Gundula Janowitz - "E Susanna non vien... Dove sono" (1980)

From a wonderful "Le Nozze di Figaro" conducted by Georg Solti at Paris Opera Garnier in 1980.
The very famous stage production by Giorgio Strelher.
Fabulous cast : Jose Van Dam (Figaro), Lucia Popp (Susanna), Gundula Janowitz (Contessa Almaviva), Gabriel Bacquier (Almaviva), Federica Von Stade (Cherubino), Jane Berbié (Marcellina).

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[LeNozze44]

I find criticism of this production unfounded. I find it classic. What more would the Countess be doing in this situation? This is an introverted aria that should never be physically overacted.

[LeNozze44]

Who gets shot at 4:44?

[hecberlioz]

I was 25 in 1980 and heard this cast twice. Unforgettable, especially Janowitz's other worldly timbre. The audience went beserk at the curtain calls and I was hoarse with cheering.

[yethica]

@amayzak You must not be a singer. Mozart is, in fact, one of the most vocally CONSIDERATE composers ever for singers. Wagner, vocally inconsiderate. Beethoven, DEFINITELY vocally inconsiderate. Mozart, wonderful and healthy for the voice. And Janowitz was one of the absolute best. Puts Fleming and some of the others to SHAME.

[drodde5607]

La voix céleste de Gundula Janowitch, il n'y a que ça dans cette vidéo et c'est du bonheur. A écouter les yeux fermés....

[amayzak]

For anyone criticizing the staging & acting, listen at 7:10. The Parisians clearly enjoyed the aria and brought her back for two bows out of character. Enough said.

Unparalleled discipline under the immense strain of Mozart who might be one of the most vocally inconsiderate composers ever. There are few (if any) sopranos today who can execute like that.

[jensberlin2011]

Eine unglaublich betörend schöne Stimme, wohl eines der schönsten Sopran-Timbres der Welt, die ich jemals gehört habe und die jemandem "geschenkt" worden sind, von wem auch immer...Selten so excellent gehört wie hier...und das "live"...

[Robertgrade]

Now it seems extraordinary that some many great artists appeared on the stage together. This would never happen today.

[andrewfynn]

@miaobauaugh Solti conducted this whole opera lento to accentuate and really "godersi del Mozart". That's the baseline pace. I would say she "could" be angry, but she is also extremely sad and resigned...more sad than angry...after all, she was Rosina and "Lindored" by her husband. Some ppl would respond more with anger, some with sorrow. Questione d'interpretazione, allora.

The question remains, how should an aria by an Austrian composer and Italian librettist sung by a German vocalist sound?

[VforVespa]

This is not good....

[sejonssm]

Gundula is in my opinion the BEST Mozart soprano of all time.

Lucia,Kiri TK & Elisabeth S comes close but not all the way.

I think Mozart himself would be delighted listening to such perfection!

[Geowolffe]

The Best!