Mozart - Don Giovanni - Fin ch' han dal vino - Gilfry
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This aria is marked by Mozart "As fast as possible" and, half way through, it says "faster"!
Unfortunately, the conductor, Nicolaus Harnoncourt, usually a dependable musician, took Mozart's little joke literally and had poor Mr. Gilfrey sing way too fast. He did OK under the circumstances. But any observations as to Gilfrey's facial expressions, etc. should take this into account.
The dialog was done in a very original way, at least in my experience.
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orrendo .
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See also Ruggero Raimondi, Vienna, 1990 (Abbado)
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@spyridon77 Well, depends :) Nicolai Ghiaurov has done that very nicely - to say the least, that is.
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@Ted10038 Yeah, very true comment. At least Don Giovanni was a baritone. I dont wanna think how bad the situation would be if Don was a bass and the poor one had to sing like that fast.....
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Perfect Rodney Gilfry and fantastic Leporello from Hungary László Polgár. One of my best Leporello. Genial connection.
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@anzolettilino giusto,purtroppo questa é una triste realtà...
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@bodiloto più che orrendo!
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@bodiloto bravo!
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@palcika1 thx a lot :)
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@palcika1 Thx a lot :)
Upload more please! especially the final scene (Commandore scene) I like very much this performance :)
79muzungu 9 months ago
@79muzungu
It is already on youtube, and I wouldn't like to duplicate videos. Here's the link:
watch?v=Xy2Lk5ZcPlQ
palcika1 9 months ago
looks like he's in pain...
dtpac 2 years ago
Yeah, I thought so, too. But my husband told me he's just acting insanely agitated. Listen to the other recording of him doing the same aria (it's among related videos); it's completely different. He can do it without suffocating. Besides, look at the faces between 1:25 and 1:45. Clearly, this man's nuts.
palcika1 2 years ago
hahahaha! He does look scary, huh?
dtpac 2 years ago
Absolutely. His acting is superb, in all the scenes.
palcika1 2 years ago