Mozart Figaro Act 2 Finale Part 2

[Judill]

Who's playing the Countess? She's fabulous.

[mouthmouse]

orchestra is too loud!!

[ksmith610]

Do you know there can be one fundamental "Urtakt" to this entire finale up to the piu allegro after the other trio has entered?

[rvaughanwilliams1988]

@Otaku155 that's true, but with out a libretto you would have no idea what any of them are saying!

[darlinglisa7]

This is sheer bliss and perfection. :28 on. LOVE IT!!! Brava!

[leporello56]

who is bartolo in this?

[cjurakpt]

Great production all around; also answers the question what would it be like if Tony Danza worked for former NY Governor Elliot Spitzer...

[chrizosthemis]

hahha Bartolo and Rosina at 9:56

[mouthmouse]

@chrizosthemis I don't know any rosina here!

[chrizosthemis]

@mouthmouse Rosina is another name of Countess Almaviva.

[mouthmouse]

@chrizosthemis Ah yes I remember! Sorry!

[thesafekind]

One thing I find weirdly fascinating is which singers use appoggiaturas and when. Schrott is not exactly a singer known for period-style precision, but he uses quite a few appoggiaturas (like on "e l'usanza"), probably more than the more period-trained Finley.

Of course although appoggiaturas are authentic, they should depend on whether the performer feels comfortable with them (conductors who insist on them all the time aren't any more right than the older ones who banned them entirely).

[IanM1984]

Thanks a lot for this upload. it looks brilliant. I've never been to an opera, but must go and watch this live.

[byertalley]

who is the antonio? what a fantastic actor for the opera stage

[papagena92]

@byertalley Jeremy White. He's indeed amazing!!! "I didn't see any horse jump from the window" XD XD

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

Too many notes.

[mouthmouse]

wondeful production. But the orchestra play too loud!

[Otaku155]

I agree. It almost sounds like the Orchestra is on mic

[mouthmouse]

And their parts where we don't hear singers ( 08:59 sadly my favorite part of this scene :-) )

[jeffro887]

I wish my Count costume was that nice...

[Otaku155]

This part of the second act really demonstrates the difference between an Opera and a play. Imagine trying to have this many people speak at once during a play. It would just become noise. But in Opera, you can have as many people speak as you want. By the end of this act, there are twenty people with different parts on stage singing at once.

[elias12186]

Thanks for paraphrasing from amadeus.

[tedly10027]

@Otaku155 you are so right. mozart's genius was in putting everything together as the musical texture enriched along with the characters coming together to build towards the climax. incredible. I studied and worked on this with singers long ago...and professors told me it is considered one of the most feared sections in all opera to put together . VERY complicated despite what mozart shows effortlessly. my favorite musical section was always the start of this "pt.2 video". beautiful lines

[tedly10027]

@tedly10027 especially from 0:31 "sir, we ask you..." until the musical line climaxes on "what is delaying marzellina?" what a beautiful line....it always tugs my heart after all these years.

[8Ho03EdONl1liL]

@Otaku155 "The end of the second act for example ... In a play, if more than one person speaks at the same time it's just noise; no one can understand a word, but with opera - with music - with music, you can have twenty individuals all talking at the same time and it's not noise, it's a perfect harmony."

Any similarity between your comment and that quote from Amadeus? There aren't even 20 people here! "Mozart" was just saying you CAN have 20 people all singing at the same time.

[lucyliesinashes]

As much as I LOVE Finley, why on EARTH did he pussy out on the second "ola, silencio" and not do the interpolation?

come on!

[ElinBagis]

Figaro really looks like Joey in "Friends", lol. Great to see Miah Persson, she's lovely.

[terezqa]

Isn't he? I'm thinkin' about it since I know his face :-))

Funny to watch Joey singing like this :-)

[DhrSoulslayer]

k*tmuziek

[operaticxingenue]

I absolutely adore this production. Loved the cat fight too. ;)

[aeru9]

Oh I think, Röschmann sings the Countess on this production very better than in the production of Salzburg!!

[hillevifan]

I dont think so...here her singing is as always great- but the asthetics of the salzburg prod. are much better for her and her emotion is better in the salz prod.

[aeru9]

Ok!

[olympicfreak678]

I find the bland set too distracting (weird, huh). You are going "What the hell are they DOing????" faarrr too much to be enjoying the music. 3 women making out on stage, Barbarina losing her virginity, the use of a high soprano for both Cherubino (sort of ok for me) AND Marcellina (uh uh, no way), and Anna Netrebko (hot)as Susanna, which requires a light voice, not full like Netrebko (still hot), and the WEIRDEST tempo I have EVER heard for some pieces makes it TOO WEIRD to pay attention.

[hillevifan]

is the basilio philip langridge?

[GianniSchicchi73]

Yep

[leporello89]

Thanks!!!!!!! The best Nozze...

[elias12186]

De nada amigo :)

[leporello89]

Jeje, in spanish XD Cada vez me gusta mas Roschmann, q Contessa!!!! :)

[elias12186]

Cuando has escuciado Veronique Gens, no hay otra contessa... :)Deveras es la mejor Gens...e bella!

[leporello89]

pues a lo mejor tengo algo q te puede interesar (si no lo tienes claro)...Le nozze di Figaro en Aix en Provence con Camilla Tilling Marco Vinco (creo) Laurent Naouri, Magdalena Kozena y....Veronique Gens claro XDD

[elias12186]

Un video? Pues certo que lo quiero! Donde la encontraste?

[leporello89]

lo siento, es audio, pero con muy buena calidad, jeje, si aun asi te interesa te lo puedo mandar

[elias12186]

Es mejor que con Jacobs? Jacobs fa schifo (come se dice en espanol?) come conductor..Si es buena, pues quiero oir dove sono e porgi amor :) Gracias amigo!

[leporello89]

schifo? Can you write in English please XD?, well, Dove sono it's great, and Porgi amor too (Veronique it's a great Countess, and the rest of the cast is so good)

Colgaré Porgi Amor y Dove sono :)

[elias12186]

It means he is a crappy conductor :) His Figaro is great, and I used to love him for it, but I think now its because of the cast and not him. Horrible Don Giovanni he made...

[leporello89]

Well, his Cosi is great, but Don Giovanni...

Alexandrina Pendatchanska it's a great Donna Elvira, but the rest of the cast...:-S

[elias12186]

Well his cosi is the best recording I've heard of it, but just listen to the difference between Gens singing come scoglio in the Mozart cd and in the Jacobs cosi...the Mozart cd just has more life and energy. I've turned around completely on Jacobs.

[leporello89]

Well, I've both CD's but I haven't compared Come scoglio...bueno, tendré q hacerlo (lo siento pero mi ingles ahora mismo no da para mas XDD)

[thesafekind]

It could be that Jacobs just gets some Mozart operas more than others... I get the impression he's straining for effect in his Don Giovanni CD and DVD (though I still like both) while his Figaro and Cosi feel more natural. Every conductor has classics that he's really good at and those that he doesn't quite gel with.

On a related note, for example, I think Pappano really seems to connect with FIGARO. The energy and drive and appropriateness he brings to it are not always evident in other works.

[leporello89]

Por cierto, Conductor....Minkowski

[elias12186]

Yes I like Minkowski, but I tend to prefer McGegan's recordings. In Ariodante you get to compare the 2 so well :)

[leporello89]

No conozco a McGegan...pero lo buscaré :)

[elias12186]

Do you like Baroque opera? He has a few Handel recordings. I've actually never heard him in anything besides Handel.

[leporello89]

Si! Me encanta el barroco, pero tengo poco... me tengo q poner al dia con ello XD