Le Nozze di Figaro - Conte, Contessa - Act 2

[ellendisney]

An ax in the scene. That is either interesting or funny

[Docaroo]

HORRIFIC TEMPO!!!!!!! Sooo frustrating.

[BRISEFER6]

Heueusement que le nom du metteur en scène n'apparaît aps, c'est mieux pour lui. Un comte qui tient une hache comme un bûcheron, quelle crédibilité ? et qui pleure de savoir Chérubin sur sa route, quel surjeu ! Les chanteurs font ce qu'ils peuvent sur un trait frocé par un metteur en scèe grassement payé mais en mal de reconnaissance. N'est pas Strehler ou Carsen qui veut...

[GiuseppeSaronno]

Questa Susanna non mi piace affatto...

[solisef]

Does Bo seem sharp to anyone? Sometimes I can't tell what pitch he's really on...

[moghedien13]

anna netrebko is the biggest disappointment ever. she ahs everyting in my opinion. she doesnt use it right though. i wish she would retrain for a year or two. she really has a voice that is great.

[VocalTechin]

She doesnt need that what she needs is focus :(

[JasserSchram]

call me crazy, but I kind of like the slower tempo....I find it accompanies the feeling of this production well.

not saying I like the production very much, but...there it is...

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Netrebko is just right in this performance. I do not understand why she disappoints you. I think she does quite well here.

[herzogc88]

i"m sick of people getting pissed about innovation and different takes on an opera. It's called a production. You have a vision for the production and you create that vision. Do you just want them to stand there and sing? no! you tell a story.

[VocalTechin]

i agree thanks for pointing that out :D

[TrebleB4Mi]

I'm going to have to agree, if we didn't have different types of stageing, new costumes, new takes on old idea's who would actually want to go spend the money on an opera you've already seen regardless of the singers. I've seen a production of Carmen set in the twenties and it was delightful!

[stephlikes2sing]

an AXE?! :D how extreme!

i think this scene was done very well by everyone (the count a little crazy, but i'd be angry too i suppose... maybe not violent...)

[lusciousbobby]

I love almost everything about this production of Figaro. But, I agree with everyone expressing concern about the excessively visceral brutality in this scene. It's borderline scary. I especially don't like how he throws the contessa to the floor. He's a good singer but his personality is too brutal for my taste. I won't say any more about this, except I could easily see him in a military uniform in a different time and place.

[deldafne]

di chi è questa regia???Aiuto!!!

[firtuli]

infatti è orrenda!

[fedtrooper]

at about .03 Susanna does the Amadeus giggle. Interesting little bit.

[orpheusfla]

I don't know why in Salzbourg they always invent productions filled with double meanings and forget to respect Mozart...

This count seems mentally unstable, the countess is a sort of a desperate houswife with masochistic tendences. And it's a pity because both singer have good voices.

Sorry.

[KristalAV]

I agree. This should be called "A Day in the Almaviva Mental Institution". Seriously, the count acts like so maniacal bi-polar nut case. I love the voices but the acting is out there. Mozart and Da Ponte wrote Figaro to be a comedy not some twisted psychological trip.

[CzarDodon]

Though there are some very serious issues in this scene, director and conductor are far too heavy-handed. Faster lighter playing and less leboured acting would have been to everybody's advantage. Don't they trust Mozart and da Ponte?

[mfriokndv]

Thank you very mush for videos of this opera!