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In Herbert von Karajan she found a kindred soul who fostered her international career. After Karajan's death, Mirella recalled her first Bohème at La Scala: "Karajan, with tears in his eyes, embraced me, saying: 'This is the second time in my life that I weep; the first was at my mother's death'."

As an infant, Mirella shared the same wet nurse with Luciano Pavarotti, in their home town of Modena, and she once averred: "You can see who got all the milk!"