Ferruccio Furlanetto "La Calumnia" Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Calunnia

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Non mi piace e rimpiango Giulio Neri che da bambino mi ha veramente affascinato e che in seguito ho potuto più volte ammirare. Egli era un perfetto Don Basilio per voce e per canto!

[quarantsei1]

LA CALUNNIA, please.

[frankmaiorana66]

I have always loved this man's voice since I became familiar with his work. I first heard him in th 83 Met Don Carlo production as the Grand Inquisitor. When I first heard him, I thought it was either Giorgio Tozzi or Fernando Corena. I love basses and baritones with that deep rich sound like their mouth is closed halfway.

[Marina65610]

Бесподобный , Великолепный Ферруччо !!!

[Fiumita]

Excelente!!!! Mejor interpretación imposible!!!!

[Sieglinde84]

I bet this is Moriarty's other favourite besides La gazza ladra.

Awesome Furlanetto is awesome.

[MrCurryFan]

@Sieglinde84 Ferruccio like a boss

[anzolettilino]

Milujem tento vzduch, bravissimo!

[VILLAGGIOBREDA]

bravissimo

[Lunt1557]

Questo me lo voglio sposare...

[stefpatras]

Η ΣΥΚΟΦΑΝΤΙΑ (la Calumnia)

Μ’ ένα αγέρι που μας δροσίζει, με τον μπάτη που μας κοιμίζει….

..μοιάζει η συκοφαντία, στην αρχή χωρις μανία….

…αρχινάει…αρχινάει να φυσά!!!

[jamofjarr]

This video makes me want to marry him. oh my god. hahhaaha

[Sieglinde84]

Wonderful. Furlanetto is a real chameleon, totally convincing, be it a comic villain or a lonely tyrant...

[artazgo1]

 ¡Very bood!

[Alvamir]

Great. This is one of the best arias of the Barbieri. Highly descriptive music

[AWheelss]

he forgot the text on 2:34 but still is a excellent version

[MrCurryFan]

@AWheelss uhm i don't know, also cesare siepi says three times "un tremoto un temporale", instead of two times that and "un tumulto generale" once. maybe are there two versions?

[Fiumita]

El mejor Basilio es Furlanetto, no hay dudas

[86rish]

... youtube.com/watch?v=zAXSTJ8khP­s  .....

[86rish]

Anyone who glosses over Furlantto's GREAT character acting by focusing on his good looks NEEDS to watch him as Sparafucile in Rigoletto (DVD by Jean-Pierre Ponelle). He's hideous, and perfect. He's not just a piece of meat, or a pretty boy - lol...he's got a REALLY malleable face...unfortunately, this clip may be some of his worst acting: he's unsteady and seems to care too much about his cute little looks to the camera. As if he's struggling to follow the camera around..overacting just a BIT

[perpieta]

@86rish Oh yes, he's great in those Ponnelle films, Rigoletto and also Cosi Fan Tutte. His performance here is not really geared for film (though I really like watching this and I even bought the DVD because of this clip)--it probably worked better for the stage. And guess what, he'll be back as Basilio at the Met next season!

[BorisGodunov]

I'm just not a fan of Furlanetto's natural voice--it's too woolly for my tastes. However, I can definitely appreciate his vocal skill and his dramatic artistry here. He's unquestionably quite entertaining to watch!

[inchiavedido]

grande furlanetto!!!

[Vanchy58]

Asombroso cantante bajo y maravillosa interpretacion de Don Basilio nos ha dado el maestro Furlanetto bravo !!!

[luisamiller]

Un comédien génial dans un rôle de composition; Basilio est méchant et rusé à souhait comme on aime le voir. Mr Furlanetto est irréprochablescéniquement et vocalement encore que la voix soit encore assez jeune

[leporello56]

such a fantastic performance!!

[Vincenzo2010an]

BRAVO! WOW.

[MaxwellsDemon9]

[continued} but also saw sporadic anti-Jewish violence, though I am not aware of any incidents in Rossini's Italy. If you deny that religious and ethnic persecution of Jews was a fact of European life through the middle of the 20th century, then I suggest you crack the history books! Again thank you for the explanation. Ferruccio looks like a noble (Giovanni), king (Phillip), or nice guy (Leporello), not a crass scheming low-life (or creepy priest)!

[MaxwellsDemon9]

Why do they mess with his nose? Did the librettist - with typical European anti-Semitism - suggest that the scheming Basilio was Jewish - and then further suggest that a Jewish character must have a big nose? Honestly, why do they mess with his nose? He has a prosthetic nose in the Met DVD too.

[EuSuntVoievodVlad]

@MaxwellsDemon9 No anti-semitism; Don Basilio is frequently depicted as a priest -even if the libretto doesn't give any hint of him being one- because of a light-hearted anti-clerical tradition in Barbiere performing history. A big nose is a common device to make a character look unsimpathetic, ugly and ridiculous, My opinion is you should be more careful before accusing a whole continent of being anti-something...

[MaxwellsDemon9]

@EuSuntVoievodVlad Thank you, it is as I suspected, Furlanetto is too handsome to play an unsavory character! Anyway, no-one accused contemporary Europe of anti- anything, and please please don't pretend that I did. I was speaking of the anti-S.-ism prevalent in the Europe of Sterbini, and if you didn't understand that, you should have read more carefully. The first half of the 19th century saw a decline in Anti-Jewish attitudes and the acquisition of equal rights by Jews,

[rconstantine211]

@MaxwellsDemon9 even with that getup and fake nose furlanetto is the handsomest, sexiest,funniest singer. why wasn't he figaro?

[BorisGodunov]

@rconstantine211 Because Rossini's Figaro is written for a baritone and would be too high for a bass...

[86rish]

@MaxwellsDemon9 Furlanetto is NOT too handsome to play an unsavory character. What a strange observation, especially since you describe his Don Giovanni as 'noble' and Leporello as a 'nice guy'. Obviously the point of Don Giovanni (or Don Juan in general) is that he's dissolute. Leporello is almost as bad; Da Ponte's (Mozart's librettist here) Leporello is driven by money and the hope that he get residual 'tail' by following his master around...

[86rish]

[continued]...and you literally said "typical European anti-Semitism" - that's hardly the same as saying "the Europe of Sterbini". And a fake nose should not automatically suggest Jewish ethnicity - maybe that's YOUR pre-disposition/discrimination ;) The nose is to add to the ridiculousness of Basilio's character (as EuSuntVoievodVlad pointed out), and if Rossini's (and Mozart's) Basilio is anything, it's ridiculous....

[86rish]

Given the plot, and the history of music in 19th-century European culture, it makes TOTAL sense for Basilio to be seen as a priest. He's ultra-connected in a fairly parochial town, he's obviously in pretty high society since he's Bartolo's factotum/buddy. And the KEY is that he teaches music to that high society. From the plot, we know that Bartolo is super-protective of Rosina (won't let her see or talk to anyone), so a priest makes a good choice for a non-sexualized teacher...

[86rish]

[continued]. Music began in churches/monasteries. Priests were ALL taught music (lived with it really) and frequently served as music teachers. It's not just an anti-clerical choice. It's a parody of the times, and it just so happens that such a parody has an anti-clerical message. Basilio is exactly the sort that Bartolo would want to teach Rosina music, and that's the only reason that "Don Alonso" (Almaviva) is able to give her a music lesson...

[86rish]

[continued]....it has become a performance tradition though, as Vlad points out. Especially in England...if you watch Robert Lloyd (English bass), you'll see much the same. His (Covent Garden?) performance features almost exactly the same costume, and instead of pulling out a recorder at the climax, Lloyd pulls out an umbrella which he starts spinning(!)

[MaxwellsDemon9]

Most adorable opera singer ever!

[amoxtlacatl]

In piu di un attore straordinario, quest'aria bisogna un cantante cui voce sia un vero "colpo di canone" - e ne abbiamo tutto questo qui.

Bravo, Ferruccio!

[gkopij]

Amazing performance!!

[operabcn]

I love sleeping tempos in Rossini, this conductor I think is Cambreling has no idea about what means opera buffa.

[JeannineAnne]

Such a powerful voice live!! You can feel the vibrations from his voice!! I love him so much!

[VideoMNTR]

I agree - as if chest is the resonance chamber of a double bass.

You might like to know that Furlanetto will be in two great works at the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center in New York in the upcoming 2010/2011 season.

[prodesica]

Mitico Furlanetto!!!

[YITZCHAKMG]

after watching this great scene, Furlanetto is now my favorite barotone.

[zegermans750]

He's a bass yo

[candidnt]

Wherever he goes when he dies, that is where I want to be.

(And bless you to dickens for posting this. I have wanted this for YEARS.)

[smurfmama2020]

He acts with his voice, actually changing like a chameleon for each part. Just out of this world

[RossiaAngel]

Great!!! So funny! :)

[papagena92]

agree!

[clarksc1988]

Man. Listen to those reverberations at 3:12.

[LifeJuice90]

Greatest Opera Singer EVER

[Llanychan]

Ideally suited to this role - let's hope he can do it all again in London this month!

[attarico]

He did!

[andreiplugulet]

louis de funes in das gaizige von moliere...mit gekrümmten finden nach dem graben im garten....don basilio ist eine alte schachtel gierig und gemein aber auch schwach wie jeder mensch...sieh den louis de funes oder echte alte schulde der oper du schaspieler cow boy...nimmt die kühe und bring sie auch auf der bühne um zu melken in hintengrund

[andreiplugulet]

hey du colwn

don basilio ist eine comische oper figur aber kein clown

sein geiz und naid und seine perversen gedanken machen ihn lächerlich durch das menschliche verhalten...

clowns....die stimme ist sehr schön bravo

der schauspieler der diese stimme mimiert ist eine katastrofe

[meluzyna55]

Bravissimo!

[enniomostarda]

Il crescendo nel testo!!!

solo Rossini!!

[kupikur]

Great voice and acting!

[BethDiane]

Not only is the singing excellent, but the acting is priceless! Look at that manic gleam in his eyes!

Why isn't he better known as a comediam?

[teachertenor]

Estupendo Maestro Ferruccio Furlanetto!

[KatherineXIX]

Bravo! He looks totally different, but you can tell it's him...

[Dogaradodia]

Bravo, Furlanetto! Precious video!