La calunnia é un venticello John Relyea MET 2007

Il barbiere di Siviglia (Gioacchino Rossini)

John Relyea sings Basilio's aria La calunnia

John Relyea.......Don Basilio
John del Carlo....Dottor Bartolo

MET 2007

La calunnia è un venticello,
un'auretta assai gentile
che insensibile, sottile,
leggermente, dolcemente
incomincia,
incomincia a sussurrar
Piano piano, terra terra,
sottovoce, sibilando,
va scorrendo, va scorrendo
va ronzando, va ronzando;
nell'orecchie della gente
s'introduce,
s'introduce destramente,
e le teste ed i cervelli,
e le teste ed i cervelli fa stordire,
fa stordire e fa gonfiar.
Dalla bocca fuori uscendo
lo schiamazzo va crescendo
prende forza a poco a poco,
vola già di loco in loco;
sembra il tuono, la tempesta
che nel sen della foresta
va fischiando,
brontolando, e ti fa d'orror gelar.
Alla fin trabocca e scoppia,
si propaga, si raddoppia
e produce un'esplosione
come un colpo di cannone,
come un colpo di cannone.
Un tremuoto, un temporale,
che fa l'aria rimbombar!
E il meschino calunniato,
avvilito, calpestato,
sotto il pubblico flagello
per gran sorte ha crepar.
E il meschino calunniato,
avvilito, calpestato,
sotto il pubblico flagello
per gran sorte ha crepar.

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[sillyboydeux]

Who sings Rosina and Almaviva? I saw the 2002 run with Florez and Zakarova 7 times, and laughed til it hurt every time! Bleeker Street Opera is doing a production on Saturdays and Sundays which I'll be reviewing. I'm very excited because this opera was meant for smaller theaters.

[leporello89]

In that performances, Rosina was Joyce DiDonato, and Diana Damrau, Almaviva Juan Diego Florez =)

[vladix31]

I have NEVER heard this aria done SO INCREDIBLY WELL!

[CrystalFlames]

I love John Relyea's voice.

[dbertobis]

eccellente Calunnia

[ChrisStockslager]

FINALLY a bass that goes for a high G! Yay!!!!!

[27elt]

@duffins2007 Thank you (vladix31)

[duffins2007]

@vladix31 - see also ROBERT LLOYD, la calunnia

hope u'll like it

[proopsforpresident]

@Sieglinde84 As good as Bartolo is, I would totally get with Figaro, I absolutely love Peter Mattei... <3

[MgFrobozz]

Oops!!! that should have read "bass/baritone", no tenor ...

[MgFrobozz]

I loved this production, and would love to see the Met replay it during their summer "Live in HD" season. It was really perfectly cast. That's Peter Mattei (playing Figaro) behind the door, and John Del Carlo playing Dr. Bartolo.

Relyea is one of my favorite tenors. He had an endearing habit of singing the really low notes out of one side of his mouth, but someone must have mentioned this to him, and he's no longer doing that.

[WolfofSega]

Didn't we all go to high school with some guy that was this weird?

[Herfinnur]

Fuck yeah!

[eegreen]

Has nothing to do whether he reaches or not certain note, but with what timbre and color he does. His color is definitely a bass. DEFINITELY!