"Finch'han dal vino" - Don Giovanni - Furtwängler

[Maripudelmonaco]

EL BAJO  MÁS GRANDE DE LA HISTORIA DE LA LÍRICA !! GRACIAS CESARE, POR HABER EXISTIDO...

[LAZARUSREX1]

Magnifico.

[renacuajo15]

@anzolettilino Siepi era un magnifico Don Giovanni, pero en ésta aria, especificamente, Furtwängler lo supera.

[anzolettilino]

@renacuajo15 ellos son grandes, ambos

[renacuajo15]

@anzolettilino entiendes de música hombre!

[anzolettilino]

@renacuajo15 siepi era de verdad don giovanni.

[CiboCeleste]

The best and unsurpassed.

[anzolettilino]

@CiboCeleste i agree.

[renacuajo15]

Para mi esta es la mejor interpretacion de esta aria.Magnifico el timbre y la dinamica.

[anzolettilino]

@renacuajo15 para mi tambièn.

[wanchaan]

magnifique  bravo et merci

[mandreika1]

Oh what a voice, one of the best bases ever and he had such great stage presence...I prefer baritones doing the Don though but that is just personal taste

[Vincenzo2010an]

@mandreika1 i love him in this, he is so into the character and has so beatuiful voice in this, and he makes a amazing laugh at 1:28, so evil!

[silvrlady1]

I was privileged to see him in this role in the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Great cast with Victoria de los Angeles, Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, Jan Peerce, etc. Siepi was magnificent, & looked great in tights, too. I have his recording of the opera 'Mefistophele' by Boito. I wish I could have seen him in that role, but saw it with Giorgio Tozzi.

[AfroPoli]

Interesting interpretation of the term "presto"...

[ChrisStockslager]

@AfroPoli Hahaha! I thought that myself. I much prefer Pinza in this role - Siepi seems to be having trouble with the flexibility this role requires. Plus, I love Pinza's lightspeed version of this. :)

[Vincenzo2010an]

@EuroSkept1C what does this mean?

[HellasItalia4]

IL RE CI HA LASCIATO!!!!

[Vincenzo2010an]

rip.

[jaitower83]

Riposi per sempre

Canteró coi angelli

(Escusi per il mio italiano)

RIP 4 ever

Sing with angels

[Vincenzo2010an]

@jaitower83 cantì not canterò .

[jaitower83]

@Vincenzo2010an Grazie!!!!

[Vincenzo2010an]

@jaitower83 prego.

[spyridon77]

R.I.P. Cesare

[Selkaen]

@spyridon77 I didn't know he had died. When did it happen?

[spyridon77]

@Selkaen July 5, 2010. A once great bass has passed away....

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Selkaen 5 jull.

[prorokini]

@Selkaen July 5th, according to Wikipedia.

[irpwny]

@Selkaen: "When did it happen?"

Some time in July of this year.

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Selkaen 5 jull

[lonestarlucas]

@Selkaen july 5 2010

[sprichbeeke]

@Selkaen...he died In Atlanta on July 5th 2010, a week after suffering a stroke.

[Badlands71]

R.I.P.

[Vincenzo2010an]

wow!

[claudio17031958]

tanto bravo da rallentareil tempo per poter adeguare il pezzo alla sua magnifica voce.credo in assoluto il migliore..

[edraith]

Il miglior Don Giovanni della Storia.

[Vincenzo2010an]

@edraith è vero . è morto il don giovanni della storia.

[Vincenzo2010an]

@edraith bravo! è bravissimo!

[leporello56]

SOOOOO SLOOOOOOW!!! But Siepi is one of the best Giovanni's

[spyridon77]

he is a great bass! bravo!

[SuperMarkova]

come é nobile!!! Perché tanti D.G. (o registi) dimenticano che la virilitá vera non significa dimostrare la macchina sessuale... perde il fascino dopo dieci minuti...ma ci sono due atti!!!

[bodiloto]

Sublime Siepi Grazie !

[neochmia]

I do love the tempo ! he's not struggling with breath to phrase and show how beautifull and rich his voice were!

[bodiloto]

ascoltate raimondi in questo ruolo, la  piu bella voce di 21 secolo ! ahahahaahahah

[blichilde]

Lei è ossessionato. Ci rifletta un po'.

Siepi è meraviglioso,naturalmente.

[robertanico]

Accidenti, qui sono arrivata tardi, il commento di bodiloto non c'era già più...Inveiva di nuovo contro Raimondi?

[blichilde]

@robertanico Naturalmente sì.

[cleanears]

A TRUE bass!

[7SaveEurope]

My favorite Oper and Furtwängler!

5*****

[JoshuaMazur]

Boy, that was VERY heavy handed in the orchestra. wow...

[gallitonc]

A superb rendition, by a superb and supreme artist!

[pitsinokaki]

The best Don Giovanni for me.

[mathpianist93]

so...this is where the final stretch of Liszt's Don Juan is derived from...Interesting!

[Dogaradodia]

Certified Intergalactic! The best "Finch'han dal vino" on YT.

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Dogaradodia wow! bravo/a

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Dogaradodia agree!

[liric01994]

in che anno é stato fatto?

[anzolettilino]

@liric01994 nel 1954,è un remake della versione del 1953, con elisabeth schwarzkopf nel ruolo di elvira, qui interpretata da lisa della casa, e il commendatore di raffaele arie è sostituito da quello di ester. mentre gli altri cantanti sono gli stessi della versione del 1953.

[serialgamerhell]

Cesare Siepi est le meilleur Don Giovanni

qui est jamais existé. Même si le tempo est ici très lent, Siepi reste un Grand Seigneur.

[lullybasblancs]

wow...sieppe could really pull off wearing tights!

[Urineculture]

Who in the hell removed the Samuel Ramey version ? It was on U-Tube a few weeks ago !

[BenFigueroa04]

Finch'han dal vino calda la testa, una gran festa fa preparar! Se trovi in piazza qualche ragazza, teco ancor quella cerca menar. Senza alcun' ordine la danza sia ch'il minuetto chi la follia, chi l'alemanna farai ballar! ch'il minuetto farai ballar chi la follia farai ballar, chi l'alemanna farai ballar. Ed io frattanto dall'altro canto, con questa e quella vo' amoreggiar! Ah, la mia lista doman mattina d' una decina devi aumentar!

[gunmenow]

the champagne didn't influence his voice at all?

[neronnenn]

che bella e sensuale, da aristocratico vero, l'erre moscia di Cesare Siepi, magnifico in quella parte

[polloloco26]

Recent research indicates that it should NOT be fast, in fact the René Jacobs DG with Johannes Weisser is even slower. It has to do with the way the acting is supposed to be carried out by Leporello while DG sings. There has been a lot of talk about it lately.

[SFOtter]

Such research is sketchy at best, and performance art lives and breathes outside of academia anyway. Whether or not it was slow or fast in Mozart's day is irrelevant to today's audience. The text, in Karl Boehm's opinion, was the best way to gauge the tempo. I've heard everal Don's over the decades, and Siepi's remains one of the finest ever.

[wotan3000]

Definitely performance varies by taste and ability.

If someone sounds gangbusters singing it slowly - do it slowly. Same if fast works.

This is one of the hardest things ever put to paper/ear to sing. So however it works best for the performer should make the decision.

Nowadays with such weak voices and dodgy techniques - spit the thing out - blame the tempo for the terrible vowels and breathlessness and move on to the rest of the opera.

[SFOtter]

right on! Research suggests the role was originally written for a singer of dubious vocal quality, perhaps explaining the less lyrical nature of his music, but i would agree, there is more than one way to approach such a role. I've heard it sung live by James Morris, Dmitri Hvorostovksy (sp?) and Ingvar Wixell , enjoying each performance on its own merits.

[marcmo2004]

Siepi in Don Giovanni is at the level of Pavarotti or Caruso: he is one of the very few singers able to electrify people with his magnificent voice.

[SuperZorrolover]

@marcmo2004 great comment!

[Francesco7707]

@marcmo2004 Siepi=1298745691478918723456 Pavarotti Caruso=1298745691478918723456 Pavarotti

Siepi e Caruso= God!

[Ethratian]

First of all I'd like to say that Cesare Siepi was one of the greatest basses who ever lived.

In my opinion this aria is conducted too slow, although I know that Furtwängler was one of the greatest conductors in history.

I've posted a performance by Eberhard Wächter which is so far the best performance of this aria which I know, although it's really hard to decide on Siepi or Wächter. In my opinion they're the greatest Don's that ever lived.

[Selkaen]

I've listened to the Wächter performance. I like it as well, but I still prefer Wächter as Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro. With Fischer-Dieskau he's the greatest Count I know.

[dtpac]

Check out Samuel Ramey's take on this "Champagne Aria." Don't think it's posted on YT. It's from Vienna 1987 with Karajan conducting and is available on DVD. Ramey's performance blows away all others and he sings it like it's supposed to be sung - FAST. Your mind will change about Siepe and Wachter once you see Ramey.

[Ethratian]

Are you sure that it's from Vienna? My parents watched Ramey as Don Giovanni at the Salzburg Festival and i think it was in 1987 too.

But of course Samuel Ramey is one of the best singers who ever lived.

[dtpac]

Salzburg, you're right. Best Don Giovanni ever.

[marcmo2004]

Ramey performance may be fantastic too. It is a pity that this is not posted on YT. There is the "commendatore" and "da ci darem la mano" scenes from the same recording, that are excellent. However, please do not say "Ramey's performance blows away all others". This dowplays Siepi and Wachter performances; this is ridiculous.

[dtpac]

Again, I still believe that Ramey's singing blows away all others. Think what you like. That's what I think.

[marcmo2004]

"Think what you like" OK

[marcmo2004]

I couldn't manage to put the link on YT. But to listen to Ramey's performance, go to virginmega and listen to extracts of the 1992 CD. Fabulous. Though I don't know if this is really this 1987 performance (or the same performance).

[Selkaen]

I do have a video of the 1987 performance with Ramey. His voice is fine but he has some small diction problems (especially singing "finch'han dal vino calda la testa")

[Vincenzo2010an]

@Selkaen what? he is the best with this.

[liszt80]

Yes is slow, that must be Presto. Agree

[canafinwe]

His vitality is incredible!

[mercedezrj]

muy bueno :P

[poolatkigali]

The most beautiful bass voice in Opera.