FILE - In this Sept. 19, 1967 file photo, Rudolf Bing, right, general manager of the New York Metropolitan Opera, poses with two star performers of "Romeo and Juliet," Franco Correlli and Mirella Freni, on stage after the show in New York. Freni, an Italian soprano whose uncommon elegance and intensity combined with a sumptuous voice and intelligence to enthrall opera audiences for a half-century, has died at age 84. Freni's manager said she died Sunday Feb. 9, 2020 at her home in Modena, Italy. (AP Photo/John Lent, File)