Luca Pisaroni (Figaro) sings "Aprite un po' gli occhi"

[jimh23]

This could be an endless discussion, you can site Vennard's study, William Shakespeare's study of voice, there are proponents of Douglas Stanley, who think he had all the answers. It really doesn't matter, whatever thrills you, go with it, I really don't care, it's just your opinion, that should be enough for you!

[jimh23]

What science? Listen to Lawrence Tibbett, John Charles Thomas, Thomas L. Thomas! That my dear friend is, Nasal or Sinus resonance! I know you like this singer but that doesn't change basic technique. Unless you can control the flow of breath, you cannot open the sinus cavities! The pallet raises and closes the passage to the nose, causing throat resonance and fatigue of the vocal folds! In time, if this is not corrected, nodes on the cords!

[lilibetp]

He doesn't really sound like a bass-baritone to me.

[glennthebest]

I heard him this year at the San Francisco Opera....he is amazing.

[francescobi]

Ottima la voce e la dizione. Sul tempo, che comprensibilmente stupisce alcuni del presenti: premettendo che NON sono convinto da questa versione, una giustificazione c'è: Mozart ha scritto "Moderato", e la tradizione ci ha abituati a un allegro. C'è probabilmente ancora una chiave di interpretazione da trovare per fare quest'aria come Mozart la pensava. Pisaroni ci da un indizio: il suo legato, in certe parti, a questo diventa molto espressivo. Indomabile Mozart...

[jimh23]

Sings without support. No sinus resonance. Poor technique. Will have short career.  Not his fault, all the singing teachers are gone!

[tdmcdevitt]

@jimh23 You know there is no such thing as sinus resonance, right?  Not my opinion, scientific fact. Look it up.

[tdmcdevitt]

@jimh23 You know there is no such thing as sinus resonance, right? Not my opinion, scientific fact. Look it up.

[serenade00007]

They made it so slow for him because he can't sing.

[blichilde]

Capisco che a Serenade0007 piaccia Schrott, ma non per questo deve affermare che TUTTI gli altri sono orribili.

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[BethDiane]

Pisaroni has got a very good voice and is very good-looking; I think there are good things ahead for him.

I don't think the lowness of the role is the problem; in the other production, he's down a quarter-step but does much better!

If all the tempos in the production are like this one, one can't really blame him; conductors thing that _they_ are the musical directors and the thing should go according to their wishes, but that sometimes throws off the entire tone of the opera.

[artemaxm]

fuori tempo peccato e poi con la musica non si possono fare i cavoli che volgiono!! comunque buona voce ma piccola anche se molto incisiva!!consiglio di cantare musica da camera e non opera.bravo

[mauriceravel75]

superbe!

[vankan0]

There are many ways to listen to music. This, unfortunately, is one of them.

[serRudyll]

OK... Pisaroni is not the best but he's quite good and in my opinion getting better. I don't like the slow pacing but actually it doesn't contradict the aria. Sorry that I put a humorous note to the comments. Thx for uploading. Thx for bashing as well.

[vankan0]

My lack of sense of humor is legendary. Sorry for bashing. :-)

[serRudyll]

No problem ^^

[filipsvaricek]

@serRudyll I realy agreed.

[wowyourgaiy]

Isn't it actually a french horn? The mistake is clear, but it doesn't sound like a trumpet.

[serRudyll]

That was part of the give-comments-like-a-teenager-­act ;-)

[tiernan87]

@serRudyll um, those would be the FRENCH HORNS....not trumpets....

[serRudyll]

@tiernan87 um, try to read the rest of the conversation before being a wise mouth ;-)

[themanfrom05]

I don't like how slow this is. Seems like the the conductor is trying to push it a little faster, as he should, but he is not reacting. Good voice though!

[BethDiane]

I think the problem is that the orchestra is slower than he'd like and he doesn't have enough to do--he's actually several microseconds ahead. There's another video of him singing this aria in another production with a period orchestra and a much more natural tempo, and he does much better with it--it probably helps that he has more to do, staging-wise.

The snail's pace tempo and static staging conspire to make this performance of this aria fail its one major task, and that's to be funny!

[ghead12345]

Listen to the version of erwin schrott thats much better

[mutewoman]

Lasciatemi un po ridere...

[birgitnilsson]

Schrott is not bad.But he is not a refined singer though...

[operaticxingenue]

That's it. I officially have a crush on him. XD

[singingcanoe]

Yup. Me too.

[naturalbeats81]

Me three x

[mutewoman]

Madamina, il catalogo è questo...

About time someone cast him as the Don, haha!

[naturalbeats81]

I love it!! x

[mutewoman]

What do you mean? I love HIM! ;)

[ebu82]

WOW!

[HansHottest]

He is pretty good, maybe his voice is a little small and the orchestra overpower him.

I think he tried to put too much personality in the aria, and that way the aria itself loose a lot of its own personality.

Maybe he would do a better Count than Figaro.

[ilFactotum]

Yeah, I agree with your last statement. As the bass-baritone he is, he sounds more baritone to me, making him, IMHO, more suited for the Count.

[HansHottest]

I just yesterday heard him as Guglielmo (a role that was written for the same singer as Figaro if I am not wrong, but by today's standards is sang by baritones) and I must say I was pretty impressed. The voice and the pitch are very good, and he doent try to make another voice but his own, thats pretty refreshing.

[andsou1979]

Right in the beginning... The is lots of nice singing here, but sometimes he distorts his tone too much to express rage and that is not doing any favor to mozartian style...

[andsou1979]

There is so much "acting with the voice here". I wish he had offered clean mozartian phrasing instead!

He´s a nice mozartian... but not here!

[birgitnilsson]

so, where?

[rossmcl177]

There are lots of scenes of a live performance of Cosi fan Tutte elsewhere on Youtube if you search for it, in which he plays a very good Guglielmo.

[BethDiane]

The other production of this! It's with a period orchestra and the tempo is more reasonable.