Don Giovanni - Commendatore scene (Furtwängler)

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025
  • The Commendatore scene in the 1954 version (Salzburg Festival).
    Cesare Siepi - Don Giovanni
    Otto Edelmann - Leporello
    Dezsö Ernster - the Commendatore
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  • @funkycatglasses01
    @funkycatglasses01 Год назад +5

    Furtwangler of course is phenomenal🤩. But the singers though🤯. Thank you for posting!

  • @FabioPBarbieri
    @FabioPBarbieri 15 лет назад +43

    Cesare Siepi was a superb actor in a wholly operatic mode - standing still or measuring the stage, but always in the service of the character. He has got Don Giovanni exactly right - the way he is continuously nerving himself up, forcing himself to do something he knows is insane, just because "a torto di viltate tacciato mai saro'" - he does not want to be called a coward. And that is how the Statue ensnares him. This is the best Don, as a piece of acting, I have seen so far.

  • @murrayaronson3753
    @murrayaronson3753 4 года назад +32

    The first Don Giovanni I ever saw in March 1966 at the old Metropolitan Opera House was with Cesare Siepi. Alfredo Kraus was Don Ottavio. Pilar Lorengar, Justino Diaz, Fernando Corena, and Theodor Uppman were also in the cast. I was too young to realize how outstanding a performance this was. Sometimes youth is wasted on the young.

    • @jjrj8568
      @jjrj8568 2 года назад

      Poetic comment; sometimes I think "growing up/getting older" is about fully grasping the things I discovered (but didn't fully understand/appreciate) during my youth, classical music/opera included

    • @allenjones3130
      @allenjones3130 Год назад

      I'd have to take a guess that Corena sang Leporello, Uppman played Masetto, and Diaz portrayed the Commendatore. "Don Giovanni" is one of those operas that beg to be performed by an all-star cast.

  • @johnspradling7906
    @johnspradling7906 6 лет назад +23

    Terrifying scene and acting. Furtwaengler draws superhuman power from the music and the scene. Dated visually, but very well sung, and the effect cannot be argued. Superb.

  • @wolterzz3267
    @wolterzz3267 2 года назад +19

    This is how every Commendatore scene should sound. Slowly building up to the big climax.

  • @ecisme10
    @ecisme10 3 года назад +8

    Siepi did a great job as Giovanni. It was slowed a bit from how I normally hear it but it works. I think his acting was great because it wasn't too subtle or static and wasn't super over the top. Glad I found this.

  • @BaldricOutremer
    @BaldricOutremer 16 лет назад +39

    In my opinion, the slow tempo is absolutely perfect for the scene. The one moment when it could be a bit faster is when the Commendatore is urging Don Giovanni to repent.
    Siepi is an incredible singer, a good actor and likely the best Don Giovanni I've ever heard.

    • @saracaselanizilio4627
      @saracaselanizilio4627 3 года назад

      Totally agree! Siepi is the best don Giovanni ever

    • @2gtomkins
      @2gtomkins 3 года назад

      There's nothing wrong with Siepi's singing, but whoever is responsible for that bit of stage business where he tries to stab the statue (at 4:26) should be shot at dawn.

  • @natashkk
    @natashkk 16 лет назад +13

    Incredible!! What good conduction of the orchestra!! And the singers are sublime!! 5 stars!!

  • @Johnny1206
    @Johnny1206 16 лет назад +9

    Siepi and Furtwängler!!! This is absolutely a perfect match, never to be equaled.

  • @godzilloid
    @godzilloid 10 лет назад +46

    His voice is great, and he acts out the arrogance of the character perfect.

  • @shakaama
    @shakaama 16 лет назад +29

    god giovanni's siepi's voice is ridiculously good. he's like a fog horn across the water, just warning you not to come near. it's as clear as a bell and as strong as the sun on the sahara dessert.

  • @woncho99
    @woncho99 14 лет назад +28

    My favorite Bass of all times, Cesare Siepi passed away on July 5, 2010.
    Rest in Peace, Maestro Siepi. You were the greatest.

  • @alejandrosotomartin9720
    @alejandrosotomartin9720 7 лет назад +17

    outstanding sound, incredible orchestra, how lucky we are to hear this

  • @BorisGodunov
    @BorisGodunov 17 лет назад +21

    It IS slow, but that's because Furtwangler wrings every note out of it. It's magnificent.

    • @VallinSFAS
      @VallinSFAS 9 месяцев назад +1

      Wagnerian. I think Mozart was trying to lead to this. Definitely in his swan song Requiem.

  • @aladarmiklosdr.szentkiraly7548
    @aladarmiklosdr.szentkiraly7548 2 года назад +6

    Perfect ! Furtwangler s tempo...the orchestra.........simply the best

  • @donboia
    @donboia 16 лет назад +11

    I just love this version of the Don Giovanni's Commendatore scene. Both singers are awesome, and the timing followed by the director is just perfect to create the feeling of... "fear/affraid/suspense" to the public. Just perfect. Bravo!

  • @talvela100
    @talvela100 5 лет назад +7

    Registrazione storica di enorme valore. Siepi è immenso!

  • @adityapurohit8232
    @adityapurohit8232 3 года назад +11

    A gem of a performance.
    All three characters are performed with great authority,
    Furtwangler's sublime conducting adds to the tension of the scenes.
    Thanks for loading.

    • @voraciousreader3341
      @voraciousreader3341 3 года назад

      “Sublime conducting,” with a tempo twice as slow as was conducted then or now?? I don’t know if it’s the conductor’s tempo or if the film has been slowed down, but it’s horrible, whichever way is the truth.

  • @marcmo2004
    @marcmo2004 17 лет назад +19

    The slow tempo makes it more powerfull and this enhances the magnificient voices of Siepi and Deszo. Despite the two same tone of voice (bass), this is a great performance led by Furthwangler.

  • @tiago3m
    @tiago3m 11 лет назад +13

    Wow! Most perfect interpretation I've ever heard. Sublime, perfect, creepy! Slow and deep, perfect driving!

  • @sinafatemi-s5q
    @sinafatemi-s5q Год назад +1

    Tears coming from my eyes for this great performance. Gives me chills.

  • @fernandsanchis9881
    @fernandsanchis9881 2 года назад +3

    Très impressionnant! Sublimes voix, mise en scène effrayante, musique extraordinaire! Un grand moment, à la hauteur du mythe!

  • @AlBarathur
    @AlBarathur 13 лет назад +11

    No other version I have seen so far is so dramatic as this one. Thank you for uploading it was refreshing.

  • @sas147741
    @sas147741 14 лет назад +7

    I'm almost in tears, this is so beautiful....

  • @Lordofdeath127
    @Lordofdeath127 12 лет назад +12

    greatest music ever written....

  • @HellasItalia4
    @HellasItalia4 14 лет назад +13

    Cesare Siepi (1923-2010)
    Il mondo ha perso uno dei piu grandi cantanti di sempre. Grazie Cesare

  • @JmmrtnzYT
    @JmmrtnzYT 12 лет назад +10

    What a wonderful version! It's epic!!!

  • @hugues-v8i
    @hugues-v8i 7 лет назад +5

    voilà comment deux artistes extraordinaires chantaient il y a soixante trois ans
    j'ai monté le son pour apprécier ce duo de rêve
    chapeau !

  • @idaspe
    @idaspe 15 лет назад +6

    What a DonGiovanni!!! Great voice, so deep...!!!

  • @arturogrady9064
    @arturogrady9064 7 лет назад +13

    The best Don Giovanni

  • @kid926
    @kid926 Год назад +2

    Cesare Siepi In don giovanni davvero insuperabile una voce che fa tremare i muri

  • @shalva92
    @shalva92 11 лет назад +14

    ყველაზე მაგარი ოპერაა ოპერათა შორის!
    Best opera of all time!
    Лучшая опера всех времён!

  • @shaguree
    @shaguree 16 лет назад +6

    The most powerful scene from Don Giovanni!!!

  • @OperaSamia
    @OperaSamia 14 лет назад +4

    The BEST from the 20th Century! Can't wait to see what follows!!!

  • @kuglagerfeld
    @kuglagerfeld 14 лет назад +12

    the best commendatore scene ever!

  • @faye872
    @faye872 10 лет назад +5

    The demands of this opera on singers and orchestra are just so great. Technically and emotionally. It is really terrifying.

  • @agadigby
    @agadigby 14 лет назад +9

    absolutely timeless!

  • @user-ph4tm8ps2e
    @user-ph4tm8ps2e 3 года назад +3

    Merci pour cette version.

  • @mirjamdevries9376
    @mirjamdevries9376 Год назад

    Per me la più emozionante tra le scene finali del Commendatore: Don Giovanni che cerca di colpire uno spirito con il suo pugnale! Due grandi e stupefacenti bassi profondi a confronto.🔥👍

  • @hymnodyhands
    @hymnodyhands 3 года назад +13

    This is really slow by today's standards ... but as a composer I like how I can distinguish every note in every instrument, and thus HOW Mozart created this rich tapestry of drama... an expected treat on top of the splendid acting and singing!

    • @EmilyGloeggler7984
      @EmilyGloeggler7984 2 года назад

      There is no splendid vocal acting here.

    • @Jeff-lf4hy
      @Jeff-lf4hy Год назад +1

      ​@@EmilyGloeggler7984what Are you talking about idiot.
      This is legendary. One of the best don Giovannis EVER

    • @andrewvincenti2664
      @andrewvincenti2664 7 месяцев назад

      @@EmilyGloeggler7984as if you sing better😂😂😂

  • @matthewlaurence3121
    @matthewlaurence3121 10 лет назад +87

    It frustrates me that I cannot find such shows of operas in Germany to-day. The performances can be terrific, but this business of putting the performers in modern clothes in 21st century set-surroundings and adding a little gretuitous nudity now and again detract from the majesty of the material.

    • @lizardking02793
      @lizardking02793 10 лет назад +4

      I agree with the modern clothes in the 21st century, but as to the nudity, I think it depends on the opera. For instance, I saw a version of Tannhauser where the woman playing Venus undressed completely in the scene where she tries to appease him, before banishing him. In that instance I think it fit for the scene.

    • @thomasborgsmidt304
      @thomasborgsmidt304 9 лет назад +2

      lizardking02793 The problem with nudity in opera is that most sopranos are a bit to the plumb side - if not downright fat!

    • @lizardking02793
      @lizardking02793 9 лет назад +1

      So what, the music is great still. and not most are fat. i've seen many thin sopranos and some of the the world's best sopranos are thin. Anna Netrebko, Renee Flemming waltraud meier, Natalie Dessay, and Angela Gheorghiu

    • @thomasborgsmidt304
      @thomasborgsmidt304 9 лет назад +1

      Hmm.... Your comments have had me thinking: The problem is that it is difficult to detach the music from time. I'm not here talking about fashion which is sort of cyclic thing allowing pottery to be dated with a precision of 30-40 years. Fashion makes Lauritz Melchiors stage dress up with winged helmets and the works seem downright ludicrus. No - I'm talking about detaching Händels music from its time. You can play it on the periods instruments, but most of them were terrible by todays standard. Crumhorns f.i. cannot be kept tuned, say little and are generally a lot of trouble for meagre results - so much in fact, that by todays standard it is not possible to earn a living as a musician. A lot of the music is composed to get around the limitations of the instruments - the harpsicord and chembalo make trills because that was the only way to keep a tone ringing. It is problematic to substitute an electric guitar for a lute. Few want to reintroduce castration to provide the cast for a Händel opera - quite apart from the wastage: 1000 castrated to produce one acceptable performer. We are all products of our time and nostalgia isn't what it used to be: Any historian knowing anything of a period would want to go back in time to the renaissance and its disease and poverty ridden hell-hole.

    • @thomasborgsmidt304
      @thomasborgsmidt304 9 лет назад +2

      lizardking02793 Were thin: That is the operative word. The fact is that most women get a bit on the heavy side with age. As to the quality of sopranos then we could point to Maria Callas that bantered and lost voice. The fashion with thin women and models is more marketing related. Models are thin, because that makes the costoumer recongnise the dress on the rack. But my real issue is that I consider nudety on singers an insult to the singers: Just look how Cecilia Bartoli suffers because she hasn't a great dress to show off in stage productions.

  • @MaChiHofmann
    @MaChiHofmann 5 месяцев назад

    Furtwängler ist einfach unglaublich wie er die Sänger und Instrumentalisten animiert zum Äußersten in Ausdruck und Darstellung zu gehen.

  • @alexandredarrasse5068
    @alexandredarrasse5068 4 месяца назад

    Sublime...je pleure à chaque fois comme un fou...

  • @ub12581
    @ub12581 13 лет назад +1

    Questa versione dell'Opera è FANTASTICA e io ho la fortuna di averlo in dvd! Cesare Siepi è il migliore Don Giovanni di tutti i tempi, seguito solo da T. Allen

    • @qwerty6383
      @qwerty6383 2 года назад

      Pls upload with better quality :3

  • @ksh430
    @ksh430 8 лет назад +15

    the best don giovanni

  • @GGbreizh
    @GGbreizh 12 лет назад +22

    Furtwängler in colour, impressive. The great man unfortunately died short after this performance.

  • @shadboltbill
    @shadboltbill 7 лет назад +4

    Three basses onstage at once! Heaven!

  • @ceci1993chap
    @ceci1993chap 15 лет назад +2

    è la migliore opera mai concepita e scritta

  • @FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930
    @FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930 8 лет назад +9

    Simplemente impresionante.

  • @daepi199
    @daepi199 Год назад +2

    06:03 Siepi's scream is real super fucking sexy and his "oime" sounds really cold.

  • @natasolen
    @natasolen 6 лет назад +1

    Semplicemente geniale!! Se adesso cantassero cosi!!

  • @ElisabettaVS
    @ElisabettaVS 15 лет назад +14

    Wonderful music, only my dog goes crazy listening to this xD She barks whenever the statue sings xD

  • @FabioPBarbieri
    @FabioPBarbieri 15 лет назад +7

    And notice how often his hands go up to his neck - it is as if he is feeling the noose tightening there.

  • @bebetonguga
    @bebetonguga 15 лет назад +1

    Me pone la piel de gallina... Realmente es genial!!!

  • @paulostroff99
    @paulostroff99 14 лет назад +4

    @woncho99 -R.I.P.Cesare Siepi.One of the all time greats. We shall always remember you.

  • @morecassoulet
    @morecassoulet 12 лет назад +3

    What a gem.

  • @elijah24567
    @elijah24567 7 лет назад +2

    Excellent.

  • @kuangsu
    @kuangsu 15 лет назад +1

    una statua di bronzo o pietra che sia NON PUO' avere una voce umana , trovo il vibrato della statua del Commendatore una soluzione geniale , A DIR POCO !!!!!!!!!!! ... un CESARE SIEPI degno figlio di APOLLO ... passeranno i secoli prima di avere un DON GIOVANNI DI QUESTA LEVATURA ,,,,, GRANDISSIMO FURTWANGLER ..... GRAZIE !!!!!!! ...

  • @jimott9712
    @jimott9712 12 дней назад

    Apropos of nothing, Don Giovanni always reminds me of what my opera appreciation class professor said about singing operas in translation. He opposed it and used and example from Donna Anna in the first act where she had to sing, "Unhand me miscreant! I am undone!" On the other hand I absolutely love supertitles.

  • @Gorboduc
    @Gorboduc 16 лет назад +2

    Anyone who complains that this is too slow really doesn't deserve to listen to it.

  • @sawahtb
    @sawahtb 2 года назад +3

    I never got a chance to see this Opera in a theater, but now I can check out many versions and singers. I really love seeing the different ways it's interpreted. I've seen only a few Operas in my life but Mozart's are the best.

  • @ReachRoadSedg
    @ReachRoadSedg 12 лет назад +2

    Quite magnificent. Life can be lived, but death cannot be denied
    Thank you.

  • @kuddelfranz20001
    @kuddelfranz20001 14 лет назад +1

    Phänomenal Danke

  • @clivepapayanis3121
    @clivepapayanis3121 6 лет назад +8

    Despite "slow" tempi, not always consistently "perfect" singing there is no better document of this opera in its entirety than this performance. Dare you to find one.

  • @davidkahil5158
    @davidkahil5158 Год назад +1

    Furtwangler always did the best stuff

  • @veristaconvicto
    @veristaconvicto 10 лет назад +3

    Splendido!

    • @brunopreisjunior8489
      @brunopreisjunior8489 10 лет назад

      comece com trios,quartetos, sinfonias.depois a opera. opera e o topo. o topo da evoluçao musical.

  • @ombra004
    @ombra004 12 лет назад

    Mi sconvolge ogni volta!!!

  • @paulostroff99
    @paulostroff99 14 лет назад

    Stunning performance.TY. selkaen

  • @TS57ovr4
    @TS57ovr4 14 лет назад +2

    @Goethefemme It's not that basses were not popular; they were were quite common in leading roles, actually. It was the baritone part that was not often significant role and was not written as "baritone", but actually as just another bass. Baritones did not come into popularity until the late Classical/ Early Romantic periods.

  • @ettoremonamour
    @ettoremonamour 7 лет назад +1

    Bravissimi!

  • @francescaemc2
    @francescaemc2 13 лет назад

    Respond to this video... Thank you for posting this, from the bottom of my heart. Grazie mille!!!!!!

  • @paga123
    @paga123 13 лет назад +2

    Fantastic and very different from the today version.s
    The best quality of this version : it is disturbing !
    yann

  • @Selkaen
    @Selkaen  17 лет назад

    Sorry, I wrote it as I saw it written. Thank you for correcting.

  • @AdrianMutu87
    @AdrianMutu87 7 лет назад +1

    by far the best

  • @albertoserrarsm5658
    @albertoserrarsm5658 Год назад

    Brividi

  • @florencioigual
    @florencioigual Год назад +2

    What a pity this old recording didn't benefit from today's technology. Such a powerful rendition

  • @langengro
    @langengro 15 лет назад +3

    At 1:55, when they painfully extend the grave
    "Altre cure più gravi di queste",
    Don Giovannis bodily movement appears to freeze with the music.

  • @wotan20
    @wotan20 17 лет назад +3

    I like it this way, something almost like a Wagnerian drama. Reminds me the Flying Dutchman in its dark, sweeping emotions.

  • @Antipaavi
    @Antipaavi 16 лет назад +5

    This strikes me! The musical interpretation is good and the singers act exceptionally well. The tempo is indeed slow, but it creates a very doomsday-like atmosphere. I wish I could only find it on VHS or DVD. Selkaen, do you know if this is acquistable somewhere? Where did you get it from?

    • @edmundcampion9888
      @edmundcampion9888 6 лет назад +2

      I very much agree. The slow temp helps us to realize how terrifying this scene is.

  • @pietroarvizzigno4417
    @pietroarvizzigno4417 8 месяцев назад

    Superbo

  • @blakecarterpiano
    @blakecarterpiano 6 лет назад +2

    This version captures the feeling of hell pretty well.

  • @rosy3385
    @rosy3385 6 лет назад +1

    Sublime même si c'est ancien !!!

  • @harmonieautog
    @harmonieautog 11 лет назад +7

    Ernsters' voice was never the same after he was released from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Truly a pity....the vibrato was very limited prior to his imprisonment there.

  • @PerciJackson1
    @PerciJackson1 Год назад

    Nice tempo!👍

  • @sweetaliena
    @sweetaliena 16 лет назад +1

    I was thinking the same thing! The closest embodiment of this version is the Kurt Moll version.

  • @penkoviq
    @penkoviq 14 лет назад +1

    absolutely correct!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @robertanico
    @robertanico 15 лет назад

    Agghiacciante, bellissimo.

  • @paga123
    @paga123 5 лет назад

    Hi
    It is my favorite opera piece and I am a real fan of Furtwängler , in Beethoven specifically.
    Here I am a bit mitigate : I like the conception (slow and momumental) but the realization seems not really efficient : perhaps a gap between the singer (Siepi) and the director (Furtwängler), like a gap between the fire and the ice? I don' t know.
    This version seems very disturbing and this is nevertheless a quality here !
    Greetings

  • @francescaemc2
    @francescaemc2 13 лет назад

    @woncho99
    Maestro Siepi was a baritone. You are correct about the greatest part:)

  • @drcajus
    @drcajus 16 лет назад +2

    The greatest conductor that ever lived.

  • @shalva92
    @shalva92 11 лет назад

    სიეპი ყველა დროის ყველაზე უფრო დიდი კულტურის მქონე ბანია
    Siepi is all-time greatest bass

  • @rrkdudas6848
    @rrkdudas6848 5 лет назад +1

    whats up with the first chord

  • @kandutery
    @kandutery 16 лет назад +1

    yes. from Deutsche Grammophon

  • @raynardi7243
    @raynardi7243 4 года назад

    da brivido

  • @franckranaivo666
    @franckranaivo666 2 года назад +1

    ⛑🌿🌸💞💐🇻🇦✝️🇲🇬💮💞💐🌸🌿⛑🌸💞🦁💞🌸💐🥲💐🇻🇦🌸🌿🌺🇲🇬🌺🌿🌸🇻🇦🌿🇻🇦🌸💞🌸🇲🇬💞🌸🇲🇬💐💮💐💮🇻🇦✝️🇲🇬💮🌿🌺🌸🙋‍♂️

  • @pierre-nicolaslauria2565
    @pierre-nicolaslauria2565 7 лет назад +2

    Seems quite slow... Was it played that tempo in the fifties? I am quite surprised!

    • @qwerty6383
      @qwerty6383 2 года назад

      You can find several other old recordings have slower tempo

  • @miguelmouta
    @miguelmouta 15 лет назад +1

    Good version. Also , the first one I see , dressings and scenario are historically correct. But I dont remember that Lorenzo da Ponte did put the murder trial ,on libretto ( 04:26).

  • @MsSkuli
    @MsSkuli 13 лет назад

    non riesco a respirare!!!! la perfezione riesce a farti diventar di marmo!!

  • @BaritoneDeLaTorre
    @BaritoneDeLaTorre 16 лет назад

    Yes, Don Giuanni is for baritone, but Cesare Siepi was bass.

  • @TedMichaelMorgan
    @TedMichaelMorgan 16 лет назад +2

    This was almost a gold stdandard for its day. I heard this, I think, when I was about eleven and never recovered from the impact. Seeing the film changed my life.
    The Kliber production is almost like this but not quite. I do not recall the tempo. It was slower than today.
    Your point is well taken. I hear what you hear when you point it out to me. You are on target about the scales. Thank you for the tutorial I appreciate it.