Le Nozze di Figaro - Finale

[jrjorgensen2519]

Like most postings of Figaro on youtube, this poster has also failed to credit the Basilio in this scene. Very disappointing.

[XJackAlmostTooMuchX]

Some people are so narrow-minded. I thought the staging was inspired!

[disneylandman66]

This production is f*cking criminal. Off with their heads! Nothing like sucking all the joy and light out of Mozart's crown jewel.

[Borzoi86]

Good singing here with Roschmann being the clear standout but the horrible, quirky staging ruined much of the pleasure that usually pours forth from this matchless score.

[ChristoEtEcclesiae]

He's superb... she's not.

[willworkforwages]

Anybody got a flashlight?

[PatriciaPaulAZ]

Very different!

[truvianni]

the stage is original to say the least

[alcina69]

Hmmmm, I'm no expert in opera but this is beautiful. I do love love this setting to (no silly costumes) Thanks for the upload

[johnnytheslider]

Poorly ripped - apalling sound

And what on earth is Harnoncourt doing to the tempi?

A waste of 7 minutes of my life.

[XoF3aRxHaT3DxTi]

le nozze di figaro its about a comedy opera,..i really scare when figaro put a knife in cherubino´s face ,, i dont like it, ,, the scenography , tempos and all about this production... i love it with roxana potenza like sussana and company

[Docaroo]

I really don't agree with Harnoncourt's molesting of the tempos here... it is very clear what the tempos should be, and the intended effect of each piece is lost with Harnoncourt's over "interpretation" and mis-paced use of artistic licence.

The tempos are not great, and the lacklustre applause at the Finale echoes in the crowd my own feelings about this production....

[drawkward86]

I don't know how to defend the fact that I'm fascinated by this production. I totally understand all the negative comments. The tempi are ridiculous and the singing suffers big time. But staging Figaro as tragedy appeals to me. I feel the same way about Cosi. It's not hard to see this opera as a domestic tragedy... they do and say some truly awful things to each other. Cherubino, as this production highlights, is the only real innocent, which is why he has to die before he, too, is corrupted.

[HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaNo]

3:53 onwards for the good bit from 'Amadeus'

[49bobbyk]

Good singers. Lousy staging. Why is it necessary to let some productions get so far out there with their staging? Like setting the Ring cycle in New York City. Silly. At least the music is as grand as it gets.

[Pavlelalos]

This count is yelling like a horse!

[roberto20]

@Pavlelalos Yell till you're hoarse, not like a horse

[90lysander]

Roschmann's "Piu docile io sono" is great.

Everything else ... meh.

[Wamofan]

This clip should be deleted due to the awful production in such an horrible sound quality.

[Denuhm]

sorry this production is like wtf?! xD

[zralokvemigraci]

i'm sorry but still I find the met'99 version the best I've seen so far ... it's simply fun... and more natural than this...

[operagirl81]

What in the........ I don't know what else to say. I'm too confused!!! My favorite Mozart ending turned into... into... ahhhh!!! All to painful. Must..go...watch...something normal!!

[psalmtone2008]

Could the tempo be slower? Jeez...no urgency at all...and Skovhus has to shout.

[Kjevois]

I don't understand that kind of vision to make this opera. So bad

[Thraikios]

Could someone please explain the ending? What's the deal with the angel and why does Cherubino falls???

[IrinaMataevaSucks]

Traviata - Ms. Netrebko displayed ample power, coloratura bravura with a marvelous tone Having recently heard Natalie Dessay sing Sempre Libera at the Met Gala, one was impressed by the legato nature of Netrebko's portray in contrast to Dessay's intentional staccato, fragmented phrasing interpretation. Having also seen photos of Fleming in her current Violetta at the ROH, one can only marvel at Netrebko's resilience, endurance and commitment to bel canto opera.

[diradour]

tout à fait daccord avec isabelle070209

[isabelle070209]

Juste c'est quoi cette mise en scène? Les noces n'ont pas à être "moderniser". Mozart se suffit à lui même.

[MyPasteque]

Le son est une horreur !

[robertanico]

It seem to me a horror movie

[leoperarm]

I so HATE this production!

[Wamofan]

Unfortunately the clip has poor sound quality.

[nickdane1414]

Been interesting to read the comments to this and other clips from the same performance. I will not join into a fight over which singer is the better, but must say that the it grows on me. Apart from the music and singing I find the production leave a fantastic room for the acting. Saw the whole production last weekend and loved it. Even if I also found the cherub peculiar to begin with I find it an ok addition. This spring I saw another modern production. The acting also worked brilliantly.

[DemonTaoist]

Who the eff cast Netrebko as Susanna? Most random casting ever...

[TedMichaelMorgan]

No, she is great in the role. Why this constant attack on this great singer and actor? Enough. She nails this role.

If you find fault, explain what that fault is. Say why you find her wrong for the role.

[DemonTaoist]

Constant attack on her because she's boring as shit. She's obviously got a phenomenal voice, but it's as though it's hooked up to an opera robot. No soul. I don't hate her, but I think if she weren't model-gorgeous, she would be wouldn't be the superstar that she is.

Anyway, Susanna is a soubrette role, Netrebko is a full lyric (or something), that's why I said the casting was random. It's like whoever cast it was like, "hey she's famous! Eeny meeny miny.. Susanna!"

[TheOnlyOriginalKebim]

this production is crap.

[waseen71]

3:51-4:46 sublime moments. :*)

[mshellnj]

That is all fine and good about the Angel- but it is all BS!!! I'm sorry - Mozart and DaPonte were really smart guys - You all need to see this entire production...it is absurd!!!

[thurshus]

...nothing like this!!!!

[BassGK]

I love that song! it`s brilliant

[TedMichaelMorgan]

The recording I hear is flawed.

[thurshus]

forgive me, too!

great Mozart!

[LordRandallFan]

What happened to Cherubino at the end? Awful production, by the way...

[ernestalba]

One of my favorites.

[g4thz]

My interpretation is that the little angel man represents the power that love has to lead people astray. Well, at the end, everyone is where they should be. They've renewed their committments to true and pure love... all except Cherubino. He's the only one the angel can still effect.

[LordRandallFan]

Thanks for replying.

[TedMichaelMorgan]

The power of love to heal as well. I have a friend who says that Greek got it wrong; English got it right; love is one word. I think at De Ponte and Mozart knew that.

[MarxBakuninMe]

Mozart was one bad ass genius.

[jazzychica85]

in any production, the start when the count asks for forgiveness always breaks me heart. the first three chords of "contessa".

[ernestalba]

watch?v=Gx8lOyVe3ac

[jazzychica85]

oh wow. that was fantastic. thank you ernestalba.

[TedMichaelMorgan]

When the theologian Karl Barth complained to his friend Rudolf Bultmann about Bultmann;s theology, Bultman quoted the request for forgiveness from the opera and Barth replied with the Countess's lyric.

This is a great theological opera. :-D

[napsuta]

My sentiments too.

I am not surpirsed that the melodic line the contessa sings is the major theme in the film Amadeus.

[samuraitaliano77]

This is an awful version of "Le Nozze". And not because the modern setting. With the exception of Netrebko and sometimes Röschman, all the other members of the cast seem to be students on their final test. Specially the count: the worst Almaviva the world has heard.

[samuraitaliano77]

BTW: What's that stupid pseudo-angel doing on stage? And why Cherubino dies at the end? Neither Da Ponte nor Mozart wrote anything like that.

Ah, and Harnoncourt mauled the score. He conducts as slow as a turtle and even Klemperer would beat him in a speed contest. Stay away from this "Nozze". Is poisonous.

[awest2006]

Actually, Cherubino does die in the final play by Beaumarchais that this opera was based on (Barber of Seville comes first, then this one, and Guilty Mother is the last play). Cherubino dies in battle after having an illegitimate child with the Countess. Weird, I know, but maybe that's what they're alluding to here?

[KatherineXIX]

Disagree: Netrebko DOES sound like a student. D'arcangelo, Schaefer, and MacLaughlin do not.

Agree: Roschmann is great, staging sucks, and Almaviva is awful.

[Rory1956]

@KatherineXIX

And Harnoncourt's tempi suck too!

[HeidelbergSoprano]

@KatherineXIX 14 people who liked this comment are obviously part of this chick's fellow ban of failed singers who couldn't sing like Anna who obviously DOESN'T sing like a student, but the the world renowned soprano many love :)

[ayuprnkcller]

The ambience and interpretation of the singers are completely off.

When the Count sings the "perdono" section, he is singing as if his forgiveness is a given, and gives a rather ungenuine performance.

Also, the countess does not express her true forgiveness through her facial expression, her voice and singing

i would say this is one of the worse interpretations of the opera i've seen

[annaopsekop]

dorothea roschmann is such a fat ugly hog and she sounds like a dying hyena

[elias12186]

So true! My butt can sing better than she does after I've eaten enough broccoli.

[g4thz]

Don't be mean.

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Are you guys from Milano?

[AlejandraDark]

i love deeply the min 4:18- who is the singer?

[FuechschenAlt]

She´s called Dorothea Roeschmann, she´s really wonderful, you´ll find more here!

[AlejandraDark]

thank you, you are very kind!

[TimonyErt03]

This is THE best video of Le Nozze di Figaro I have EVER seen!!!! EVER!!!!! :)

[ilduce565]

ok well netrebko on top of d'arcangelo was the sexiest thing I have ever seen

[Ethratian]

The two best performances I know are these:

Karajan, Kunz, Seefried, London, Schwarzkopf, Jurinac

Solti, Ramey, Te Kanawa, Allen, Popp, van Stade, Moll

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Good choices. I like a couple of performances from the 50s.

[Ethratian]

I watched this performance nine times because I worked at the Salzburg Festival and it was interesting. The singers were good, some of them very good (Schäfer, D'Arcangelo).

Harnoncourt tried his own way and in my opinion his is much more better than many others (including the - in my opinion - horrible one of Harding from 2007).

I didn't like the stage although it was sometimes funny.

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Harnoncourt, like many conductors from his time, is well educated. He is a musicologist. Some trained as linguists , Gardner studied Arabic. They know the history of music. They are acquainted with the history of ideas. They know the history of the times from which works emerged .intervals from which the music emerged. They are an impressive lot. They also dont take a lot of nonsense from self-important devotees of opera. Harcourt writes well. His essays reward the reade

[yulisaaa]

El angel esta bueno y no es mala ocurrencia..si lo demas no fuera tan nefasto..

[heidegger2000]

QUE VERSION TAN HORRIBLE: pOBRE MOZART!!!!

[Rapicienta]

Lo mismo pienso,

[liyzette]

By the way, it would've been nice to post the whole scene, slapping included.. it's all nicely done. Although I'm not a fan of the entire stage directing. As someone else said around here, there are things I like and things I dislike in this production.

[liyzette]

I love the fact that they don't look at each other during the "pace, pace, mio dolce tesoro" part. It makes the situation and the sudden release of tension even more meaningful, as does the way they draw closer to each other, again, without looking.

This is in response to KatherineXIX, but since my response comments don't usually get where they should, I had to mention.

[TedMichaelMorgan]

Yes, good observation.

[olympicfreak678]

Ok that is one of many errors that are in this production. Not to mention Aprite, presto, aprite being incredibly slow like a funeral march; Susanna, Cherubino, and the Contessa kissing each other during Venite iginiochiatevi (sorry, don't know how ot spell it), and so much more. There is just too many mistakes. It is so bad.

[norcalrobbie2]

I regret that I have to agree with you. I have a TREMENDOUS amount of respect of Harnoncourt. Few people have pioneered in the field of Historically Informed Practice as much as he has. But his Figaro is bothersome. The staging aside, the conducting is oftentimes at odds with the libretto and the plot.

[olympicfreak678]

I personally admire his work with the "opera-movie" producer, Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, in Mozart's "Mitridate, Re di Ponto". I just adore Ponnelle's work and it is always a magnificent job.

[KatherineXIX]

WTF? Once again, did this director understand the libretto at all? Why would Susanna and Figaro sing "pace, pace, mio dolce tesoro" when they weren't even looking at each other? The staging is comically bad.

[ScotchyMcDewars1979]

No he didn't. I'm glad you caught that. I was watching it and thinking the same thing! Then I scrolled down and saw your comment and was like, "I AM RIGHT!" LOL. Kudos to you for figuring it out too.