Largo al factotum della città - Peter Mattei

[alpha754293]

The prestissimo section is like Italian rap. Except. Better. INFINITELY better!!!

[giopemat]

Povero Figaro e povero Rossini, in che mani sono finiti! Mi sembra di rivedere un patetico istrione di provincia per di più vocalmente scomposto e musicalmente banale! E questo baldo giovane inaugura la stagione alla Scala con Don Giovanni? Mah!

[miseriamia]

@giopemat certo, lui inaugura la scala, a genova panerai canta a 87 anni (bene per carita') ma togliendo spazio al nuovo, ai giovani e soprattutto a chi merita..

baritoni come carroli invece non si sentono piu' poiche' scomodi per questi burattini qui che sembrano capre tanto belano..

[miseriamia]

@giopemat e naturalmente bocelli viene presentato da fazio come l'erede di caruso, gigli e pavarotti..

[Baritanist]

He doesn't have any core. He is singing like a pop singer. It sounds mic'd to me as well. It has nothing to do with opera. His vibrato also flutters all the time. LOL! PATHETIC! He is a PATHETIC TENOR with a bad technique, that's why he sings baritone.

[saintsaens21]

@Baritanist your comment is, so help me Gioachino, pathetic.

[Caruso342]

@Baritanist You have managed to be completely wrong, well done sir! He's a lyric baritone with a very agile voice. You might not like it, which is fine. Personally, I think he's better than most baritones around today. There's no microphone though, and he definitely has core. His vibrato is fast, but steady. If either of those weren't in place, he couldn't do a portamento down from the g like that. You might think he sounds like a tenor since he makes this high, difficult aria sound so easy.

[giuliasantilli]

Peter Mattei è fantastico..da vedere nel Don Giovanni di Mozart per la regia di Peter Brook!!

[ChrisStockslager]

The way he just whizzes through the unwritten runs starting at 4:14 is astounding! Not even Merrill could do them that smooth!! Excellent excellent baritone, and really the only modern one besides Pablo Elvira who can keep up with the golden age era baritones. :)

[thesir27]

3:09 he barks!

[greatwarcate]

At 3:18 when Mattei swings that chair around he almost hits that guy in front of him! For a split second you can see a moment of almost panic on Mattei's face and he has to jump backwards a bit to avoid hitting the guy! Quite funny. But well saved Mattei!

[chrzanowianin]

trzy najlepsze role operowe aktorskie:

1. garanca - carmen

2. mattei - figaro

3. stratas - violetta

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[walterzum]

@chrzanowianin 4. Florez - Conte d'Almaviva

[Lightstrikers]

WoW that's the most egotistic interpretation .

[Lenusha2004]

yes, it's very impressive and VERY FIGARO singer, love it!

[Houzay168]

So full of himself, eh? Just like the Figaro I imagined.

[utahdan23]

Oh,I have to add he's very handsome.

[utahdan23]

He's the best Figaro I heard.I'm verry happy he'll be back at Met.

[oshadak]

Took me three or four times to realise it was JDF at the beginning -___-

[RB69q]

non vorrei mai essere nelle sue condizioni xD

il "per carità" non fa pensare bene XD

ma il tipo è spagnolo?

[RB69q]

non vorrei mai essere nelle sue condizioni xD

il "per carità" non fa pensare bene XD

[MrOpera67]

I had a recording of his Radio Brodcast and used to listen to this version all the time! I actually like that he didn't go for the high A as most modern Baritones like Gunn don't sing the whole entire part anyway. But what a beautiful voice and a good interpretation.

[notanotheraccount]

Wish he hadn't skipped that next-to last "de la citta". Loses so much momentum going into the last one with the high sustained note. Otherwise totally awesome.

[raigekimaru]

I half expected them to be feeding him grapes. what a bad ass entrance. Figaro is the shit and he knows it, especially Peter's interpretation. he should have ended up with Rosina instead of Lindoro. Peter and Joyce had much better chemistry anyway.

PS: Even if I don't care for his voice, I can admit that JDF is a great singer. still, Peter is way more bad ass.

[operagirl53]

WOW!  He is totally Figaro! Great voice, great actor, and great production! Thanks for the video!

[gamgee87]

I think that singing in Italian is not Peter Mattei's thing, but I just don't care! He's amazing.

WHY IS THIS NOT AVAILABLE ON DVD?

[bodiloto]

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[amrascarpathia]

kind of wish he would have gone all the way to the A in the cadenzza though... but it was great nontheless.

[saintsaens21]

@amrascarpathia He does a few really nice As later in this production.

[Belcore14]

Not one of my favorite Largos.

But he sounds great in some of the other videos I've heard.

[schmup53]

This is one of more than a few really great operas to watch on the Met's Metplayer. I have to admit it's worth every bit of the 15 bucks a month. And if you can get your computer to broadcast HD, even better.

[schmup53]

OMG I love him! and Juan Diego too

[Cenerentola3]

Gracias por el video, no conocía a este barítono, pero es buenisimo.

[KatherineXIX]

He's so in character at the end - it's almost as though he's saying "yeah, I kick ass, don't I?" Haha...

[raigekimaru]

@KatherineXIX

more like "yeah I get ass, don't I?" lolz

[didderjade]

Thank you for this!

[BethDiane]

It's fun to see him finally in some sort of a historic costume; most of his opera videos seem to be modern-dress productions, for some reason. And what a good singer, and what an entertainer!

Beth

p.s. Gotta love the double subtitles!