Accessible Arias: 'Dove sono i bei momenti' from Mozart's Marriage of Figaro

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Uploaded by on Feb 10, 2011

Dorothea Röschmann sings the Countess's sad lament 'Dove sono i bei momenti' from David McVicar's production of The Marriage of Figaro. For lyrics and context visit the Royal Opera House blog - http://www.roh.org.uk/news/accessible-arias-dove-sono-i-bei-momenti

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  • The second of two celebrated arias for the Countess in this opera, Dove sono is the complaint of a woman who finds herself alone in a broken relationship and at risk of losing her dignity. Except that Mozart intervenes by giving her this most dignified of laments: a song of tender but controlled beauty that maintains its self-possession. And, however vague, the possibility of hope.

  • These bitter considerations fill the introductory recitative that sets the scene. Then comes the aria proper in which the Countess asks: Where are (dove sono) the moments of joy and pleasure I used to know in marriage? And now they’re gone, why do I cling to the memory of them? If only my constant love could win my husband back.

  • @WilsonThaddeus In a moment by herself, the Countess reflects on what her life has come to – humiliated by a cheating husband and forced to take these desperate measures, with the help of her own servants, to expose him.

  • Maybe it's because I don't know what she's saying but why are her eyes closed the whole song?

  • Ho avuto il piacere di vedere la sua intera esibizione in Pamina nel dvd del Flauto Magico al Covent Garden. Una dei migliori soprani mozartiani del momento! La sua voce asprime un'emozionante lirismo. Anche se la mia versione preferita della contessa è quella famosa di Kiri Te Kanawa, nei nostri tempi la sua segue a ruota!

  • Beautiful! And superbly filmed. What a treat. -J:

  • love her interpretation!! BRAVA!

  • Wow. Such vocal beauty, and such passionate pain. I don't remember being this moved by the Countess's sensuality for a long time. Also, it's a simple thing, but I find it very poignant how the staging "recalls" for the post-Rossini audience Rosina's music lesson with Lindoro/Almaviva.

  • Beautiful she sounds great

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