Cosi Fan Tutte (1) Overture + E la fede delle femmine

[grammyat50]

I played Oboe in HS and in college!! I was lucky enough, even though I was not a Music Major to play 1st {and only} oboe for this opera!!!!!

[Makabra1039]

Amazing music Mozart is my favourite composer ever. I will see 'Cosi fan tutte' tomorrow and I can't wait!

[eliyaguy]

e la fede 07:09

[eliyaguy]

la mia dorabella: 4:26

[eliyaguy]

this is such a wonderful contribution to Utyub! I am listening to it and watching it again and again, and am so delighted about it! tonight hope to get tickets to a concert performance of Cosi, in Tel Aviv, conducted by the great Avner Biron, and next week I am lecturing about the hidden complexity of the 'social' message of Cosi". thanks elias from eli.

[diegocvcv]

wow, closest your going to get to perfect

[400Aesa]

Is this I. Perlman conducting with the afro ? This guy needs a haircut more than ever.

[chocotastic]

@400Aesa No.... it's James Levine.........



[werq34ac]

@400Aesa There's a video somewhere on youtube with BOTH of them performing together.. quite confusing

[devilxhlywood]

Can't wait to see this opera in Los Angeles later this year.



[IAmMediocreAtBest]

I get chills every time I hear this excerpt. There is something very moving and capturing about this piece. I remember the first time I heard this, I think I scared a few fellow commuters, as I was flailing around quite excessively.

[olivesandhoney]

Without wishing to sound like a character in Peter Schaffer's play Amadeus I have to say this is delightful, allowing a fresh perspective from my loved if ancient Bohm, Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Taddei on EMI. Thankyou for posting.

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Sometimes I think it even finer than the other two operas! The music is certainly the best of the three.

[michaels7]

I agree with elias12186 that this is a great opera. So many spine tingling moments

in Mozart, but in the overture, from 0:19-31. Wow.

[joboy1992jesto]

the playfulness at 1:26 to 1:30 makes me smile so muchh.. Mozart = best opera writer everr

[diddy315]

I've played this in Portugal...what a great piece of art...

[akudaikangongoro]

Maestro Levine isn't a great conductor for symphonies and other orchestral works.

But he is one of the greatest opera conductors after the WWII.

His MET sound is colorful & dramatic.

I can't believe he wasn't chosen as a music director of the Wiener Staatsoper in 2002.

[Mozart2you]

Brilliant performance...Thank you for the upload

[mrskinoti]

OH, finally I found these clips! elias12186 you're so great! I was looking for the MET production!

[tobidre]

one of world's best conductors

[inmytime007]

the set is ooooooo so bad.

[tobidre]

brain demage

[Josefk40]

the overture is excelent but the opera itself did not convince me too much. I just saw the performance yesterday.

[elias12186]

Its the 3rd best Mozart opera! Which makes it the 3rd best opera ever written!

[Josefk40]

Sure; the opera is wonderful but the performance was not so great, except some parts

[alilapointe1]

goes without saying ;D

[KatherineXIX]

@elias12186 This one is actually my favorite Mozart opera. The beautiful, out-of-this-world music and ensemble writing more than makes up for the incredibly stupid plot!

[kangoos2000]

@elias12186 NO! IT IS MY FAVORITE

[zegermans750]

@elias12186 guessing don giovanni 1 figaro 2?

[JamesraynorII]

@elias12186 mozart is great but i prfer french opera

charles gounod-FASUT

bizet-CARMEN

[LordMgls]

@elias12186 one of these days some of you guys could spend some time explaining me what is so special in Mozart's music. I remind when I was little I liked his music, but since I've made acquaintance with more modern music (I mean from Beethoven on, specially from the early years of the 20th century), Mozart's music only seems like metrically and melodically perfect music. And it frequently annoys me :\

[devilxhlywood]

@LordMgls . there's nothing that could be said here that would improve on the statements by his peers and progeny. wagner, chopin, tchaikovsky, rossini, etc etc, take your pick really. if you don't appreciate no big deal. personally i've never seen the appeal in the works of verdi and puccini.

[dlwangxiaohu]

@elias12186 which of his opera rank the first and second?

[elias12186]

@dlwangxiaohu

1) Figaro

2) Don G.

[badbit]

@elias12186 I would reverse that order, but close enough.

[devilxhlywood]

@badbit I can't even rank one over the other, in my eyes figaro is the most consist masterpiece ever written, while don giovanni at it's finest moments has no equal.

[Mark0z4]

@devilxhlywood I agree completely with your opinion!

[nizzaz]

@elias12186 Skip all the tenor passages in Don G. and the order is reversed, though ;)

[jfbecks17]

Where does Flute figure in your list? I personally place Cosi behind Flute, (and also behind Clemenza and Idomeneo) still like it, though.

[kipkerriesoep]

@elias12186 il barbier or le nozze?

[MrGERSTER97]

@elias12186 I must say I prefer the Magic Flute. So my ranking would be:

1. The Magic Flute

2. Cosi fan tutte

3. Don Giovanni

4. Figaro's Wedding

Well, that's how I think, but of course, they are all great and can't actually be compared!

[foupoisson]

@dlwangxiaohu

i think the first goes to DG, for its complete combination of metaphor, erotica, sarcasm, fable, terror, above all, fate, everything you need know about drama. i used to love Figaro the most, but recently, i rediscovered the sheer beauty of Cosi, Figaro is a heart-warming play, beautiful of course. but Cosi is very delicate and the most sensual beautiful one among the Da Ponte Triology, This is only an opinion of my personal taste. Thank you, our dear friend, Elias12186

[gafourov]

@elias12186

Figaro, Don Giovanni, Mitridate, Fluete, How can?

[fiandrhi]

@Josefk40 The overture is really a marvel...glad you like it. For my money, this is equivalent in quality to Don Giovanni and Nozze. Just my opinion. I believe its current lesser reputation is due in part to the fact that it was neglected in former times because of what was considered risque subject matter. Many thanks to elias12186 for making this incredible performance available here! I am very grateful!

[kangoos2000]

@Josefk40 no cosi is the most beautiful

[ligth95]

this overture is great ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ is beauty, and very joying

[bshark88]

oh man, this conductor is a laugh. i love his expressions:)

[Baccalaureus79]

It's James Levine, isn't it - one of the world's best and most famous conductors.

[CSteveOboe88]

That overture was played beautifully! So crisp and amazing technique! Very clean =) I looooooove Mozart

[AllanSluis]

MANY THANKS! Best live opera performance I've ever seen (and heard) on television! I wish this gets released on DVD sometime. Been trying to find it since '96.

Much appreciated!

[lucyliesinashes]

AHhhhhh three of the best men on earth! *swoon*! (Croft is a good Don Alfonso in his own rite, too!)

[rossmcl177]

Very good, lively start to this performance - can't wait to see the rest of it. It makes me sad to see Jerry Hadley though, especially on such good form. :(

[MrCafiero]

What year is this from?

[hillevifan]

I believe it was 1996

[mutewoman]

I really wanted to stay away from Cosi for a while, but - I just can't :)

[LilliVanessi]

Are you going to upload all of this?? That would be sooo great, you know I adore Susanne Mentzer and Thomas Allen!

Didn't you say you didn't know Susanne Mentzer?

[elias12186]

I guess now I do :)

I will upload act 1, someone else will do act 2, so it will all be here.

[hillevifan]

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG i've been waiting forever to hear this- Carol Vaness is one of my Favs!!! I got to meet her last yr and she was THE nicest person..

[elias12186]

*hillevifan had an orgasm*

[hillevifan]

or it could be called a "carolvanessgasm" i guess :)

[mutewoman]

Di pasta simile son tutti quanti!!