# R.I.P. Mirella Freni
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** celebrity-death
**Created:** [February 10, 2020, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720 "2020-02-10T08:03:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2020, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720/1 "2020-02-10T08:03:11Z")
The great operatic soprano [Mirella Freni](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/09/arts/music/mirella-freni-dead.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR1iIddcJgK2yrLgFmKspJ8swANfbFubnjEaV6ich0K-jh19WT9BvvTb2Zo) passed away Sunday.
Most of you probably have never heard of her, and many of you couldn’t care less. But she was one of the truly great ones, and her loss will be felt worldwide.
I saw her perform many times at the Met.
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### Author:  [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720/2 "2020-02-10T10:55:52Z")
And I saw her at the Lyric. Cio Cio San, for one.
Sad news.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720/3 "2020-02-10T13:21:26Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#):
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> And I saw her at the Lyric. Cio Cio San, for one…
How very odd. The obit specifically states that she never performed a complete stage performance of **Madama Butterfly.**
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### Author:  [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720/4 "2020-02-10T13:28:33Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#):
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> How very odd. The obit specifically states that she never performed a complete stage performance of **Madama Butterfly.**
Hmmm. Coulda sworn it was her. Must’ve been someone else then. It’s been years.
I know I saw her there in something.
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### Author:  [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720/5 "2020-02-10T13:38:57Z")
Maybe it was Mimi in _La Boheme_. I usually pay more attention to the baritones if you want to know the truth. I had a thing for Richard Stilwell for a brief period. Then I was bowled over by a shirtless Samuel Ramey
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-mirella-freni/847720/6 "2020-02-10T15:48:04Z")
Oh, I understand the appeal. I’ve heard/seen a good number of _very_ bodacious **Salomes.**