Gundula Janowitz - W.A. Mozart "Le Nozze di Figaro" E Susanna non vien! - Dove sono i bei momenti

W A Mozart
"Le Nozze di Figaro"
Recitativo & Aria - E Susanna non vien! - Dove sono i bei momenti
Gundula Janowitz (La Contessa di Almaviva)

Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra: Der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Recording: Hamburg 1968

The action of The Marriage of Figaro is a continuation of the plot of The Barber of Seville several years later, and recounts a single "day of madness" (la folle giornata) in the palace of the Count Almaviva near Seville, Spain. Rosina is now the Countess; her husband, the Count (a scheming middle-aged baritone, rather than the romantic youthful tenor of Rossini's Barber) is seeking the favors of the Countess' maid and confidante, the young Susanna, who is about to wed her fiancé, Figaro, the Count's valet. In an effort to pursue his amorous designs towards Susanna, the Count keeps finding excuses not to perform the civil part of the wedding of his two servants, which is arranged for this very day. When the Count detects the interest of the adolescent page, Cherubino (a breeches role), in the Countess, he tries to get rid of Cherubino by giving him an officer's commission in his own regiment. Figaro, Susanna, and the Countess conspire to embarrass the Count and expose his scheming. Meanwhile Figaro has been caught up in a dispute with Bartolo and Marcellina, which ends when he is revealed to be their long lost, out-of-wedlock son. The Count and Don Bartolo are being aided by Don Basilio, the music teacher, who constantly intervenes spreading gossip. Evening comes and all find themselves in the palace gardens, among the pines under cover of the night, where a comic series of cases of mistaken identity and several misunderstandings, some intended and some not, result in the Count's humiliation and then forgiveness by the Countess.

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[Kievest]

Tone and timber of rare beauty and

consistency...Janowitz is both touching

and aristocratic in this great aria!

Thank you for posting!

[sfkcbf]

I never have heard a soprano with such a focused voice and such golden tones as Gundula Janowitz. I understand that everyone has his or her own taste, but sometimes I wonder. One woman used to post such hateful comments on every Gundula video that I uploaded that I finally had to block her, and I see that occasioanly people vote "down" on her recordings. Perhaps a bitter and jealous singer? What possibly could they be thinking? !!

[tmmmviii]

Thank you for posting this. Quite beautiful.

[Skeid123]

First time in my life i listen to that kind of music. It is amazing. Realy

[bbbartolo]

I have her wonderful Strauss "4 Last Songs." But she's a wonderful Mozartean too. Such purity! thanks for this.

[11777766]

Janowitz singing Mozart's Marriage of Figaro is musical perfection and our treasure.

[SufitMusic]

What an exquisite voice!

[bravissimo55]

Glorious. Thank you.

[falconoilcompany]

I loved this so much when i heard it that i went out and found a Deutsche-Grammophon CD of the marriage of Figaro and bought it, so that i could soak up the atmosphere for ever. What a marvellous experience listening to the whole opera is. If you are looking for it, you can find it on Deutsche Grammophon CD number 429 822-2, listen and weep.

[8Willabeth8]

Beautiful. i like it best when the aria starts at 1:44

[voce29]

Oh Mozart, you speak to us of heavenly Beauty!!!