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I was lucky with von Karajan - very, very lucky. There was always an incredible feeling between us.

— Mirella Freni

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

I don't try to be more dramatic than I am.

— Mirella Freni

For me, to be diva is to have an evening when you are on stage and you are in good form. To have respect…

— Mirella Freni

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

It is important to have emotion, to live through the music onstage.

— Mirella Freni

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

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

When I am onstage, I am lucky.

— Mirella Freni

When I was in my career, I did a few master classes. But I was very busy.

— Mirella Freni

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

— Mirella Freni

If you sing tight in the throat, and you sing onstage, and you have a big orchestra, it's finito. Your voice goes, 'Ciao.'

— Mirella Freni