Act I -2 Le nozze di Figaro (Met'99): Figaro's 1st aria

[1AdrianR]

Marvelous Plishka! 

[entropyftw]

He missed more than a few spots. :\

[AmericanEvita]

Bryn Terfel is a marvelous Figaro. I love him as Figaro but not as Don Giovanni. Nothing against his singing, it's glorious, but his physical appearance - big and jolly with a wide face and cute nose, a Santa Claus type of face, is suited to a character like Figaro, who is a good guy, a direct opposite to Giovanni who is a total villain. Terfel has a sweetness to him. He was also marvelous as Jochanaan in Salome.

[boxtelton]

@AmericanEvita I actually think he's great as a Don Giovanni as well. He pulls off the entire smooth operator-act with stunning naturality. Check out the clip where he sings La Ci Darem la Mano with Hei-Kyung Hong. He just eats her up. Don Giovanni should of course be a villain, but more so an extremely charming and handsome one. Maybe it's because I'm a guy, but I think one should also feel a certain degree of envy towards Don Giovanni.

[tobidre]

se vuoi ballaaaare signor contino...se vuoi ballare signor continooo

[htothenan]

@tobidre its actually se vuol ballare

[jacky25511]

i wonder why the clip doesn't have all the english text written on the video...

[Loismustdie26]

@jacky25511 In opera a lot of lines are repeated, and to put subtitles over and over again saying the same thing tends to distract from the music. Putting subtitles on an opera is a subtle art form. You want to put enough so that people can understand what's going on and get the mood of the text, but you don't want to put so much that it distracts from the music. All of the text is here, but every line isn't necessary. This is especially true for Mozart.

[xxsm13xx]

@jacky25511 lazy translator......XD.

[Leitilumo]

Imagine all of the sheet music written for 4 hours straight of this.

Now multiply that by 22.

That's about how much opera music Mozart wrote.

Legendary.

[musiccoloratura]

Does anyone know if Bryn and Cecilia did another opera together ?????????

They are perfect !

[doctormantell]

@musiccoloratura When they sing together "Dunque io son" from The Barber of Sevilla, they are wonderful! There are many videos on Youtube about it!

[luboc007]

They are great and in total harmony. I love this opera.

[Jomabeks]

Bartolo llega un poco forzado...Pero el conjunto tiene muy buen registro

La mejor ópera de la historia!

[3002vincenzo]

bed susanna!

[nachtmusik55]

This is the best cast line up I have ever seen! Where can I get this CD?!

[Loismustdie26]

@nachtmusik55 there was some issues with producing this on DVD (and I'm assuming CD as well) one of the singers - and they won't say which one - doesn't want their image/voice out there. So you can't get it anywhere. They showed it on public television, and i think a lot of people recorded it, but I think that's really the only way to have a copy at the moment.

[cellpump1]

Absolutley beautiful! God Bless!!

[TheComplaisantLover]

Best Figaro and Susanna of our times.

[CelloVoice]

@TheComplaisantLover I'm tottaly agree with you!! :) The best of the best!! :) They're acting very good too!! :)

[1wolfiesLady]

I think bartoli is wonderfull for Mozart! <3 Love mozarts pieces! :D

[SugarbabyLA]

@1wolfiesLady Agreed :D

[Rayne1976]

Cecilia Bartoli è così carina!!!!

In confronto a Terfel è così piccolina.

[gregpdx1970]

Wow... I cannot even imagine how difficult it must be to sing the words as quickly as Bartolo's part has to in this aria. Plishka is amazing!

[enricodezottis]

This is an Italian speaking: that's hardcore speed for me too!

[obsessmuch666]

OH MY GOD! Thankyou so much for posting this! I taped this off tv years and years ago, but missed the first act. I've been wanting to see it for ever! Thank you thank you!