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E ancor silenzio! Oh quando, quando al fragor Dell'aure e del torrente Suono di guerra s’unira? Quest’occhi, sempre immersi Nel pianto, oh non vedranno Balenare dai culmini del monte I crociati vessilli? Dunque il lezzo a purgar del gran misfatto mai non potran mie mani L’empie bende squarciar de’ Musulmani? E ancor silenzio! Oh folle! E chi son io, perche m’arrida all’alma Iri di pace? E giusto Iddio soltanto; Sia per lui benedetto il duolo e il pianto! Ma quando un suon terribile Dira che Dio lo vuole, Quando la Croce splendere Vedro qual nuovo sole, Di giovanil furore Tutto arderammi il core, E la mia destra gelida L’acciar impugnera; Di nuovo allor quest’anima Redenta in ciel sara.

WOW! WOW! WOW!

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La voix de M. Ramey est diablement envoutante ! La musique et cette voix, un formidable tendem ! Merci encore une fois à vous Amazing Samuel Ramey.

I find it a real pity that the bass range is almost entirely absent from musicals. If it had been an opera, a role like the Phantom would likely have been a bass. And Ramey perfectly illustrates why - a deeper voice just brings an entirely different aspect to the character and makes it somehow sound both more menacing and more heartfelt. Or, you know, perhaps it's just that Ramey is an amazing performer who can capture a million emotions with just his voice!

Thank you so much! The whole opera world thanks you for preserving the legacy of this GREAT singer through the digital medium!

3rd in my top 5 operas. He is magnificent in this.

Love it!!! Wish I had a Time Machine so I could go back and hear all his performances I missed.

Always a wonderful voice and actor!

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He's magnetizing! Thank you so much for finding this scene.

Wow! That’s maybe the most beautiful rendition of this aria I’ve heard. Wonderful singing!

Vous nous trouvez toujours de magnifiques joyaux. Merci.

Excellent, comme d'hab. (Dommage que dans la version italienne, dans laquelle en outre il est rare de répéter le "avilito, calpestaTO", Ramey ne prend pas la liberté de nous gratifier de son superbe grave, obligatoire et efficace dans la version française).

He is great as Basilio! There's something so sly and sneaky about his performance, and yet it never loses sight of how ridiculous it all is, so it strikes this perfect balance.

Esecuzione magistrale, come sempre!

Wonderful! But Samuel Ramey was too, too young for Don Basilio😊

Magnifique. Quelle voix et quelle maitrise du souffle. J'en avais le souffle coupé ! Quel bon acteur aussi. Un vrai plaisir d'écouter un tel chanteur.

Magnifique ! Quelle voix et quelle maitrise du souffle. J'en avais le souffle coupé en l'écoutant chanter la grande "tirade" centrale. c'est aussi un très bon acteur. C'est toujours un plaisir de l'écouter.

Magnifique - Quelle voix ! et quelle maitrise du souffle. J'étais presque à bout de souffle en l'écoutant faire la longue tirade. C'est aussi un habile acteur. C'est vraiment un plaisir de l'écouter.

La calunnia è un venticello Un’auretta assai gentile Che insensibile, sottile, Leggermente, dolcemente, Incomincia a sussurar. Piano, piano, terra, terra, Sottovoce, sibilando, Va scorrendo, va ronzando. Nell’orecchie della gente, S’introduce destramente E le teste ed i cervelli Fa stordire e fa gonfiar. Dalla bocca fuori uscendo Lo schiamazzo va crescendo, Prende forza 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, Un tremoto, un temporale, Che fa l’aria rimbombar. E il meschino calunniato, Avvilito, calpestato, Sotto il pubblico flagello, Per gran sorte va a crepar.

Amazing singer. Chased endless tail. Got laid like a rat!

I love how they have the same hair

fabulous

Obsessed. My two favorite singers singing my favorite aria ❤

Merci pour cette video sympa! Ce Chérubin de 45 ans est très agréable. D'ailleurs encore avec Ramey et Anderson, notamment, FvS fut choisie deux ans plus tard pour enregistrer l'intégrale.

I love them in this - Ramey sounds so warm and devoted!

Bravo ! Très émouvant. Ici il chante quelque chose de doux et romantique en même temps. Très beau. Merci.

What a soldier! No fear.

Sometimes you need to listen to the audio version of an opera before seeing the video version, and this production is a case in point. I first saw this production on video and just couldn't deal with the visuals. I pride myself on being a sophisticated operagoer who is all about the voice and not the way the singers look, and was disappointed in myself when I just couldn't believe Ramey as Filippo II. Filippo is an older man who, in this scene, is lamenting the fact that his young wife doesn't love him. He sings about how she saw his gray hair on the day she met him and was repulsed. Filippo is supposed to be old and unattractive, full of self doubts, but the production designer (Franco Zefferelli, who loves gorgeous productions), makeup people, and costumers all had seemingly conspired to make Samuel Ramey, who is gorgeous to begin with, just as stunning as possible. He wears beautiful costumes, his magnificent mane of hair is perfectly coiffed (with the small bit of that gray that turned off Elisabetta all combed out by the time this Third Act scene occurs), and he looks about perfect. I imagine it worked better when seen from the audience at La Scala, but on video (and later DVD) with closeups and all, he just looked ridiculous, not at all like the unattractive old man Filippo is supposed to be. When he sings about how old and ugly he is, I'm afraid I couldn't suppress a giggle. To make matters worse, young Don Carlo, Elisabetta's true love, is Luciano Pavarotti, complete with a giant wig that looked like it had been dyed with bootblack and eyebrows that appeared to have been painted on with a Sharpie pen. The visuals were indeed disturbing in this video version and I just couldn't take the production seriously. I really tried, but I just couldn't. As I mentioned earlier, I these problems probably disappeared when viewed from the audience at La Scala. Some time later, I came across the audio version (on CD) of this opera and decided to listen to it. Without the visuals, I was quite surprised to discover just how wonderful a vocal actor Samuel Ramey is in this role. His interpretation of Filippo was marvelous, a perfect portrait of the strong monarch who internally doubts himself because his young wife has turned away from him. He was as good and in most cases superior to anyone else I have heard in this role. He even rivals Ferruccio Furlanetto, who I think of as one of the very finest actors ever in opera. I have heard more than one critic claim that Ramey isn't a good actor. Too often they judge that book by its cover and not only proclaim him to be a not very good actor but also an inferior singer. Well you know, don't you, that nobody who looks like that could possibly be one of the greatest basses who ever lived and a fine actor? I would beg to differ as to his voice and his acting ability.

Ramey's "Andiam, Andiam" at 2:07 melts my heart! He got those since he sang Don Giovanni with Karajan a few years earlier. Such a warm and sensational voice.

That F# was insane.

Two great singers.

He is just mindblowingly great in this! Absolutely magnificent!

Ramey magnifique, comme toujours ! Je crois ne l’avoir jamais entendu en mauvaise forme, c’est impressionnant. Je vous remercie pour les sous-titres en français ! Hâte de voir son grand inquisiteur, et son immense mi grave !❤❤

Thank you very much - this is my favourite aria from my favourite artist! Really pleasure!

C'est vraiment magnifique.

On a presque envie de pleurer avec lui tellement son désespoir est grand ! Il y met tellement d'intensité.

Ella giammai m' amò! No, quel cor chiuso è a me, amor per me non ha! Io la rivedo ancor contemplar triste in volto il mio crin bianco il dì che qui di Francia venne. No, amor per me non ha. Amor per me non ha! Ove son? Quei doppier presso a finir! L' aurora imbianca il mio veron! Già spunta il dì! Passar veggo i miei giorni lenti! Il sonno, o Dio! sparì dai miei occhi languenti! Dormirò sol nel manto mio regal. Quando la mia giornata è giunta a sera, dormirò sol sotto la vôlta nera, dormirò sotto la vôlta nera, là, nell' avello dell' Escurial. Se il serto regal a me desse il poter di leggere nei cor, che Dio può sol, può sol veder! Ah! Se il serto regal a me desse il poter di leggere nei cor, che Dio sol può veder! Se dorme il prence, veglia il traditore; il serto perde il re, il consorte l' onore!

Magnifico Ramey!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, nothing tops this production for me. And Ramey is magnificent here - he's said that he always found the serenade one of the hardest parts of Don Giovanni to perform because it lies at the top of his voice, but you really can't tell. He sounds incredible!

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Today, on 27 January, in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a greatest musical genius, was born. To celebrate, I have made a playlist "Samuel Ramey Sings Mozart." which you can listen to right here: shorturl.at/GaRbR. Enjoy!

@sunlights3048 I am happy when you post e new songs by M. Samuel Ramey. On top of that you insert the subs titles. MERCI. Thank you for your comment. Unfortunately, the previous video of Serenade from another production of "Don Giovanni", on which you commented, was removed for copyright claims, so I can't reply there. Thanks for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoy the channel! 💗❤

Merci aussi pour vos sous-titres français qui ne sont pas superflus.

Wow. I'm not much familiar at all with Les Hueguenots, but after this... I definitely need to look into it. Thank you so much for your continued uploads, they're always apprecited.

FABULOUS VOICE