This is one of the most gutsy stagings of Mozarts opera I have seen, and I think it is amazing. Extremely serious, but Mozart stands up to any of the more traditionally serious composers in my opinion. This shows that Mozart really is infinitely durable.
We couldn't care less about the stage trappings of this scene from Le Nozze di Figaro-- we were too busy marvelling at this Figaro's singing voice! Incredibly rich, masculine and vibrant. This singer gave the Count's valet a fresh, new image for us and we loved it.
I like it. At the end, this aria is about some bullying on Cherubino by Figaro and the Count, because they don't really like him. This performance is very illustrative.
Connubio mirabile tra parola e musica, assoluta corrispondenza delle immagini create da Lorenzo Da Ponte e vivificate dal genio fi Mozart. L'epopea ironica dell'avventurosa vtia militare di Cherubino scorre sempre più rapida fino alla fanfara clamorosa del finale...
Interpretazione magistrale. La conferma ( se ce ne fosse bisogno ) viene dagli pseudocommenti americani. Questo è un baritono ( ed anche basso ) coi contro...fiocchi!
I LIKE IT! So, go figure! Opera should get people speaking as this production does. It was very interesting to watch and I would love to take part in this kind of productions.But, this is just my huble oppinion and I am intitled to one as well as you are by saying that this is an "epic fail".
Yes, I have seen the whole prod. on TV and I was appalled by many things. (Fortunately I've erased the prod. from my memory). However stayed with me the Count's manhandling of the Countess, throwing her to the floor etc.(as I remember)which in my opinion would be VERY UNBECOMING of a count; or just take a look at this "verrrry funnny" stuffing Cherubino's mouth full of money (thank you "guardian angel cherub" that you hastened to take the dough out of his mouth!). WILL CONTINUE!
Eh. One might say the same things about what the libretto did to the message of the play that the direction here did to the message of the libretto. Seems very hypocritical to say that the direction shouldn't ever be different from the original when the opera isn't the original itself.
out of curiosity.... does anyone know where to get sheet music for THIS specific part of the opera? He plays it in one section of the movie "Amadeus" so I wondered if it was possible to find.
CHILIARCHES, I assume you referring to my comment I've made about 9 months ago, calling this boy a lyric baritone. Well, a bass he is NOT! One could not call him a dramatic (or Verdi) baritone. The role of Figaro can be sung by light basses (although Siepi was certainly not a light bass, he was an exception), bass-baritones, lyric(Kavalier)baritones, or character-baritones. Anyway it is not a shame to be a lyric. Dr.Bartolo is usually cast with a heavier bass in this opera.
Probably the conductor tried to help Figaro, but that was not the way to do it. The tempo MUST remain very strict, to maintain the military style of this aria. After doing 3 different productions of "Marriage" in the States, 2 in Switzerland and 1 in Germany (besides seeing COUNTLESS other productions of it), I must say that for me this was "the pits"! ...and with such fantastic singers too! CONT'D
I'd like to know who is the stage director, because in my humble opinion he's a ferocious music killer. People like him should have nothing to do with great musicians like D'arcangelo and Harnoncourt.
E qui è proprio il caso di dirlo...Figarooo!!! *-* (in tutti i sensi!!!) Ahahahah XD Scusatemi, sto delirando, ma dovete capirmi, è tutto il giorno che studio a capofitto, a quest'ora della sera non rispondo più delle mie azioni XD No però, a parte gli scherzi, lui è veramente TANTA ma TANTA roba!!! XD (vabbè, che abbia una voce meravigliosa e dannatamente sensuale è implicito, non c'era manco bisogno di dirlo)...
His beautiful singing is almost wasted in this production. I was so distracted by the staging (interesting, to be sure) that I could not focus on his excellent singing. Interesting he added a cadenza before the recapitulation, something I've never heard any other singer do. He and the conductor must have felt the need to do something purely musical at this point to remind folks that he's still singing. Amending the adage: "Never work with children, animals, or extremely fecund stage directors."
Instead of the tounge-in-cheek mocking of the poor boy(for the count's sake), even Figaro seems to enjoy tormenting him, cutting him, letting him bleed (the cherub will probably stop the bleeding) while the count plays along with sadistical smile. PFUI! If a singer makes a musical mistake, like Figaro did, singing "schioppo in spalla", the "spalla" as 2 8th notes instead of 2 quarter notes, one can understand, but why the whole orchestra slows down? CONT'D
I don't think it's as much Ildebrand's acting as it is the crappy direction. I could see him playing a more serene Figaro. And I agree that Figaro isn't a knife-branding bloke.
regarding the "retarded" bit. I agree it's totally weird. The conductor seems to have decided this section is recitative. I guess it's an interesting idea but the orchestra didn't seem to agree and it was really sloppy. Oh well. But I have a copy of this in my collection and didn't want to see it because the other operas from this box are so badly done. Especially DON G. And I'd love someone to explain the EGG on stage in Figaro. However this looks great. So I'm going to watch it. Now!
It's a pretty nice idea to use one of the most popular opera song in the world in a part of theater that happens in the modern era. The singer is pretty good as well! But please: TRY TO PUT A SONG THAT THE LYRICS ARE FITTING IN THE CONTEXT!!!!! COME ON!!! We are all fans of mozart and there is no need to show it to everybody in that repulsive way!
I am sure that the stage director (Regisseur) has a good and "acceptable" explanation for his "fantastic" Regie Konzept of stuffing poor-boy Cherubino's mouth full of (what are those?) Dollar bills. I have to say: bru-ha-ha-ha. Hibbidy-hobbidy, that's all folks!
Beethoven probably beat Mozart; Mozart was born genius while Beethoven had genius brought out of him by blood and sweat and tears from childhood on. But I get your point about classical music, specially early classical, before romantic.
Mozart needs no "sitcom-slapstick" comedy(?), but talentless, incompetent stage directors do(!) with their "Regie-concepts", forcing singers to take part in the most idiotic and unreasonable scenes. "Artistic freedom"(Künstlerische Freiheit) they call it! RESPECT FOR THE FEW EXCEPTIONS!
What a pity when the stage direction ruins it all... The conductor is not flawless either... Great singing though... this role should be sung by basses rather than baritones.
Horrible conduction and direction.Poor D'Arcangelo,why was he there in that production?Better for him to go away,as far as possible, from this garbage.
Wow. Exactly how sheltered where you growing up? This is great, and funny. Brilliant.They're just poking fun at the little dweeb. (Chick who plays Cherubino is extremely cute btw).
By far the best interpretation on RUclips, superb orchestra.
Di gran lunga la miglior interpretazione su You tube, fantastica orchestrazione.
This is one of the most gutsy stagings of Mozarts opera I have seen, and I think it is amazing. Extremely serious, but Mozart stands up to any of the more traditionally serious composers in my opinion. This shows that Mozart really is infinitely durable.
We couldn't care less about the stage trappings of this scene from Le Nozze di Figaro-- we were too busy marvelling at this Figaro's singing voice! Incredibly rich, masculine and vibrant. This singer gave the Count's valet a fresh, new image for us and we loved it.
I like it. At the end, this aria is about some bullying on Cherubino by Figaro and the Count, because they don't really like him. This performance is very illustrative.
the video quality on this is remarkable! and i love this singing.
Watch the whole thing. You cannot understand this production based on only 4 minutes. It is great!
Oh look its the Emo version of Figaro
What a beautiful scene! Clearly Mozart was a genius and of great eloquence and grace! Raúl de Argentina
Narcisetto ,adoncino d’amor che dolcezza !
have mercy, so handsome, such a voice!! im in love!!! fabulous!
wow i can't belive i like music like this clasical has a uniqe sound though
Connubio mirabile tra parola e musica, assoluta corrispondenza delle immagini create da Lorenzo Da Ponte e vivificate dal genio fi Mozart. L'epopea ironica dell'avventurosa vtia militare di Cherubino scorre sempre più rapida fino alla fanfara clamorosa del finale...
Anyone 2019?
@Amletone Claus Guth. This production is recognized as one of the better stagings of Figaro.
c'est du délire dans mon coeur !!!!!
bello ...............complimenti
Interpretazione magistrale. La conferma ( se ce ne fosse bisogno ) viene dagli pseudocommenti americani. Questo è un baritono ( ed anche basso ) coi contro...fiocchi!
aaaw how cute, that Cherubino looks somehow lost and weak, so cute ^^
Interesting. Much darker than usual, although it does well at foreshadowing cherubino's fate in the army.
Non piu andrai farfallone amoroso, notte giorno di'ntorno girando......
THERE'S STILL LIFE IN THE OLD LADY YET!!!
Agreed.
This part is awesome
Zertifiziert intergalaktischen!
D'Arcangelo's magnificient performance is overshadowed by the abysmal stage direction. The conductor isn't perfect either.
I LIKE IT! So, go figure! Opera should get people speaking as this production does. It was very interesting to watch and I would love to take part in this kind of productions.But, this is just my huble oppinion and I am intitled to one as well as you are by saying that this is an "epic fail".
Damn this is amazing. LOVE IT! btw, actress who plays Cherubino is too cute for words. Who is she?
Mi è piaciuta questa interpretazione... assai tetra =)
Mi chiedo quando gli americani smetteranno di sparare cazzate ed inizieranno ad apprezzare l'arte.
Splendida voce.
Yes, I have seen the whole prod. on TV and I was appalled by many things. (Fortunately I've erased the prod. from my memory). However stayed with me the Count's manhandling of the Countess, throwing her to the floor etc.(as I remember)which in my opinion would be VERY UNBECOMING of a count; or just take a look at this "verrrry funnny" stuffing Cherubino's mouth full of money (thank you "guardian angel cherub" that you hastened to take the dough out of his mouth!). WILL CONTINUE!
hahahaha awesome!
this song always reminds me of Lestat dancing with a corpse
Did he really cut her hair and arm, then rub it on her face? what a freak! great piece btw
@kourosh89 Just because they know what they are talking about and you don't, doesn't make them snobs.
@BeerGogglesReviews all the beer in the world couldn't have saved this performance.
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Eh. One might say the same things about what the libretto did to the message of the play that the direction here did to the message of the libretto. Seems very hypocritical to say that the direction shouldn't ever be different from the original when the opera isn't the original itself.
Was the orchestra lagging behind at the beginning?
its for baritones and not many basses have strenth on higher notes, so lets stick with what the composer correctly wrote the music for...a baritone
You who understand opera? And I will say it is a good representation
how did they do the cut - blood actually came out?
You should change one of the tags. It is Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, not Ilderando. ;)
out of curiosity....
does anyone know where to get sheet music for THIS specific part of the opera?
He plays it in one section of the movie "Amadeus" so I wondered if it was possible to find.
Caro Amico,read my comments on the Salzburg
"Non piú andrai" and perhaps you'll see why I
reacted so strongly. Greetings!
strongly. Greetings!
CHILIARCHES, I assume you referring to my comment I've made about 9 months ago, calling this boy a lyric baritone. Well, a bass he is NOT! One could not call him a dramatic (or Verdi) baritone. The role of Figaro can be sung by light basses (although Siepi was certainly not a light bass, he was an exception), bass-baritones, lyric(Kavalier)baritones, or character-baritones. Anyway it is not a shame to be a lyric. Dr.Bartolo is usually cast with a heavier bass in this opera.
Harnoncourt rocks.
Probably the conductor tried to help Figaro, but that was not the way to do it. The tempo MUST remain very strict, to maintain the military style of this aria. After doing 3 different productions of "Marriage" in the States, 2 in Switzerland and 1 in Germany (besides seeing COUNTLESS other productions of it), I must say that for me this was "the pits"! ...and with such fantastic singers too! CONT'D
I'd like to know who is the stage director, because in my humble opinion he's a ferocious music killer. People like him should have nothing to do with great musicians like D'arcangelo and Harnoncourt.
E qui è proprio il caso di dirlo...Figarooo!!! *-* (in tutti i sensi!!!) Ahahahah XD Scusatemi, sto delirando, ma dovete capirmi, è tutto il giorno che studio a capofitto, a quest'ora della sera non rispondo più delle mie azioni XD No però, a parte gli scherzi, lui è veramente TANTA ma TANTA roba!!! XD (vabbè, che abbia una voce meravigliosa e dannatamente sensuale è implicito, non c'era manco bisogno di dirlo)...
His beautiful singing is almost wasted in this production. I was so distracted by the staging (interesting, to be sure) that I could not focus on his excellent singing. Interesting he added a cadenza before the recapitulation, something I've never heard any other singer do. He and the conductor must have felt the need to do something purely musical at this point to remind folks that he's still singing. Amending the adage: "Never work with children, animals, or extremely fecund stage directors."
The music similar to the GTA III
I dont get the whole performance...
Music is beautiful though
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo
al ma pias: "delle belle turbando il riposo"
Instead of the tounge-in-cheek mocking of the poor boy(for the count's sake), even Figaro seems to enjoy tormenting him, cutting him, letting him bleed (the cherub will probably stop the bleeding) while the count plays along with sadistical smile. PFUI! If a singer makes a musical mistake, like Figaro did, singing "schioppo in spalla", the "spalla" as 2 8th notes instead of 2 quarter notes, one can understand, but why the whole orchestra slows down? CONT'D
Can anyone please tell me who's the singer of Figaro?
@HParker001
ACTING! haha
I don't think it's as much Ildebrand's acting as it is the crappy direction. I could see him playing a more serene Figaro. And I agree that Figaro isn't a knife-branding bloke.
The significant imperfection of the rhythm (I can't tell if it's the singer's or the conductor's fault) and togetherness is pretty distracting.
The orchestra is pitifully directed. The musicians have to follow the singers, not the opposite.
W ITALY
What reason is there to turn Figaro into a sadist?.I do not understand.
@OOIEatte And the intermission beer was warm. Just joking.
regarding the "retarded" bit. I agree it's totally weird. The conductor seems to have decided this section is recitative. I guess it's an interesting idea but the orchestra didn't seem to agree and it was really sloppy. Oh well. But I have a copy of this in my collection and didn't want to see it because the other operas from this box are so badly done. Especially DON G. And I'd love someone to explain the EGG on stage in Figaro. However this looks great. So I'm going to watch it. Now!
Grande mozart.
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탁월한 유머 감각
It's a pretty nice idea to use one of the most popular opera song in the world in a part of theater that happens in the modern era. The singer is pretty good as well!
But please: TRY TO PUT A SONG THAT THE LYRICS ARE FITTING IN THE CONTEXT!!!!!
COME ON!!!
We are all fans of mozart and there is no need to show it to everybody in that repulsive way!
I am sure that the stage director (Regisseur) has a good and "acceptable" explanation for his "fantastic" Regie Konzept of stuffing poor-boy Cherubino's mouth full of (what are those?) Dollar bills. I have to say: bru-ha-ha-ha. Hibbidy-hobbidy, that's all folks!
Beethoven probably beat Mozart; Mozart was born genius while Beethoven had genius brought out of him by blood and sweat and tears from childhood on. But I get your point about classical music, specially early classical, before romantic.
I'm here because of grand theft auto 3...
Mozart needs no "sitcom-slapstick" comedy(?), but talentless, incompetent stage directors do(!) with their "Regie-concepts", forcing singers to take part in the most idiotic and unreasonable scenes. "Artistic freedom"(Künstlerische Freiheit) they call it! RESPECT FOR THE FEW EXCEPTIONS!
l'orchestra però non va a seguito del baritono
@OOIEatte HEHEHE.
wow he is really good but isnt he too serious for this role? i thought figaro is a sereneness guy?
but nethertheless he is really good...
I stick with the Terfel's version.
@anonforuz Gta's version is better. =)
What a pity when the stage direction ruins it all...
The conductor is not flawless either...
Great singing though... this role should be sung by basses rather than baritones.
Why do the costumes look so sloppy? Those suites are clearly not what people wore back then.
grand theft auto
il canto mi sembra di tutto rispetto, l'aspetto scenico non mi convince per niente... harnoncourt deve fare bach, e lasciar perdere mozart.
Wtf ...
bulling
Horrible conduction and direction.Poor D'Arcangelo,why was he there in that production?Better for him to go away,as far as possible, from this garbage.
1:32 and onwards: unprofessional...
Supposed to be a fun opera, looks gloomy too much pain and suffering.
Hideous interpretation. Hideous.
This opera is supposed to be a comedy, not a tragedy.
Wow. Exactly how sheltered where you growing up? This is great, and funny. Brilliant.They're just poking fun at the little dweeb. (Chick who plays Cherubino is extremely cute btw).
Buen barítono, bien orquestado, pero la teatralización, el atrezzo, la performance... me parecen innecesariamente extravagantes y ridículas.
I don't really like this interpertation of Mozart's Le Nozze de Figaro. To be even more honest, I think that it is terrible.
very very bad
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