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lol no surprise there. thanks for watching!

@@TeamDogpit You have a very nice voice, and no problem! 👍🏻

hehe thank you! I wouldn't go so far as to say that but I think I've made a version that can be fun both for people who know the original and who haven't heard this opera before. I would love to hear how it sounds sung by a real baritone and tenor, that would either be really weird or really awesome.

for sure, because I host contests for game developers, I have lots of videos of just me blabbing while playing the games submitted to the contests, like this one, ruclips.net/video/KfqvrWItgNk/видео.html if you go looking through my older videos nearly all of them have me speaking normally

Thank you! No, I can't speak Italian but I am fluent in Spanish which helps a lot hahaha. There are so many cognates that I understand a lot of Italian (most nouns are similar, or things like "ahora" in Spanish is very like "ora" in Italian... even many of the verbs, including the irregular ones, conjugate the same way, like "vengo" for "I come") but I wouldn't be able to produce any original Italian sentences on my own 😅 also I lived for two years with a bunch of Romanians and because of that I speak some Romanian, that helps too, because in some ways it is more similar to Italian than Spanish (like face/far, when Spanish is hacer) there are some interesting things with regards to Spanish and this older form of Italian seen in this opera. In Spanish "with me" is always "conmigo," in "all'idea di quel metallo" the count mentions "portero mecco", as I understand "mecco" is not used in modern Italian, but it is a cognate for the Spanish "conmigo" which is used right now

@@TeamDogpit very interesting remarks! "Meco" is the contracted form of "con me" (me with inverted). It is a lofty and archaic form that I really enjoy using even today (also because I am archaic myself...). One aspect that makes certain parts of Barbiere irresistible is also the use of language, which often creates astonishing effects. In particular, I love the parts where the singers overlap, singing completely separate phrases that perfectly harmonize, creating an irresistibly comic effect. However, I fear this is very difficult to appreciate for those who do not speak Italian. As you are (masterfully) performing it, are you able to grasp all these linguistic and rhythmic nuances?

@@arcibaldo59 I am sure I don't catch everything but I've noticed a lot of what you mean about the parallel meanings. Like in All'idea Di Quel Metallo I did catch that "la fiamma io sento" and "il suon gia sento" are using two different meanings of sento (I feel, like the Spanish "siento" and "I hear"), and this heightens the humorous effect of how Figaro is thinking of money while the Count is thinking of lofty things like love. I also noticed things like how the cavatina from the very beginning of the opera is sort of a weird messed up version of Ah il più lieto heard at the very end haha and like in these songs the parallelism is very obvious ruclips.net/video/0lGJYhg9j3M/видео.htmlsi=Fn3Vwza1oo5iFq_2 ruclips.net/video/8SSU8mg-0u0/видео.htmlsi=YMH0GzTHxuh8V8nH even so I am sure I am missing plenty haha

hell ya

ah! thank you for watching and being so kind and encouraging!

@@TeamDogpit Thank you so much for performing my (extremely difficult) favorite piece from Il Barbiere di Siviglia. I still believe that your idea of performing all the pieces from "Il Barbiere" by yourself is as crazy as it is delightful, for its creativity, commitment, difficulty, and originality. It deserves to be followed by many people. Such lightness for such a heavy and boring world!

thank you! And thank you for always being so kind even though I make lots of mistakes! 😅 I have been practicing Mi par d'esser con la testa, (it is taking a long time because there are nine different vocal parts to learn!) so I will be making the video for that soon!

@@TeamDogpit you are really amazing and brilliant. I’m always looking forward to your next video! 😅 As said I think you deserves hundreds thousands of followers!!! Your project is so original and unique, super creativity and what makes everything even more enjoyable, is your professional attitude and your real commitment!

Ah! Thank you, you're so sweet! If my silly singing can make one person smile it's all worth it! :D

Oh thank you! No I am a programmer and this is just for fun!

@@TeamDogpit eclectic!

I have a very deep voice for a woman (my range is F1-F6 but my tessitura is between that of a baritone and a tenor) and none of the main characters of Barbiere are sopranos 😅 my favorite part is All'idea Di Quel Metallo! I like getting to see Figaro's personality against that of the Count (I also like "Dolce Nodo" for this reason hehe) what's your favorite part?

@@TeamDogpit I like many. Besides All’idea di quel metallo I particularly like A un dottor della mia sorte but especially the final of act 1

And I love Zitti zitti piano piano and Buonasera mio signore

Yes those are great! (I did Zitti Zitti Piano Piano here ruclips.net/video/MPeSAceBhSQ/видео.html !) I've been thinking of giving A un dottor della mia sorte a try, it's outside my tessitura but I think I could pull it off.

Thanks! Yeah I plan to do the whole opera, I've just been jumping around to my favorite parts first 😅

@@TeamDogpit amazing job indeed! My favorite opera in a new dimension. Congratulations

@@arcibaldo59 thank you! I'm working on Cessa di piu resistere now, (lol ruclips.net/user/shorts7uCMfrZUu2U ) but after that I'll finish the act one finale!

@@TeamDogpit The most difficult! So difficult that many times it is skipped! Where are you from? And how do you fell with Italian (ancient Italian!)?

@@arcibaldo59 I am an American but I speak Spanish fluently. I didn't know any Italian before I started this project but it has been fun to see how it is similar and different to Spanish! Cessa di piu resistere is difficult but I have one advantage professional tenors don't -- I didn't just spend the last two hours singing the rest of the opera ha ha ha

lol how he massively escalates the situation

The living embodiment of Justin Long's character in the bathroom scene of Barbarian.

no lol, it's that the first minute and a half are from a video I already made in Italian ruclips.net/video/CBTY7m2-Io4/видео.htmlsi=oyWchmEQsqnVf-SD btw thanks for the comments on the videos I appreciate it <3

sorry to hear it. thank you for listening nonetheless

aww I appreciate it! you can see them all in order here ruclips.net/p/PLnvSyiLebJCfEbQOuIVdtUWgRCowYtsXX&si=qBC2BxTXrkWBTSlq

hehe no I learned all the parts from the score for my projct to sing Pirates of Penzance act 2 by myself

ah yes I am a contralto; very high notes for soprano parts fall outside my tessitura 😅