32. Gente gente all'armi all'armi - Allen, Battle, Raimondi, Vaness (Le nozze di Figaro Met'85)

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Date: 14 December 1985
Venue: Metropolitan Opera, New York
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Librettist: Lorenzo da Ponte

Conductor: James Levine

Production: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

Figaro: Ruggero Raimondi
Susanna: Kathleen Battle
Count Almaviva: Thomas Allen
Countess Almaviva: Carol Vaness
Cherubino: Frederica von Stade
Dr. Bartolo: Artur Korn
Marcellina: Jocelyne Taillon
Don Basilio: Michel Sénéchal
Antonio: James Courtney
Barbarina: Dawn Upshaw
Don Curzio: Anthony Laciura

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[NotAgain90]

@antmusique

Excellent! Saw it at the Met that season.

Can you tell me where you got it? If it is a DVD I could not find it even at the Met shop...

[antmusique]

It has never been released commercially!

[wosclub]

I think Thomas Allen is perfect as The Count and only a great singer like Raimondi could have interpreted so personally Figaro. This production is awesome, but when I think at Mozart...

Mozart... is the music that talk to you!

Grazie Wolfy.

Christian

[lindsaydenman]

What greatness!! I saw this production on a tiny television when I was in college...one of my first exposures to opera. I have been looking for just this production for 24 years. What sheer brilliance, the cast, the orchestra, the production...even the best tempi. When Susanna sings "La mia voce?" Yes, your voice indeed. Sublime.

[thatUkrainianguy]

I absolutly love this opera, and this is my very favorite performance of it! Thank you so much for uploading these!

[disneylandman66]

This truly is the apotheosis of music since the beginning of time. It is so utterly perfect, the mind reels.

[stefanoeast]

The pause before 'perdorno' should be that long - it gives Almaviva time to realize his folly. And all of us time to see the bigger picture. Respect those you live while there's time.

[MisSty2589]

This Finale made me cry! When the Count kneels and asks forgiven is the most beautiful moment of this opera... Mozart is Mozart! For me, he's the best :)

[entropyftw]

Mister Allen, you have an excellent OH SHI-- face.

[paulomtts]

@lindsaydenman Yes, indeed that bit is sublime! I most happily agree!

[AmericanEvita]

I'm sorry; I doubt the Count's lying, cheating days are over. He is still going to be the Count; a powerful land-owning lord who can sleep with whomever he wants. These were sexist times. The "Contessa Perdono" apology sounds a little too much on the hammy acting side so I never believe he will change. LOL

[rockmenowamadeus]

The anagnorisis of the Count is one of the best opera moments ever!

[karlaanne]

2:55 on is my favorite piece of music on earth

[fafner44]

I think it is the best staging of "The marriage..." i´ve seen. A great cast and really great direction. The funniest version I know