Le Nozze di Figaro-Se Vuol Ballare

[SpaceHeadMonkey]

Is that Cupid or based on the idea of Cherubino as a cherub?

[MrBaritonevoce]

Rich timbre - I don't comprehend the staging at all...

Interesting just the same.

[marleyhund777]

They shouldn't need a Cupid to show how love is leading them on. It should come out easily with the plot and singers.

[Flaviat57]

Peccato: la sceneggiata distoglie 'attenzione da Ildebrando, che canta meravigliosamente, come sempre. Non capisco che bisogno ci sia di dare questi tocchi "artistici"...

[Javid518]

good Bass-bariton

[88erSILAS]

Wolen Sie tanzen, Herr Graf? ^^ hab ich live gesehn mitm Musikkurs inner 12 vor 3,5 Jahren...naja

[ansketil]

I don't understand the angel.schoolboy here. It takes the focus away from Figaro and is, frankly, an odd distraction from the singer.

[EVWOOL]

I think it's meant to be a mischievous Cupid who is manipulating everyone without their knowing it and causing misunderstandings but with the ultimate aim of furthering the cause of love.

[marcocito]

The singer is Ildebrando d'Arcangelo

[richardvergara]

Who is the singer???...

[DOOCHIMAL]

una de las mejores escenas !!!bellisssssimo

[mkurnat]

What the bloody hell is with the blocking of this production?? All the context is replaced with odd interpretive dancing and blank faces.

[AgopXX]

amazing voice....great bass !!!

[Poantsiki]

Great Figaro! But what appalling staging!!! The director, whoever he is, must a poor, frustrated bastard...

[linket88]

lol...um, who's the creepy dude hanging on the banister with the wings..

[readerjoy]

That's exactly how I felt about the staging of this production, especially what you said about the bullying of Cherubino. It just doesn't seem like Figaro. So envious you saw D'Arcangelo sing Figaro live! I bought the DVD of this thinking I was buying CD's. Oops.

[sofiadelgreco]

mmm, pity....it's better as CDs!

[JEANHIKER]

Truly a great voice!And a beautiful guy too!But ubfortunately,this production seems to be so nonsense!It's disgusting the ideas the director had in mind for this Mozart's masterpiece.D'Arcangelo has a very beautiful timbre and voice color,good diction,and interpretation,but I didn't like the breathing he took exactly at 1:59 and 2:00,before the word "rovescerò".I guess it was a little bit long and has broken the flowing of the piece,but just a very slight thing.But Congratulations!

[JEANHIKER]

Yes,dear!Surely I've seen it and it's good. He's better there, and Damrau is much better than Netrebko, but even though I still think Diana's voice is too heavy for Susanna, but I like her too much, and mainly singing the Queen of Night. Have you seen it?She's one of the best I've seen, specially in expression and interpretation. Very good one. And the her German? Perfect! But Susanna is a character for light sopranos. But thank you for the advice. :)

[JEANHIKER]

Ok! I know she's German, and that's why I said it! But she was best as the Queen in interpretation, expressiveness. Not indeed in voice!

[lerpesdilaga]

Una delizia per le orecchie, una pena per gli occhi...che regia :(

[JackOperaMan]

The director needs to have their head examined, like the voice though!

[sibeliussecond]

He's an awfully good sport to go through all that nonsense and still sound so good.

[giandoroma]

simply bad mise en scène, and this time harnoncourt is really impossible - but D'Arcangelo has the real italian voice, and the italian technique, which is so rare in Mozart (I mean the "italian" Mozart, who wrote 4 italian voices...); I've heard him as Masetto in Ferrara, Leporello in Roma and Don in Napoli: well, he gave 3 masterful interpretations and please believe: his fraseggio is A MODEL for everybody

[kessukesekene]

He is perfect!

[redrumax]

what's his name?

[McMurphyCFS]

His name is Ildebrando d'Arcangelo

[blichilde]

Ildebrando deserves a better conductor and a better director.

[lastofdmelocchians]

I think he's the BEST Bass we have around! I discoverd him in a Don Giovanni w/Alvarez in the title role & this guy(Ildebrando d'Arcangelo)as Leporello & he stole the show!!! I specifically bought the DVD for Alvarez & I ended up watchin' this guy throughout the whole opera instead:) Alvarez was still good...I just like this guy better! Rene Pape is great, but at times he's just too WOOFY for me! That kind of voice should be singing Wagner or in Don Giovanni, the ghost of the father! Perfect:-)

[ah332]

i really don't think he's bass though...bass-baritone i would call him. he sings the toreador song and that is very high for real bass. he also sings the count in figaro.

if he is a bass though he is kind of in the same fach as ghiaurov, though ghiaurov had a much darker voice than d'arcengelo's

anyways, i've seen him live and he is great. you should hear his "cinta di fiori" on youtube

[kovvill]

i dont like the staging at all. dont know what the director doing. but i like the singer. like his voice.

[GosfordAbercrombie]

I'm a fan of artistic expression and interpretation but when you lose the meaning and confuse the audience with this kind of experimental nonsense, it's a slap in the face to the music and work of the people presenting it! I don't know what the director wanted but it's definitely lousy!!!

[dnitzer01]

I guess the director didn't trust da Ponte and Beaumarchais, and their ability to get the story across? Or did he think the audience was too witless to hear the irony in Mozart's music?

There is not an opera in the repertory that is there because of the director's inane ideas and ego; they remain in the rep because of the music and the libretto.

[vforvendettaMA]

One of my favorite productions. If you want a conservative one, watch McVicar's.

[yourehavingalarf]

What the f#ck is that staging about?

[lamezzoenfrancais]

I'm not crazy about this production at all... I'm more a fan of the traditional... but I love the singing.

[ludwigna78]

Harnoncourt è sempre riconoscibile per i suoi tempi sempre, sempre eccentrici.un direttore che non riesce a dire niente di nuovo se non allargare i tempi, appesantire tutto e sempre! Basta, basta!

[XtineAndersen]

Don't think it's an angel. Cupid (love) rather. Figaro is being blinded and manipulated by his feelings of jealousy. This is what love makes you do.

[LuciusTheFair]

I think anybody who finds out that an evil nobleman is scheming to deflower your wife right before you marry her would be justifiably angry. ;)

[jcmcpr]

i liked this

[luigipava]

ma ke centra l angel, nn mi piace qst versione

[operagirl81]

I don't understand this interpretation at all.

[kornlover2]

Kill the conductor!!!! Too slow tempo makes this (usually great singer) poor guy struggling and shouting....

[liyzette]

kill Harnoncourt?

[KatherineXIX]

Just kill the director. Anyone who makes Ildebrando suffer through this piss-poor, "epic fail" staging deserves as much.

[valerotti]

I abstolutley loved it!!! The angel is actually guiding Figaro, marvelous and completley adapted to now our time, Bravo!!!

[prosdocimo]

This production is so wrong.... Mozart would certainly be surprised about this interpretation. I mean, come on.. a dark Nozze? The entire opera looks and feels like a huge funeral. Who was the artistic director? Shameful!

[Solecit00]

I dont understand this production too, i love netrebko and i love d'arcangelo but... i dont like this... I dont think that this is what Mozart wanted for this opera...

[livetodie122]

Excellent version. Excellent job.

[MichaelLevine]

Damn this version sucks! Bryn Terfel is the only singer that should be allowed to perform this now a days. he blows everyone else away.

[liyzette]

I don't understand why you would say that. Ildebrando D'Arcangelo has an incredibly deep and powerful voice and he interprets the role beautifully.

I don't think Bryn Terfel sings it better, it's just a different voice, a different interpretation.

I like them both.

[MichaelLevine]

this guy is a true blower. Bryn sings with class and unmistakable beauty. best opera singer in the world presently.

[liyzette]

I think Bryn would be glad to know he has such a dedicated fan, but would prefer you to have a little bit more class too.

[MichaelLevine]

I almost had the opportunity to sing with Bryn last year.

D'Arcangelo has such a forced voice! so melodramatic. he also is flat when the tempo increases, and is off beat many times in this song.

[wimpie1972]

typical!

Whay would that angel be gay? And what if... by the way?

I saw the whole opera and found the staging original and rather cute.

[baritono81]

I dont mind modern stuff, but there must be something i'm missing. Can someone explain why a gay man with wings is fondling figaro?

[KatherineXIX]

I think the angel is hilarious. Unfortunately, they were serious. D'Arcangelo is sexy as hell, by the way.

[ilduce565]

god that angel is f***ing annoying

[sexbomb565]

does he have a shank? is this the prison version of le nozze di figaro?

[marcobonnet]

Seriously, i'm not a conservative and on stage i always do what people ask me to do but, poor d'Arcangelo, he is a great singer, this is not fair. I just have the impression he want to escape.

[marcobonnet]

Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fuzmiq]

This is just the sexiest rendition of this song I have ever heard or seen.

[kmillard]

The opening looked JUUUST a tad bit gay until I realized that D'arcangelo didn't actually SEE this "guardian angel"(???) leading him on. (No pun intended.)

[foropera]

Boring angel that makes Figaro uncomfortable to sing...

[mltube]

This is not an angel, but a gay lover on his way to Halloween party. What a stupid idea! Great singing, though.

[andreasscholl]

Is this realy the idea from this guy....??

Nice then!!!!

[BarGiuli]

Oh, he's so good and hot.

[andreasscholl]

Bloody hell I love this guy!!!!

Can I be the one with the wings....???

[kmillard]

Sure... In the BRYN TERFEL staging! :-/

[kmillard]

BTW... I'm not sure I would stop with just the jacket!! :-O LOLOL

[anias84]

he is soooo sexy....!!!

[fer1179]

Besides talented I think he's hot! ain´t he?

[mitch1601]

Ildebrando d'Arcangelo is so, so good! He has a beautifully resonant voice, excellent diction and thoughtful phrasing; I could listen to him all day. I only hope I get the chance to see him live!

[sluttyRuth]

the "cherub" was a mute figure in this production who expressed the characters feelings and tried to influence their acting by holding their "strings". i guess the idea came from "cherubino" and their clothes were the same too, but its not him.

i thought it was an interesting and original idea

[artbrent23]

No the guy with the wings is Cupid,....duh!!!

[ladytamano]

Seriously? Wow. That's . . . a really bad joke. Is this like a pun on his name and then the whole Eros things? I'm confused.

[ponce2000]

duh who else cherubino

[scordeteyla]

is Figaro supposed to be a puppet or something? :) and who is that guy with the wings?