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Mirella Freni

Profession : Singer

Birth : February 27, 1935

When my daughter was a little girl, I try to stay in Europa, to stay home with her.

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When I started, I thought Mozart and La Boheme would be the maximum for me.

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I like my privacy.

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Sometimes I think I am really strange. I never think to have a big career. When the time comes, I hope to find the forza to retire in time.

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To be a gifted artist, you have to be able to interpret in a certain way.

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It's not enough to have a beautiful voice. It's the depth of interpretation that is different.

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There was a special place in the tobacco manufacturer where my mother and the mother of Luciano, they worked together. When we were little babies, we stayed for a long time. In the evening, when the mammas finished the work, they brought us home.

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I want to have a normal life.

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I made some mistakes, but not many. And I was always honest: 'OK, this role is not for you.' Sometimes you can do it with the voice but the mind and body are not in balance. So I took it slowly, step by step. I was very stubborn with this.

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I always paid attention to choosing the right roles for myself; that was the most important thing. I was very realistic, even severe, with myself.

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I built my career more by saying no than saying yes.

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My specialty is singing long phrases with big legato and nice expression.

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God has given me good health and the knowledge of what I can and can't do.

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I insist on two months' vacation each year and resting between performances, spending time with my family.

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When the music touches you, language is no barrier.

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I like to spend several months at least in a particular opera house.

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Luciano was like a brother to me. We grew up together in Modena - his mother and my mother worked in the same cigarette factory, like in 'Carmen.' He was always joking; always fantastic company.

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We had a tiny little car that was always breaking down in the street. I couldn't drive, so Luciano would make me get out and push. I like to remember normal things like that about him, the stupid things that make me laugh.

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As a small girl I enjoyed singing with my mother's brother. He taught me all kinds of melodies and I sang the ones I liked most. It did not matter if they were for tenor, baritone, bass, or any other voice.

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I know that my voice is filling a theater properly if I hear just a little bit of it return to me when I sing.

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