Soave sia il vento -- Magee/Matthews/Beaumont -- Cosi

Amsterdam, Muziektheater, December 2006. Garry Magee (Don Alfonso), Sally Matthews (Fiordiligi) and Maité Beaumont (Dorabella) sing the terzetto "Soave sia il vento" from "Cosí fan tutte" by W.A. Mozart.
Stage direction: Jossi Wieler & Sergio Morabito
Musical direction: Ingo Metzmacher

FIORDILIGI, DORABELLA E DON ALFONSO
Soave sia il vento,
Tranquilla sia l'onda,
Ed ogni elemento
Benigno risponda
Ai nostri/vostri desir.

(partono le due donne)

Scena settima

Don Alfonso solo.

DON ALFONSO
Non son cattivo comico! va bene...
Al concertato loco i due campioni
Di Ciprigna e di Marte
Mi staranno attendendo: or senza indugio
Raggiungerli conviene. Quante smorfie,
Quante buffonerie!
Tanto meglio per me...
Cadran più facilmente:
Questa razza di gente è la più presta
A cangiarsi d'umore. Oh, poverini!
Per femmina giocar cento zecchini?

«Nel mare solca e nell'arena semina
E il vago vento spera in rete accogliere
Chi fonda sue speranze in cor di femmina.»
Registration by NPS, Dutch Television

Category:

Music

Tags:

• klassiek
• opera
• mozart
• cosi
• fan
• tutte
• garry
• magee
• sally
• matthews
• maite
• beaumont

[yglofmi]

Mozart does not deserve this.

[vankan0]

Care to explain?

[eliyaguy]

I love this production. One of the very best, in all aspects. 

[Fiordiligi2]

What nonsense to be so vehement in your opinions. Yes, they sing beautifully together and Yes I thought it was a magical setting - that revolving beach house/bunk beds bedroom was wonderful and cool and fun and only supported the fact that this opera is meant to be about (and for?) young people!! And if you disagree then that's just too bad. But for god's sake don't talk trash of one of Europe's best opera houses simply because your opinion differs.

[1401JSC]

Out of tune singing (especially Alfonso), ladies who "montent leurs voix) for anything above a D, odd vocal crescendos where none is marked or played in the orchestra, 1/16 notes not sung at the same time as the clarinets play them, no facial express of the baritone to show his motivation (especially in his recitative).

Pretty awful/

[lonipod]

Whatever about the setting, the singing and arrangement is the closest to perfect I have found on youtube

[neezeken]

Just the way I love this piece to be sung.

[anonymusum]

Of course- I hate it. LOL

[bobsopera]

Don't mind the searching, but this time the director has failed to find.

[Merlin1940]

Don't be influenced by the (little) changes from usual in decor. This is just one more of the PERFECT renditions this incredible piece of music requires. There are just not enough stars in YouTube to rate them all. They just sing exactly what Mozart wrote, no emotion added - or removed (Now this video should be cut at 3:14 IMO).

Mon 22 Dec 2008 17:13 GMT