Così fan tutte, Mozart: "Soave sia il vento"

[anyardsroad]

Oh, I don't agree! I feel one should not comment on the facial expressions of the singers...all sing differently...but their costume is absurd, and to my mind detracts from their exquisite performance.

[whatpurposemeans]

beautiful!!!

[ToledoWingNut]

Firmly in the plus column. Wonderfully sung, brilliant emotional acting.

[sisifus100]

Great performance, I love it, Sophie Koch is brilliant...<3

[levipretorio]

Fantastic! Loved it, specially that girl Sophie Kock! What a sweet voice!

Congrats to the trio, from Brazil. I mean, Sophie Koch

[levipretorio]

Fantastic! Loved it, specially that girl Sophie Kock! What a sweet voice!

Congrats to the trio, from Brazil.

[piratzrule]

some people are saying that the music and the singing are not the only thing an opera needs, which is true, but i will gladly take a production with 2 ugly sisters who sound incredible and who blend together so well it sounds like one voice over a production with a whole historical setting and a massive production value with mediocre singers. Plus, this is taken out of context, you can't watch one trio in a n opera and know what the director was doing with the entire opera. Think before you talk

[kirstyjb70]

i love it

[AEmylia24]

The great beauty of this performance uplifts my soul. One of Sir John Mortimer's desert island selections.

[LHSE1973]

So sublime -- absolutely superb.

[erika64F]

Both ethereal and deep, I love this performance. I guess Mozart, somewhere, is always carefully interested by what singers can do with his music. Probably he would love this interpretation.

[StringQuartetFan]

does anyone have an mp3 of this piece theyd like to give me? 

[StringQuartetFan]

i LOVE the minimalist look of the production. definitely the best version singing wise as well

[maragato23]

jajajajajajjajajajaja unas caras de locas!!!!!! jajajajajaj que gracioso, realmente! geniales! y aparte cantan muy bien

[DonBoyso]

@maragato23 -- Paleto.

[nibelung1957]

Martines is best!

[alan522375]

Absolutely Wonderful

[MultiWietze]

Voices from Heaven



[MRARRIEN]

Is één van de beste performances. Jammer van de slechte belichting

[Poppeye1988]

is ok steh eher auf pop musik (miley cyrus)

[LHSE1973]

Exceptional!

[banginghats2]

I've seen so many performances of this trio, but this is the best I've ever heard.

[banginghats2]

@banginghats2 Poor sentence construction there: Still a bit emotional after playing it five times in a row!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[Marg002]

Who knew Ruth Gordon ever sang Dorabella?

[alphea2010]

My dear Mother just passed away and for the funerals, I would like to register the sound of this performance on a cd but I don't know how to do it. Can anyone help me ?

[Berdjum]

with one week of more of thinking, definitively, this performance is one of the 3 best performance of this famous trio "Soave sia ..." it has a unity, an harmony, a grace, a rigth cadence, etc etc ... which makes it quite interesting !

Abrys ! Abrys !

[xxypsilonxx]

Absolute beauty and every way...

[marrameuuu]

Seems like The Monster Family...

[DottoreJojo]

Is that Cotrubas??!!?

[wanzenettl]

The make-up in this production is intentional. It looks like they've made these women up to look like a couple of old homely spinsters. I was really disappointed in Salzburg's 2006 Mozart 250th anniversary productions. They did some really weird sh*t with them, and most of them were down right ugly. And Mozart should NEVER be ugly in any aspect - musically or visually.

[rh7189]

@wanzenettl The most disappointing thing is the comments on these fine artists' looks. It shows complete lack of class. Look-ism should NEVER come into the equation. It's about the music. It's those sort of attitudes that destroy many a potentially brilliant artist's career. Besides I think they look perfectly ok.

[wanzenettl]

@rh7189 While I agree with you to a point, the responsibility for this is with the artistic director. Opera is not just a musical art. It is visual as well, and if the overall artistic vision for the production is flawed then it will reflect on everyone, including the performers.

[rh7189]

@wanzenettl Neither Mozart nor Beethoven were 'good looking'. What is a 'flaw'? Untidy costume and set? Looks is irrelevant, since Mozart's music is so overwhelmingly intricate and godly, I would argue the stage, plot, characters are absolutely secondary by a country mile. As a connoisseur of this amazing Mozart phenomenon (music wise) I cannot subscribe to the peripheral superficiality of the matters you refer to.

[wanzenettl]

@rh7189 Oh god help me, another "Mozart's a musical god" person! Sheesh! There is NO ONE who loves and admires Mozart's music as much as I do, get real. If you really knew anything about Mozart you would know that Mozart himself was fastidious about his looks and about the way he dressed. And he was EXTREMELY fastidious about his productions! The production directors at the Burgtheater hated him, for he constantly put in his complaints about costumes and sets where they felt he had no business!

[rh7189]

@wanzenettl "most of them were down right ugly" that is how YOU described the above artists did you not? Correct me if I'm mistaken but I interpret that as a criticism of their LOOKS, that is their facial dimensions which scientific research defines as part of looks criteria, attributes we are BORN with. So called 'ugly' people can be immaculately dressed & made up, but they are still 'ugly' aren't they? Perhaps you would like to explain yourself a bit better eh?

[wanzenettl]

@rh7189 If you'll READ, you'll see that I was referring to the PRODUCTIONS not the individual performers.

[rh7189]

@wanzenettl Well I'm glad to hear it and stand corrected.

[daniellesoprano]

It's funny, all this talk about hags because Sophie Koch is actually drop-dead gorgeous! I think it's intentional. I know this production is on DVD, but I haven't seen it.. anyone know what the concept is, exactly?

[NoirOrchestre]

yeah they look awful

[poursuivant1]

Horrible lighting for these faces.

[bcugirl09]

there is nothing a little makeup cant cover. i have seen the ugliest trolls turn into the most beautiful prima bellas with stage makeup, a wig and a good costume. The makeup dept. dropped the ball on this one, cause i bet these women are really quite beautiful in real life, but here they look like OMG lol

[MontejoDavid]

Esa melodia no se va de mi cabeza

[bone2pick100]

cosi fan tutte?

"Just like a woman?"

[ambrosius]

What kind of stage set is that? lol

[1401JSC]

Aren't F & D supposed to be YOUNG and BEAUTIFUL, if rather silly GIRLS? Not old hags.

Alfonso has recently sung "I can hardly contain myself from laughing....you wouldn't think so here.

[philiplawton]

Lol, well I guess Alfonso here is just doing a particularly good job of acting distressed. But I take your point about the "girls". These wonderful singers (and they are definitely are that) do ask a bit much of the old operatic conceit of finding the perfect compromise between young, beautiful people who are experienced and mature enough to sing the role well.

Maybe they don't look so bad from the Upper Circle.

[Joseph3044]

It's the singing that counts.

[1401JSC]

Opera is a unique (and great) combination of Stagecraft, Choreography and Music.

If singing is all that counts, why are you watching a video? Buy a CD.

If singing is all that counts, why do stage directors try to find new approaches to the work?

If we can make nothing of their new approach (an egg-shaped rock in the middle of the bay of Naples?) then maybe they should revise their ideas or inform us better.

[Joseph3044]

1401JSC: Thank you for your response. I do stand corrected. But I really did not say "The singing is ALL that counts." I said, "It's the singing that counts." There's a big difference there. I certainly did not rule out stagecraft, choreography, and music. They all count, of course. But I was indifferent to the set which perhaps says something about it; the singing, though, enthralled me.

[ShangoJamal]

I was thinkin the same thing. And Alphonso looks like freakin Benjamin Franklin. Plus there is just way too much pathos for someone going off for military duty. They definitely look like somebody died. The Hags are singin' though.Gotta give 'em that.

[nielsendk17]

Soave sia il vento

Tranquilla sia l'onda

Ed ogni elemento

Benigno risponda

Ai nostri desir

[thenextmezzosoprano]

Goosebumps!

[anetchi]

Gorgeously lovely!!! ahh.. this is in the movie closer, in one of the hottest kissing scenes I've seen.

[kuleko]

AMAZING! Sir Thomas: you are inmortal.

[havetohavemusic]

OK, come on then, YouTubers. Does there exist, anywhere, a better-sung performance of this? I'll be surprised.

[vanzofaust]

yes. much better even.

[pmi1733]

Berganza, Lorengar, Bacquier

[soloskov]

@havetohavemusic Of course it's a matter of taste; Absolutely beautiful this version, I also like the performance by Montserrat Caballe, Janet Baker, Richard van Allen, sir colin davis Royal opera house covent garden.

[PJinBston]

@havetohavemusic

Manywhere. For example Kiri te kanawa and frederica von stade, and Jules Bastin . . .

/watch?v=eRCPwPXMsKM

[shaxnerd418]

This might just be my favorite piece of music from an opera ever, matched only by "Habanera" from Carmen

[CARINE125]

perhaps you will enjoy this piece of music too. On youtube "The man who cried soundtrack Yiddish". It's Nadir's aria from Georges Bizet in "les pêcheurs de perles"

[giordyfrosinone]

Assolutamente sublime!!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic!

[Laeliapurpurata]

She looks like Cotrubas?

[Freder28XXX]

Mozart, Mozart, Mozart, Mozart!

Genius. Perfection over ages.

In 1 millenium he will be the same acknowledged Genius.

Thanks Wolfgang

[giordyfrosinone]

straordinaria visione surreale e algida; perfetta misura dell'interpretazione; Muti ha sempre dichiarato che al suo funerale vorrebbe solo questa romanza...!

[MusicMan1519]

try searching for this trio with Susan Chilcott and Susan Graham, you'll like it.

[angelskin88]

there one can say only, FANTASTIC, WONDERFUL!!!!one sensual pleasure

[bhixma]

5 stars!!! Hermanns production was amazing. So beautiful...

[kanerio1x1]

Brilliant! 5 Stars!

[urgrad03]

LOVE the staging! And the singing is lovely too.

[neapolis1982]

perfect... bravooooo

[agronbear]

would be nice if you could also see the names of the performers and the place and time of the staging. Chris

[lomoto69]

Impeccable performance---FIVE STARS!!!

[sebreathnach]

Well done! Ever a pleasure to hear but not always so easy to get it in harmony and in sync... And the angelic expressions of Fior and Dora give it an extra dimension of magic. But ,then, that's Mozart! Thanks for recording and sharing it!

[sebreathnach]

Well done! Always a pleasure to hear if an effort to harmonise in sync.... Well done again -- and thank you for capturing and sharing it!

[joebest1]

BRAVO!!!

[fulloftone]

Sooooo good!

[Anavyia]

This is straight from heaven, I love this aria so much. Thanks

[kate251144]

It's not an aria, there are three people singing.