Mirella Freni- Airias

This was $1.  Two opera albums in one month.  I got this recently but unsure what drove the purchase other than price. Probably the inclusion of the piece from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro which I saw at the HGO if not this season, then last season .  Pretty good production that was.  Set in a 1970’s villa in the country side.

Mirella Freni, born in Modena, Italy in 1935, is a operatic soprano who made her debut in 1955 in Carmen.  She has performed various works of Verdi, Puccini, and Mozart as well as performed on the biggest stages including the Royal Opera House and the Met.  She also starred in the 1975 film version of Madame Butterfly.  She is still alive today but ended her career in 2005.

This is a collection of some of the arias from some of the famous works: Puccini’s Tosca, Verdi’s La Traviata, Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro among others.  .  This is technically, quite good.  Freni is a wonderful singer and deserves more of a write up than this but some where along the way this week, I lost my appetite for writing this post, no slant against the artist.  This one is on me.  Also does not help that my mouse is on the fritz.

So I went with the aria from Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, “Un Bel di Vedremo” as this seems to be the big work she seems to be associated with. For today’s output, I am going top let the music speak for itself.

Technically difficulties and poor attitude aside, this is a pretty good little album. Satisfactory,