Italian soprano Mirella Freni has passed away. She died in Modena which was also the city of her birth.
Freni was a close friend and contemporary of Luciano Pavarotti. Roughly seven months apart in age, their mothers worked in the same factory. The two knew each other well growing up, and both of them went to Mantua to study music.
She died of degenerative muscular disease, and had also experienced several strokes. She was 84.
You can read more about her life and passing here.
Freni was a close friend and contemporary of Luciano Pavarotti. Roughly seven months apart in age, their mothers worked in the same factory. The two knew each other well growing up, and both of them went to Mantua to study music.
She died of degenerative muscular disease, and had also experienced several strokes. She was 84.
You can read more about her life and passing here.
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