she appeared in 1960 as Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni alongside Joan Sutherland as Donna Anna, and in 1962 as Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
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Traded items with a signature of Mirella Freni

The most expensive item with a signature of Mirella Freni (Original Autograph Mirella Freni Signed Photo (4) 1964) was sold in May 2026 for £96.07 while the cheapest item (1169- Hand Signed Piece - OPERA - MIRELLA FRENI & PAUL HUDSON) found a new owner for £1.64 in January 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2026 with an average selling price of £61.86 for an autographed item of Mirella Freni. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with £61.86 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.41 was November 2022. In average, an autographed item from Mirella Freni is worth £11.50.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	AUTOGRAPH and IMAGE PASTED ON CARD OF OPERA SINGER Mirella Freni soprano Boheme	£4.41
	AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF OPERA SINGER Mirella Freni soprano	£13.49
	AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF OPERA SINGER Mirella Freni soprano	£11.49
	AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF OPERA SINGER Mirella Freni soprano	£10.49
	AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF OPERA SINGER Mirella Freni soprano in Don Carlos	£7.99
	AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF OPERA SINGER Mirella Freni soprano in Don Carlos	£14.50
	AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF OPERA SINGER Mirella Freni soprano in Don Carlos	£7.52
	Emi CD - Romeo Et Juliette - Signed By Mirella Freni	£73.65
	GAVAZZENI DOMINGO Giordano Fedora CD Hand Signed Autograph by Mirella Freni	£35.71
	Giacomo Puccini Manon Lescaut Opera 33 Rpm 3 x Lp Records Mirella Freni SIGNED	£59.29
	Giacomo Puccini Manon Lescaut Opera 33 Rpm 3 x Lp Records Mirella Freni SIGNED	£59.82
	Mirella Freni PUCCINI Arias - Angel S 36449 Signed by Mirella Freni	£26.62
	RCA CD - Carmen - Signed By Mirella Freni	£61.86
	SIGNED! Mirella Freni Singt Puccini LP Eurodisc 71 256 KR German Pressing	£21.83
	Verdi: Ernani Signed by Pacido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Riccardo Muti and others	£24.99