What I would like to do is to help younger singers. It would be teaching, but not just teaching technique. I would want to study first the psychology of the younger singers, to find out what they need. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
Most of the big singers came to Modena - Gino Bechi, Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Di Stefano - but I didn't have a favorite singer, because so many of them gave me so much. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
I was lucky with von Karajan - very, very lucky. There was always an incredible feeling between us. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
I know that my voice is filling a theater properly if I hear just a little bit of it return to me when I… — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
For me, to be diva is to have an evening when you are on stage and you are in good form. To have respect for everybody - for colleagues, for the maestro, for the audience. And to give emotion while you sing. If you're talented, you try to do the best you can. But you don't make problems. I respect… — Mirella Freni Copy Share
When you encounter a genius like Kleiber, it makes you look at the role afresh, even if it is one you have done for… — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
What I would like to do is to help younger singers. It would be teaching, but not just teaching technique. I would want to… — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
It is not easy to sing the way Karajan wants... because Karajan wants always piano, even pianissimo, but with tension. Legato with tension. This… — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I am really strange. I never think to have a big career. When the time comes, I hope to find the… — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
When I was in my career, I did a few master classes. But I was very busy. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
It's not enough to have a beautiful voice. It's the depth of interpretation that is different. — Mirella Freni Copy Share Image
