Bravo, signor padrone - Se vuol ballare (Le nozze di Figaro)

[LAPITAGORIZACION]

maestro!!!! qué gran actuación, que gran interpretación!!! que gran cantante que es ferruccio!! un real ícono para los bajos y barítonos!!

[MrCurryFan]

I-LOVE-HIS-VOICE

[DCdabest]

Erwin Schrott made 7 Youtube accounts ....

[scordeteyla]

@DCdabest I don't even know what you mean to say by this...

[DCdabest]

@scordeteyla

never mind, just being silly... it refers to the fact that you seven dislikes on this video and everyone was comparing Erwin to Ferruccio....

[scordeteyla]

@DCdabest oh, all right, really didn't get it before :D

[alexleachloves]

His high F gives me chills.

[italiansinger89]

No offense, but his approach to the F in the beginning isn't the greatest. As far as acting, I think I like Terfel's Figaro only because he's a little more reserved and scheming whereas Furlanetto "shows his hand before everyone's finished betting". Both are great singers, though!

[nicksum29]

@italiansinger89 I think the softer F at the beginning works marvellously.

[DCdabest]

Why is everyone comparing baritone and basses instaed of getting pissed at the douche of a Count!

Go Figaro!

[scordeteyla]

@DCdabest yay, go Figaro! show 'im whatcha got!

[PEAinSwe]

WOW! This is the first time I hear him in this role. He is perfect!!!!!!

[ZioStronzo]

I'm Italian and I can say that Furlanetto renders perfectly the mix of irony and determination which is the basis of this piece.

At 2:57 it's unbelievable. When he sings "se vuol ballare, signor Contino", his voice and also his facial expression manage to convey that sense of irony so difficult to find in interpretations of this piece!! then he suddenly breaks it in those powerful "Sì!" which betray the anger that lies below. Fantastic

[onotuoedaul]

Ferruccio is GOD

[bassfanne45]

Yes, scordeteyla, he is very handsome. I think he still is. He often sings in San Diego, where I live. he will sing his firswt Baron Ochs here next year.

[bassfanne45]

Furlanetto is so young and magnetic here. That magnificent voice is always a joy to listen to.

[Giovy961992]

That's why I'm proud to be Italian!

[bassfanne45]

Furlanetto and Ramey are the best!

[jackbruce]

@bassfanne45 especially when they sing together. Such electricity.

[denissettantotto]

@bassfanne45 the only one who's the best is CESARE SIEPI.....the best figaro....style and interpretation PERFECT

[kurnikova84]

one of my favorite male arias

[Antiul1971]

I like it very much. Just one thing to add: it's a bass (basso cantabile) role, or a bass-bariton. A bariton can do it, but only if he has an excellent extension.

[LuciusTheFair]

His exit is so funny.

[RossiaAngel]

He is perfection itself! Great! Great!

[FigaroSu]

grande!!

[mertsungu]

Grande Furlanetto!

...For me Furlanetto and Terfel are two great Figaros. Both vocally and EMOTIONALLY: great actors.

Also Ramey, d'Arcangelo are the peaks of vocal mastery.

...Also Raimondi's intrepretation of the text is very good!

[fotzekopp1234]

Erwin Schrott´s version sucks..he´s just a sell out...bryn terfel does the best job as figaro!

[scordeteyla]

no, Ferruccio Furlanetto or Hanno Müller-Brachmann do the best versions.

[CelloVoice]

@fotzekopp1234 BRYN TERFEL RULESS!!! :)

[LifeJuice90]

Like fine wine, bass singers just get better with age. Tenors start going out of commission in their fifties, Aside from Pavarotti.

[bassfanne45]

@LifeJuice90 Alas, some of them go even before then.

[serenade00007]

Erwin Schrott's Se vuol ballare is better than this.

[scordeteyla]

I beg to differ; Ferruccio Furlanetto's version is better :-)

[LilliVanessi]

I think it's unnecessary to compare like this. We need more than one baritone singing Figaro, don't we?

Anyway, if we HAVE to compare, then Erwin Schrott is surely not the one to compete with Furlanetto. ;-)

[uggy999]

Well put!

[babajaga39]

absolutely agree

[theshadowofmysoul]

Se vuol ballare Signor Contino, il chitarrino le suonerò. Se vuol venire nella mia scuola la capriola le insegnerò. Saprò... ma piano, meglio ogni arcano dissimulando scoprir potrò! L'arte schermendo, l'arte adoprando, di qua pungendo, di là scherzando, tutte le macchine rovescerò. Se vuol ballare Signor Contino, il chitarrino le suonerò.

[theshadowofmysoul]

Bravo,signor padrone! Ora incomincio

a capir il mistero... e a veder schietto

tutto il vostro progetto: a Londra è vero?

Voi ministro, io corriero, e la Susanna ...

secreta ambasciatrice.

Non sarà, non sarà. Figaro il dice.

[scordeteyla]

well done!^^

[AmytheLoveDoctor]

What a wonderful performance! Furlanetto is a marvellous Figaro. His voice is definitely my favourite male voice - so rich and pure, and unique, also.

So handsome, too! *swoon*

[scordeteyla]

you're sooo right :)

[AmytheLoveDoctor]

The open shirt and hairy chest adds to the incredible handsome-ness :D

[uniqueattack]

hairy chest? where? looks like he shaved. Figaro was a metrosexual.

[DonGiovanniAustria]

Furlanetto's technique is perfect, his diction excellent and he is the last one of all those Mozart singers around who knows how to sing recitatives.His cantilena is legendary,his style is brillant and the voice has more beauty than all other famous colleagues of the new generation have. He really is (better to say was because he doesn't sing Mozart anymore) the last great singer of these kind of roles.Hearing Furlanetto singing Mozart was a sweet and wonderful delight for almost 3 decades!!!

[LifeJuice90]

I agree. But Terfel still does. And he is an amazing singer too. And also he was born in the mid 60's so at least he still has his youth, "Knock On Wood"

[scordeteyla]

well, Terfel is kind of old now, too, when he was born in the mid 60's... already younger singers come after him.

Furlanetto is almost 60 and still has an amazing voice, though.

[timmyboyy555]

Katherine, i can fully agree with you when you say that his "le insegnero, SI" is too far back in his mouth. Although, if you listen to the last two times he sings that line, it's actually a bit more forward.

I think he takes too much liberty with his vowels. He's a bit mushy in places. If you didn't know the words already, i think you would be hard pressed to write the correct words just by listening to him sing this. He's not bad though. His acting makes up for his extreme vocal liberties.

[scordeteyla]

well, he's italian, he's knows how to pronounce the words, and i didn't understand any italian before i listened to him and sort of learned to understand through him. i can't complain :)

[picapin]

cut out the bullshit!

[lattemacchiato]

i agree with picapin...

[scordeteyla]

in what way...

[lattemacchiato]

that timmyboyy has to shut up...

and i agree with you,scordeteyla, i can't complain too and i think there aren't many persons, who can or who have the right to...

[lampora]

I don't know why but this scene reminds me of "i promessi sposi" written by alessandro manzoni...

[deborahbateria]

how many of you really knows anything about singing???? this minor detail does not affect the performance.. it is awsome...

[scordeteyla]

i don't know so much about singing, but i know the way he sings is absolutely wonderful, so he must be doing right something :)

[KatherineXIX]

Furlanetto always has kind of a mush-mouthed delivery (diction-wise), but I could still listen to him all day long. What a great bass-baritone voice.

[Kbritt7]

I know what you mean about the mushy diction, but I think that it may have to do with his intention to keep legato line. Singers always have to keep that balance of consonants vs legato line and it's SOOOO hard to find. He makes the perfect Figaro...SO darn CUTE!

[KatherineXIX]

Oh, I know...I LOVE anything Furlanetto does. His diction got much better with age, too.

[lovebraque]

What a beautiful voice !

[KatherineXIX]

His "si"s are way too far back in his mouth, but the rest of it is really good.

[some1tookmynick]

I agree, but that's such a minor detail, and every other aspect of this performance is wonderful! He's got a great stage presense and is my favourite Figaro so far. I wish I could see him live at that performance, but back then I had no idea who Mozart was, let alone Furlanetto =)

[cedybor]

Remember Katherine XIX that there's no "si" but "SE vuol ballare". That's change everything.

[scordeteyla]

yes, there are several sìs in this cavatina:

"le insegnerò, sì", remember?

[Flurina1246]

Fantastic! What a beautiful baritone! One of the best performances I've heard so far. Any chance you could post Non Piu Andrai as well?

[scordeteyla]

I've posted that already :)