Don Giovanni - Commendatore Scene - EN Sub (Better Quality)

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  • @BassosaurusRex
    @BassosaurusRex  Рік тому +602

    To everyone who has loved this video - thank you from the bottom of my heart... 1 Million Views!
    It has also been a great honor to have met all 3 of these amazing singers over the years - Moll at La Scala, and both Ramey and Furlanetto in San Francisco. This video gives a perfect example of 3 stellar singers at the top of their game performing Grand Opera. Thanks again.

    • @ricardodamian8734
      @ricardodamian8734 Рік тому +17

      One million. congratulations. your video now is part of history. and in the coming years this video will continue getting millions of views. Grettings from a latin country...

    • @alligatoruno6975
      @alligatoruno6975 Рік тому +8

      Tbh i would of not expected it from this aria in particular, operatic basso never get big number of views, imo the movie Amadeus had to do a lot with this phenomenom. Big congrats nonetheless, well deserved it. (About time something outside of the tenor spectrum gets this love hehe)

    • @richbb1479
      @richbb1479 Рік тому

      Wolfi to napsal na Bertramce u nás na Smíchově ty blbe

    • @plumeplume677
      @plumeplume677 Рік тому

      😊😊ppm0pmm

    • @jooei2810
      @jooei2810 Рік тому +3

      Going to see this opera next fall, I am overjoyed!

  • @daviddale2570
    @daviddale2570 2 роки тому +971

    When you invite your Gf's dad over for dinner as a joke, but he actually shows up

    • @phill3066
      @phill3066 11 місяців тому +65

      ...after you killed him!

    • @necronsplayer
      @necronsplayer 8 місяців тому +6

      @@phill3066then who was phone????

    • @PeteBMan
      @PeteBMan 7 місяців тому +6

      😂 brilliant 👏

    • @djzio
      @djzio 2 місяці тому +8

      😂😂😂😂
      Wearing one of those T-shirts "RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER"

    • @alysonhague
      @alysonhague 2 місяці тому

      Its not about that.​@djzio

  • @meanpersona4686
    @meanpersona4686 2 роки тому +532

    Don Giovanni: I ain't scared of nothing
    Don Giovanni a minute later: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • @meanpersona4686
      @meanpersona4686 2 роки тому +25

      I love this version. It's perfectly acted, amazingly atmospheric and just a feast for eyes, ears and soul. That's why I love opera, for moments like this one. Also, the way Ramey just yells instead hitting the proper notes is genius, really elevates this performance. But I both singers are impecable artist so It wasn't really a suprise for me. Brawo!
      And as a hobbyist costume designer, I must say I love the costumes in the entire production. They really suit the characters!

    • @PP1969GR
      @PP1969GR 2 роки тому

      lol

    • @hymnodyhands
      @hymnodyhands Рік тому +13

      Mess Around and Find Out, 19th-century edition...

    • @Cajek2
      @Cajek2 9 місяців тому +7

      The cost of toxic masculinity

    • @witchfindergeneral8208
      @witchfindergeneral8208 7 місяців тому +5

      The title of the opera is "il dissoluto punito" (The punished dissolute). He was an horrible person through his entire life. Personally I find admirable the fact that he doesn't repent at the very last second even he knows what will happen to him. I always found it coherent with his character.

  • @nozyspy4967
    @nozyspy4967 3 роки тому +1510

    'Ah master, we are dead!'
    Good way to get out of having to cook.

    • @Hag_of_Fangorn
      @Hag_of_Fangorn 3 роки тому +73

      So hard to find good help these days.

    • @silverkitty2503
      @silverkitty2503 3 роки тому +11

      Hahaha!

    • @hobbitreal
      @hobbitreal 3 роки тому +4

      HAHAHAHAHA

    • @use-c7o
      @use-c7o 3 роки тому +3

      Весьма слабое утешение!

    • @MichaelHopcroft
      @MichaelHopcroft 3 роки тому +22

      The meal was already cooked, Giovanny merely wanted Leporrelo to bring out another serving. Still, Leporello would have none of it, as he fears for his soul as well as his life.

  • @ec7888
    @ec7888 2 роки тому +357

    The makeup and direction of the ghosts at the end are amazing.

    • @meredith2803
      @meredith2803 9 місяців тому +20

      I know, it’s so utterly nightmarish. The way the damned come out of the dark gives me chills every time I watch this. Kudos to the art director, absolutely phenomenal.

    • @SmudgerSmith-lh7wv
      @SmudgerSmith-lh7wv 7 місяців тому +9

      But yet l still dream of a production that will render this scene so terrifying that we will be unable to see it. Opera always pulls its punches, even in this scene. I have been trying to find new elements to make it more fear-inspiring, truly terrifying, not ‘opera-terrifying’. A marriage with theatre might be the way forward. Lose should have done it with his film. Perhaps Leporello is the catalyst. No longer a comic part, he should amplify the terror, not ham it up.

    • @SAG993
      @SAG993 2 місяці тому

      The Extras are GoT

    • @danawinsor1380
      @danawinsor1380 Місяць тому +2

      Yes! Those hideous ghostly creatures were pure genious. Visually the whole scene was to die for (no pun intended).

    • @danawinsor1380
      @danawinsor1380 Місяць тому +1

      @@SmudgerSmith-lh7wv Very interesting! I hope your idea can be brought to fruition. I was thinking that one forgets they are listening to Mozart: it is scary music.

  • @IrishRhino2727
    @IrishRhino2727 10 місяців тому +82

    My god, Salieri was right: “It was….. terrifying and wonderful to watch” So glad I found this one.

  • @punk3900
    @punk3900 Рік тому +874

    The best fianale of an opera ever. So sinister. So unexpected. So needed. The strings are like hell fire.

    • @eddbrowne
      @eddbrowne Рік тому +36

      A concluding ensemble delivers the moral of the opera - "Such is the end of the evildoer: the death of a sinner always reflects his life". Productions for over a century - beginning with the original run in Prague - customarily omitted the final ensemble, but it frequently reappeared in the 20th century and productions of the opera now usually include it.

    • @operablogger
      @operablogger Рік тому +21

      Actually, while this SHOULD have been where the opera ended, Mozart tacked on an ensemble piece that seems awfully anticlimactic, with the singers offering a "see what happens to bad people" conclusion. IMO, Meyerbeer did it better in his "Robert le Diable."

    • @rossmerchant8435
      @rossmerchant8435 Рік тому +22

      ​@@operablogger I think it says more about society rather than Mozart and Da Ponte's skills as dramatists that it felt the need to "improve" the libretto by asserting Don Giovanni as some sort of noble and romantic anti-hero. Powerful sociopaths are charming, yes, but they're still criminals who cause wanton destruction and should rightfully be punished. In light of recent social upheaval about serial abusers, I think this has actually turned out to be a more subversive point to make.

    • @richbb1479
      @richbb1479 Рік тому +1

      ​@@eddbrowne
      Mozart, Verdi, Čajkovskij

    • @alecfoster4413
      @alecfoster4413 Рік тому +3

      @@rossmerchant8435 Bravo!

  • @joestimemachine6454
    @joestimemachine6454 3 роки тому +1138

    "It was... terrifying and wonderful to watch"

  • @gengis737
    @gengis737 3 роки тому +1016

    Perfect interpretation.
    I have always been amazed how Don Giovanni damns himself, not by human weakness, but to be true to his choice of a careless and fearless life.

  • @RadagonTheRed
    @RadagonTheRed Рік тому +130

    The music is utterly timeless. As sinister, beautiful and astounding today as it was 236 years ago.

    • @salmonkill7
      @salmonkill7 6 місяців тому +3

      Mozart at his Finest!!

  • @santiagoprio2323
    @santiagoprio2323 Рік тому +420

    Everybody gangsta until Commendatore appears.

  • @doncarlodivargas5497
    @doncarlodivargas5497 3 роки тому +1103

    Moral? Dont ask a statue on a date, the statue may bring its own food

    • @gengis737
      @gengis737 3 роки тому +31

      There is a novel by Mérimée, the Venus of Illé, where a man dates a statue of Venus.

    • @doncarlodivargas5497
      @doncarlodivargas5497 3 роки тому +12

      @@gengis737 - but girls expect to be taken to a restaurant, then you're safe?
      Anyhow, I am not sure I would mind being taken home to Venus by herself

    • @2gtomkins
      @2gtomkins 3 роки тому +38

      Thinking of this encounter as a date is exactly right. The running joke in the opera is that the famous seducer keeps trying but does not succeed at even one seduction during the opera. Then at the end he is seduced into agreeing to go to dinner with the statue. This production gets this visual right, that the Don seals the deal by offering his hand when demanded by the statue (Dammi la mano in pegno.), as earlier the Don had asked for Zerlina's (La ci darem la mano). The statue never lets go, just as one never returns from a meal where this date is taking you.

    • @gengis737
      @gengis737 3 роки тому +28

      @@doncarlodivargas5497 In the novel, the man, who is marrying a woman, jokingly put his ring to the finger of the statue of Venus, to play sport more conveniently. But the next night, he is found dead, all bones broken as if crushed by a stone, and the statue has disappeared.
      1830s horror novel.

    • @doncarlodivargas5497
      @doncarlodivargas5497 3 роки тому +8

      @@gengis737 - even in the 1830 the men enjoyed the women on top? At least until their bones began to break?

  • @crazypumpkin7106
    @crazypumpkin7106 2 роки тому +531

    When the ghost of the commendatore says "Your time is up." at around 5:30, the note the bass singer hits at the very end of the phrase is so terrifically clean and yet so unnaturally low, he adds an inhuman and terrifying final accent to his phenomenal performance that is very real and requires no makeup or smoke. Fantastico!

    • @crazypumpkin7106
      @crazypumpkin7106 2 роки тому +57

      I didn't want to make my initial comment any longer than it was so ill continue the point I wanted to bring up here... i don't think I can overstate just how impressive a feat that final lowest note was.. As one gets to the limits of ones range, the note not only becomes harder to hit, but even should one hit the note, it takes -so- much training and talent to keep projecting and not allow the "volume" of your voice to drastically decrease. It is ASTOUNDING that as he sings the very lowest note, he not only reaches it but pushes to accentuate that note and make it the loudest part of the phrase! A perfect example how great performances can elevate a brilliant piece and make it even more sublime.
      I would feel guilty if I didn't give credit to the rest of the performers. Every performer In this scene, did a fantastic job. But the scene was made to showcase the abilities of the singer who portrays the ghost of the commandatore.
      That being said, Don Gio and also his servant played their parts -perfectly-. And they deserve to be mentioned.
      As an aside...i...at first...found myself wondering if the bass singer might ever have studied Mongolian throat singing to incorporate so much power into his low registers. However, I concluded that the idea was a bit far fetched..

    • @deantroiano7249
      @deantroiano7249 2 роки тому +22

      Completely underrated comment. Probably my favorite part of the entire scene is that note.

    • @Gustav_Halberg_253
      @Gustav_Halberg_253 2 роки тому +11

      Wow. Thanks for pointing this out. You are correct. That note is..a lot of things all at once.

    • @ivandovranic5834
      @ivandovranic5834 2 роки тому +10

      He sounds more like Russian basso profondo aka Oktavist.
      Very good post

    • @dariciesglaciem3009
      @dariciesglaciem3009 2 роки тому +10

      I've been trying to replicate that note for a year now...Still nowhere near doing it. On top of years of training, I believe it has something to do with the singer's voice as well. So I believe it's a beautiful combination of talent and hard work. Glad someone else was greatly impressed by this!

  • @IhorShylovych-zu2el
    @IhorShylovych-zu2el 9 місяців тому +38

    The best Commendatore I've heared

    • @apacheaccountant9757
      @apacheaccountant9757 Місяць тому +3

      The only one I’ve heard where he ends at D2

    • @explicitbanana
      @explicitbanana 12 днів тому

      @@apacheaccountant9757 hahaha yes, I'm glad I'm not the only one who's noticed, such a fantastic prformance.

  • @Xerxes2005
    @Xerxes2005 Рік тому +220

    "But Mozart's music is so happy and frivolous.."
    Yeah. Right.

    • @joansutton
      @joansutton 10 місяців тому +13

      The most terrifying music ever, the climax of Don Giovanni.

    • @pavelvodov1516
      @pavelvodov1516 9 місяців тому +4

      To that the Mozart Fantasias say "Hold my beer.."

    • @VallinSFAS
      @VallinSFAS 8 місяців тому +11

      And that Requiem!

    • @flisscook8934
      @flisscook8934 3 місяці тому +3

      Nothing cute and cuddly about this scene! It’s always freaked me out!

    • @flisscook8934
      @flisscook8934 3 місяці тому +1

      @@joansuttonI quite agree!!!!

  • @PumpestationVest
    @PumpestationVest Рік тому +125

    Quite possibly my favourite moment of any opera. It is SO powerful, and it sends a shiver down my spine.

    • @alhfgsp
      @alhfgsp Рік тому +4

      When I first heard it years ago I couldn't believe how good it was. It shattered my conceptions of what music could be. I had never heard harmony create such anticipation and build with modulation like this.

    • @mazmillion451
      @mazmillion451 11 місяців тому +2

      where can i find the full recording?

    • @sverrer148
      @sverrer148 Місяць тому

      Tenk at Mozart rakk å fullføre 28 opera er før Han forlot denne verden.

  • @plushistoriae
    @plushistoriae 2 роки тому +122

    Approximately 500 of these views are mine. Mozart is such a genius.

    • @Rand444
      @Rand444 7 місяців тому +3

      At least a thousand are mine!

    • @danawinsor1380
      @danawinsor1380 Місяць тому

      Fantastic. I sometimes have to remind myself that he was in his early 30s when he wrote this piece.

  • @elijahvincent985
    @elijahvincent985 3 роки тому +1244

    There's something so sinister about this scene, whether it is the fact it was composed by the normally-cheery Mozart, the naturally deep voice of these singing actors, the excellent make-up of the hellish skeletal figures at the end, the story of man's refusal to be decent to others and treating them equally, or everything all together at once. Such a haunting performance like this chills me! Well done to the singers, crew, performers, and the late, great Mozart! My entire body gets covered in goosebumps and chills at 06:44!

    • @elijahvincent985
      @elijahvincent985 3 роки тому +8

      @Black Monkey The rarely-sung deep note that follows by Kurt Moll sends shivers to my spine! If you look at the frequency value of the note he sung, it's shockingly close to a number that attracts a certain type of satanic evil... Like the ghosts and demons from Hell visible here! The other screams at 6:30 tempts me to curl up into a ball! The idea behind this scene if it was actually occuring is way scarier than the scariest of horror films, and this was rated G on PBS re-airings! I don't even flinch at jumpscares, even in the most grisly of horror movies rated high as NC-17 (the uncut horror films with strictly graphic violence, of course, as I like to keep things tasteful without the likes of unnecessary, inappropriate sex and nudity).

    • @fivizzano
      @fivizzano 3 роки тому +21

      he was NOT very cheery... debts, the disease that killed him ( likely cirrosis and a tumor from it ...) NOT a happy camper.... Lorenzo Dal Ponte was actually concerned about WAM's health in some if his letters.

    • @LowPlainsDrifter60
      @LowPlainsDrifter60 3 роки тому +17

      I find it an uplifing scene. Don Giovanni dies a free man, refusing to repent or submit to society's morals. A rebel destined for hell as society always wins but it was quite a party.

    • @psalm2764
      @psalm2764 3 роки тому +7

      It was the refusal of a man to REPENT.

    • @psalm2764
      @psalm2764 3 роки тому +11

      Mozart was not "cheery".

  • @benoitpellet1657
    @benoitpellet1657 4 місяці тому +19

    Unsurpassable! The singing, the acting, the sets, the direction - sometimes the fates conspire to make something perfect and this was one of them!

  • @joshuadellinger8279
    @joshuadellinger8279 3 роки тому +378

    That scream is 6:23 is great. He goes outside the musical scale, but still keeps a singing quality to it

    • @toddbrown4935
      @toddbrown4935 2 роки тому +32

      Yes! And at 5:23 as well. Sounds great

    • @sandapaperdaisyart
      @sandapaperdaisyart 2 роки тому +22

      Yes I just adore the emotion he put into it. Sooooo good

    • @kliberalsing
      @kliberalsing 2 роки тому +13

      If you gotta SCREAM - why not do it with some style ?

    • @EmilyGloeggler7984
      @EmilyGloeggler7984 2 роки тому +4

      I would prefer a real scream

    • @endlesspath3044
      @endlesspath3044 4 місяці тому +1

      Incredible performance, and on time too! Perhaps the best I’ve ever seen.

  • @AGMundy
    @AGMundy 3 роки тому +196

    After more than 30 years of listening to Don Giovanni, this scene never ceases to chill me. The musical construction is marvelous, no wonder it was rapturously received in Prague at its premiere.

    • @likmijnreet4542
      @likmijnreet4542 Рік тому +6

      too bad it's immediately followed by a cheerful "Ding dong the witch is gone" type scene.

    • @AGMundy
      @AGMundy Рік тому +2

      @@likmijnreet4542 I wouldn't have put is so strongly. That sort of scene was required by convention at the time. Musically I do enjoy it as it is Mozart, but yes the opera would not lose out by its removal.

    • @olly8453
      @olly8453 Рік тому +7

      @@likmijnreet4542 Mozart ultimately agreed, and removed the last scene from the Vienna production.

    • @hansaspros2093
      @hansaspros2093 Рік тому

      ​@@AGMundy😂

  • @TheMercyfulEmperor
    @TheMercyfulEmperor 8 місяців тому +21

    Of the dozens and dozens of performances of this opera I have seen, no Commendatore has ever hit the low notes Moll hits. Amazing performance.

  • @likmijnreet4542
    @likmijnreet4542 Рік тому +61

    so nice to see an actual effort being made to make the visuals match the music. I just came back from a Don Giovanni production where in this scene Don G. just stood there 10 meters apart from the Commendatore (just a man in a blood covered shirt) with absolutely nothing else going on on stage. Closing my eyes made the scene 100% better because at least then I truly appreciated how excellent the orchestra was.

    • @Donillini
      @Donillini Рік тому +6

      At Lyric Opera in Chicago, his dinner table flips into hell as he tries to climb out of it as his food and underwear knock him further into the foggy red abyss

    • @johnstajduhar9617
      @johnstajduhar9617 Рік тому +1

      It really requires excellent singers to be able to do dynamic action and such while their singing scenes are going on (and it's also much more expensive to stage a scene like this), but it makes it so damn special when it all comes together!

  • @Delicious1922
    @Delicious1922 3 роки тому +280

    The depth of the voicing in this scene is breathtaking! One of Mozart’s best operas!

    • @hjarnansjarn5969
      @hjarnansjarn5969 2 роки тому +5

      Lol, you mean the singer? Fuckin glorious singer.

    • @gesakrieg2139
      @gesakrieg2139 Рік тому +2

      This opera openenddiskussion the Doors to the next Century of music until to today. The pomusic already discovered this gigantic music.

  • @lilliedoubleyou3865
    @lilliedoubleyou3865 5 місяців тому +10

    I'm old enough to remember when *this* was the look and feel of most operas: sumptuously traditional and seeming to carry on a great tradition of music storytelling for younger generations. With so many trashy and peurile modern stagings by "visionaries" and academics - who nevertheless lack moral depth and are devoid of logic - I'm very grateful to have clips like this, to be reminded of what DG looked like when I was growing up.

    • @BassosaurusRex
      @BassosaurusRex  5 місяців тому +7

      Exactly. That type of junk was starting to rear its ugly head when I was in college in the 90's. I don't sing professionally anymore, but as I began my singing career the opera scene was starting to get infected with that cr@p. Now it's everywhere. I remember once singing a Magic Flute (Sarastro) where I had to wear a white 'wifebeater' shirt with a purple cape and a paper "Burger King" crown. Ugh.

    • @dorkandproudofit
      @dorkandproudofit 12 днів тому

      @@BassosaurusRex To be fair, Magic Flute was Mozart going out of his way to make an opera that appealed to the common folk as opposed to the super-conservative aristocracy (whom he hated with a passion, and who had about as much like for him in turn). He showed his distaste for upper-class snobs early on with stuff like Nozze di Figaro, but Magic Flute was full on "screw those tightasses, this is for the average joe to have fun and laugh and sing and enjoy".
      Still, even Mozart--who once wrote a chorale that translated to "Lick Me in the Ass" for no reason other than he thought it was funny--might think the wifebeater, cape, and BK crown would be going a TAD too far. But who knows, he might have gotten a kick out of it.

  • @walthervanlieshout4635
    @walthervanlieshout4635 5 місяців тому +7

    Without a doubt overwhelming. The intensity, the intrusiveness, and the enormously impactful power of the message emanating from this spectacle. Giovanni meets his higher power and gets his share, receiving what he gave to others. Justice and peace for those left behind.

  • @hymnodyhands
    @hymnodyhands 3 роки тому +177

    One of the most beautiful things about this ... in the middle of this through-and-through excellence, there is just one moment where how much joy and emotion these singers were feeling as they were doing this came through... in a moment of close-up, the Commendatore almost does the unthinkable -- catch the eye sparkle and momentary suggestion of a smile as Kurt Moll gets ready to hit that high note at 3:23 like it is the easiest thing to do, knowing all the while that he has got that low D two octaves and a step lower in his back pocket, and he is going to make that look and sound just as easy!
    This is a terrifying drama ... but the power of the joy these men feel to be performing together at absolute tip-top excellence in this most amazing of scenes also comes through and makes this one of a kind!

    • @kliberalsing
      @kliberalsing 2 роки тому +11

      Very nice observation.

    • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
      @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 2 роки тому

      And yet somehow Ramey manages to capture a sense of what it would be like to be given to the captivation and tortures of hell, something about which many are warned, in the hope that as few as possible (such a fate being averted by the help of God voluntarily taken) will commit themselves to it. Just to be honest about being a sinner is to grasp the existential danger of this apart from God. Imagining oneself going to the combined torment and thrill of hell (as C. S. Lewis spoke of a "black pleasure") -- without a speck of the fear or the hope in the promised grace of God -- is a very possible thing. Happily, this was only that -- a hypothetical that he could drop the moment the curtain came down -- for the real life Ramey. For the depicted evil Don, it was real to the core.
      As C. S. Lewis put it, it is only to those not already fully damned that such a fate has any element of being intolerable. If you're afraid of going to hell -- you aren't going to hell, but at worst only close to it. Which still isn't pleasant, but by the wisdom of God is often necessary to teach the fight of heaven. The evil Don had no desire for that kind of fight. He would plunge into an eternity of both abominably woeful torment and abominably gleeful tormenting, the perfect desperate fiend who has found his infernal, everlasting balance and knows a literal nothing of the Christ capable of infinite benevolence in the face of sin.
      "Parla, parla!" as if the evil Don didn't have every reason to know exactly what the Commendatore was going to say! What willful denial the Don is in. He is willfully yielding to the turning of his soul inside out and upside down. Imagine ourselves divorced from God and adamantly betrothed to Satan -- this is the state.
      "How he makes me afraid" -- the evil Don is speaking of the Commendatore. Hell fears heaven.

    • @ec7888
      @ec7888 2 роки тому +4

      Completely agree Deeann!

  • @red5250
    @red5250 Рік тому +76

    This is legitimately my favorite opera scene ever.
    Kurt Moll is a fucking insane basso profundo. Outside of operatic settings he could sing an F1 in chest voice, which - anyone in the bass community in general knows that is ungodly - and he sang a clear Bb1 in an operatic setting. Bb1!! That and this D2 at 5:35 really just goes to show how much power he has in his low range. And his upper range is no joke either! He can navigate his secondo passagio super super well, like this entire line at 2:13.
    Samuel Ramey is also fantastic. His low A in this performance is just phenomenal, his acting and artist vocal choices are also very very good. He and Kurt Moll’s exchange at 5:13 especially the top note at 5:24, those are all supposed to be half notes but it makes much Morse sense to hold them because (for me at least) it adds to that feeling of constant peril, as Giovanni’s soul is literally being ripped out of his body. And 5:24, that I believe is supposed to be a full octave down and is also supposed to be a half note. Ramey just yelling that note in distress is so so cool and adds so much.
    Ferruccio Furlanetto, although he doesn’t sing much in this scene, you can tell (even though his position to the recording microphone is kinda bad) that he just has an extremely big voice. That’s all I can say about him really from this performance, but his massive massive voice plus his artistic choices (especially at 4:14, that line is not written like that at all but it makes more sense to shout it almost frantically like that) are incredible.
    I can’t say it enough, this scene is incredible.

  • @jrellis11
    @jrellis11 3 роки тому +288

    Ramey is the quintessential basso cantante. Kurt Moll's voice almost seems to be another dimension. If there is such a thing as "the" greatest singer for any particular voice type, Moll would be my pick for basso profondo.

    • @boundary2580
      @boundary2580 3 роки тому +17

      A lot of people seem to not like Moll’s voice for its lack of beauty, but I think it’s one of the things that makes him so unique. He possesses good musicality unlike other profundos, and unlike some with higher voices than him always seems to have control over his voice. I think there are better basses; Siepi and Pinza had beauty that I think has not been matched by any bass since them, but Moll remains unmatched in the areas his voice was best at. Have you heard his recording of Der Wanderer? He sounds more comfortable than most oktavists on that low B.

    • @wishamahmad2719
      @wishamahmad2719 3 роки тому +3

      @@boundary2580 haha I've come across you once again, I saw you on a video about Bryn Terfel few minutes before watching this one, what an odd coincidence

    • @boundary2580
      @boundary2580 3 роки тому +3

      @@wishamahmad2719 probably have left a lot of comments in my years on UA-cam. Also a lot of the same people watch videos like this :) Honestly I wish I could see a list of all my comments and delete the ones that I don’t want anyone to see anymore.

    • @vivianevans8323
      @vivianevans8323 3 роки тому +6

      Mine would be the late Martti Talvela. Here he is as commendatory, from a decades-old record, not even a video:
      ua-cam.com/video/StpNf2nDEnE/v-deo.html
      Martti Talvela's voice makes one shiver.

    • @edraith
      @edraith 3 роки тому +2

      Oh well, Giulio Neri...

  • @Kitama23
    @Kitama23 3 роки тому +50

    I LOVE the art direction for this production. Truly hellish and ethereal.

  • @Vaelsung1
    @Vaelsung1 2 роки тому +106

    This scene, the apex of the greatest art form that is opera, performed by the greatest trio ever cast in perhaps the greatest opera ever composed, Don Giovanni. What an honor and a privilege to experience it with these singers....Moll, Ramey, Furlanetto in a traditional production that honors the composer as he must have conceived it. Danke schön Herr Mozart!

    • @angelracing
      @angelracing Рік тому +1

      ❤‍🔥

    • @jeangabrielkahane2961
      @jeangabrielkahane2961 8 місяців тому

      In Joseph Losey's filmed version, Raimondi, Mc Curdy & José Van Dam weren't bad either.

  • @DeniseJones-j8y
    @DeniseJones-j8y Рік тому +19

    Fantastic! I'm breathless with awe. I want to cry. Voices, strings immaculate.......Scary........goosebumps....oh.. my...God.........

  • @suzannesadiiqa
    @suzannesadiiqa 3 роки тому +98

    Moll was the most majestic singer of this role ever in my opinion. The power of his voice put even Ramy in the shade, not something easily done.

    • @sandapaperdaisyart
      @sandapaperdaisyart 2 роки тому +5

      I think Moll definitely has the most presence I've ever seen as the commendatore (aside from the one in the movie Amadeus) but Moll actually stood there in elaborate costume and performed at THAT level from start to finish on the stage, so I would say he still wins.

    • @spielor0815
      @spielor0815 2 роки тому +3

      Moll was the brother of my neighbor. He was such an unpretentious person. Even on his high point of his career he came around to sing a hole evening with our local singing club. Imagine that.

  • @remsan03
    @remsan03 2 роки тому +8

    Note the low D on 05:35 sung by the Commendatore. Very few singer could reach that subterranean note.

  • @olivertimmermann7823
    @olivertimmermann7823 9 місяців тому +10

    Thx Wolfie for your 35 years you spend on earth

    • @littleredwitch
      @littleredwitch 4 місяці тому

      I bet he had complimentary tickets at Micheal Jackson’s shows.

  • @daddysaku8678
    @daddysaku8678 3 роки тому +56

    Damn the way Ramey hits that note right at 6:28 gives me chills man

  • @amyodonnell2043
    @amyodonnell2043 6 місяців тому +11

    I am addicted to this clip!!Thank you

  • @tomrockhill8634
    @tomrockhill8634 7 місяців тому +9

    It's 2024 and I got chills from watching this!!! Frigging Masterpiece Opera

  • @lauterunvollkommenheit4344
    @lauterunvollkommenheit4344 3 роки тому +47

    Perhaps the greatest scene of the opera.

  • @janschaff3861
    @janschaff3861 4 місяці тому +5

    I have always been amazed at the 'screams' at 6:25 and 6:28. The way they are the perfect pitch. It is so harrowing and beatiful.

  • @LohengrinO
    @LohengrinO 3 роки тому +794

    Only Mozart could have made a No1 hit scene between a Bass and a Baritone...

    • @Kevin_Beach
      @Kevin_Beach 3 роки тому +58

      What about Verdi's duet between Philip II and the Grand Inquisitor?

    • @LohengrinO
      @LohengrinO 3 роки тому +5

      @@Kevin_Beach indeed

    • @grahamnancledra7036
      @grahamnancledra7036 3 роки тому +58

      @@Kevin_Beach There is a vast difference between Mozart and Verdi both in Musical styles and in the beliefs of their time. Mozart wins hands down because of the humanity of his music. In Don Giovanni it is the failings of Humanity, the use of D minor highlighting this issue. If Mozart had lived as long as Verdi, who knows how his music and drama would have developed. By the way going back to the OP's message: It's three bass and baritone. Don't forget Lepporello's contribution to the scene. 'Three Tenors'? Pah - give me three bass/baritones any day!

    • @bogdan98ify
      @bogdan98ify 3 роки тому +4

      What about Borodin

    • @hjarnansjarn5969
      @hjarnansjarn5969 2 роки тому +2

      I could never have fortuned a bass between baritone. May we all die bye the dwaf or the whine!

  • @myostar7
    @myostar7 8 місяців тому +12

    WAM dealt with many topics and was able to pin point man’s joys and here his darkest fears with as only he could. Rest In Peace

  • @littleredwitch
    @littleredwitch 4 місяці тому +7

    Samuel Ramey is the best! His looks, his voice and THAT SCREAM!!!😱

  • @0oxeno0
    @0oxeno0 3 роки тому +225

    So rose the dreadful ghost from his next and blackest opera.
    There on the stage, stood the figure of a dead commander.
    I knew, Only I understood that the horrifying apparition
    was Leopold, raised from the dead.
    Wolfgang had actually summoned up his own father
    to accuse his son, before all the world.
    It was terrifying and wonderful to watch.
    And now, the madness began in me, the madness of a man, splitting in half.
    Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna,
    but in secret I went to every one of those five. Worshipping the sound, I alone
    seem to hear.
    And as I stood there, understanding how that bitter old man
    was still possessing his poor son, even from beyond the grave.
    I began to see a way, A terrible way I could finally triumph over God.

    • @nelsongllrd
      @nelsongllrd 3 роки тому +16

      Love this movie so much since i was a kid!

    • @gregoryborton6598
      @gregoryborton6598 3 роки тому +24

      This scene never made sense until I got acquainted with Don Giovanni. For those like me who where confused, Don Giovanni was a person who basically gave no fucks about anybody but himself, spent his days drinking, fighting, and womanizing. He is dragged down to hell by the ghost of a man he kills in the first scene, a father coming to protect his daughter from rape.
      Mozart (as in the Amadeus depiction, not the real man) similarly spent his days drinking, sleeping around, and overall giving no shits about those around him other than his own music. His father had been the figure that had reigned that in, and later scolded him for it- thus, he is Don Giovanni and his judge is his father, now but a ghost but still very much able to haunt.

    • @MichaelHopcroft
      @MichaelHopcroft 3 роки тому

      @@nelsongllrd Sometimes a great play (and "Amadeus" along with the same author's "Eqqus" are among the truly great plays of the Twentieth Century) does in fact benefit from being seen live, even performed byh a local or college troup[e. I would love to have played Salieri. It was from a troupe like that that I saw"Amadeus", when I was at a collegiate drama festival learning how to be a drama critic.
      I sadfly admit I completely missed the point of "Waiting for Godot" until discussing it with my drama professor on the drive home.

    • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
      @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 2 роки тому +1

      @@gregoryborton6598 It must have been quite an internal conflict for the dramatic, if not also the real Wolfgang. Psychological analysis from artifacts is perilous at best, so this is but a guess. His father had not been a kind Christlike figure, yet had at least superficially controlled his son. Resolving such conflicts could take until a trans-mortal encounter. We, not knowing the mental baggage that Wolfgang had, could possibly accept the Commendatore as an angel. But the heavenly vibes, which are the only thing that can really convince, wouldn't have been there for Wolfgang, the only hint of them being the textual reference to heavenly food courtesy of Ponte, who at least got to bear some kind of Christian witness to Wolfgang.
      Anyhow: empty religion is powerless.

    • @DrJones20
      @DrJones20 Рік тому +1

      Amazing writing

  • @stmicci3206
    @stmicci3206 3 роки тому +88

    Ramey, Moll, Furlanetto! What a cast!!!

  • @8Bit-Andy
    @8Bit-Andy 4 місяці тому +4

    So far this is the best version of this scene to me. God dayum I got so many mixed feelings within chills everytime I watch it. I just can't describe it properly.

  • @EdgarGuediguian
    @EdgarGuediguian 10 місяців тому +87

    There's no atheist when commendatore arrives for dinner.

    • @Suzana-w2x
      @Suzana-w2x 4 місяці тому +1

      The Equalizer is soon here.

    • @micahmetzker3620
      @micahmetzker3620 2 місяці тому +1

      Hey, can you explain to me what is going on here? I would like to apreciate this as much as everybody else 😢

    • @VenkataSiddharthPendyala
      @VenkataSiddharthPendyala 2 місяці тому

      @@micahmetzker3620 Don Giovanni, the protagonist of Mozart's Don Giovanni, kills the Commendatore (a man in armor with light-blue, silverish skin) in a duel after attempting to seduce the Commendatore's daughter, Donna Anna. Later, Don Giovanni mocks the dead Commendatore's statue by inviting him to dinner. Here, the spirit of the Commendatore actually comes to dinner and in return invites Don Giovanni to dinner. Don Giovanni accepts, but then the Commendatore tells him to repent (because the "dinner" is his death) so that he is saved from hellfire. However, Don Giovanni refuses. The Commendatore then, in the final part of this scene, drags Don Giovanni down into hell. The actors that look like skeletons and monsters are representing the damned who live in hell. Hope that helped! You can find more about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Giovanni

  • @dantho50
    @dantho50 3 роки тому +119

    By far and away the best production of Don Giovanni I have seen, magnificent performances and amazing sets. How good to see that the late, great Kurt Moll also dyed the inside of his mouth for the final scene. i am always amazed at the singers who don''t do this as part of their make up as the pink mouth in my opinion totally detracts from the image they are trying to project.

    • @itamarbar9580
      @itamarbar9580 2 роки тому +1

      How the hell you paint the inside of the mouth?!?!?!?!?!

    • @dantho50
      @dantho50 2 роки тому +18

      @@itamarbar9580 The singer i knew who did this used a green food colouring so that the inside of his mouth would resemble the colour of his costume which reoresented the patina of an old weathered statue. He explained his reason for doing so was to ensure that theatrically it looked better than seeing the inside of a gaping pink mouth.

    • @EmilyGloeggler7984
      @EmilyGloeggler7984 2 роки тому +6

      I do not know if Kurt really did that, but if he did - bravo! You could also use squid or edible printer ink, which creates the same effect. But I’d be more concerned if that stuff may affect the singing voice. If it does not, it’s a wonderful idea!

  • @barendlotz3410
    @barendlotz3410 3 роки тому +30

    Beyond description; this will not be equalled in our time. Absolutely phenomenal singing and what can a mere mortal say about Mozart. Thank you so much for posting.

  • @walthervanlieshout4635
    @walthervanlieshout4635 6 місяців тому +4

    Every time I watch… I become more amazed. Such a beautiful interaction between bass and baritone. And then… I become aware of the horror the people watch in the days of Mozart… are the ready for this… I suppose… they are not! At the same time, are we?

  • @BenEmberley
    @BenEmberley 3 роки тому +36

    Kurt Moll. Fantastic Gurnemanz, Awesome Sarastro, Terrifying Commendatore. An absolute Legend.

  • @heronimousbrapson863
    @heronimousbrapson863 3 місяці тому +7

    This is opera at its finest; music composed by Mozart, arguably the greatest composer who ever lived.

  • @juanjosegomez8439
    @juanjosegomez8439 3 роки тому +195

    [La statua]
    Don Giovanni
    A cenar teco m’invitasti
    E son venuto.
    [Don Giovanni]
    Non l’avrei giammai creduto
    Ma farò quel che potrò
    Leporello, un'altra cena
    Fa che subito si porti.
    [Leporello]
    Ah, padron!
    Ah, padron, siam tutti morti.
    [Don Giovanni]
    Vanne dico!
    [La statua]
    Ferma un po’!
    Non si pasce di cibo mortale
    Chi si pasce di cibo celeste
    Altre cure più gravi di queste
    Altra brama quaggiù mi guidò.
    [Leporello]
    (La terzana d’avere mi sembra
    E le membra fermar più non so)
    [Don Giovanni]
    Parla dunque! Che chiedi? Che vuoi?
    [La statua]
    Parlo! Ascolta! Più tempo non ho!
    [Don Giovanni]
    Parla, parla, ascoltando ti sto
    [La statua]
    Tu m’invitasti a cena
    Il tuo dover or sai
    Rispondimi
    Verrai tu a cenar meco?
    [Leporello]
    Ohibò, tempo non ha, scusate
    [Don Giovanni]
    A torto di viltate
    Tacciato mai sarò.
    [La statua]
    Risolvi!
    [Don Giovanni]
    Ho già risolto!
    [La statua]
    Verrai?
    [Leporello]
    Dite di no!
    [Don Giovanni]
    Ho fermo il cuore in petto
    Non ho timor, verrò!
    [La statua]
    Dammi la mano in pegno!
    [Don Giovanni]
    Eccola! Ohimè!
    [La statua]
    Cos’hai?
    [Don Giovanni]
    Che gelo è questo mai?
    [La statua]
    Pentiti, cangia vita
    Nell’ultimo momento!
    [Don Giovanni]
    No, no, ch’io non mi pento
    Vanne lontan da me!
    [La statua]
    Pentiti, scellerato!
    [Don Giovanni]
    No, vecchio infatuato!
    [La statua]
    Pentiti!
    [Don Giovanni]
    No!
    [La statua]
    Sì!
    [Leporello]
    Sì!
    [Don Giovanni]
    No, no!
    [La statua]
    Ah, tempo più non v’è!
    [Don Giovanni]
    Da qual tremore insolito
    Sento assalir gli spiriti
    Dond’escono quei vortici
    Di foco pien d’orror?
    [Coro di diavoli]
    Tutto a tue colpe è poco
    Vieni, c’è un mal peggior.
    [Don Giovanni]
    Chi l’anima mi lacera?
    Chi m’agita le viscere?
    Che strazio, ohimé, che smania
    Che inferno, che terror!
    [Leporello]
    (Che ceffo disperato!
    Che gesti da dannato!
    Che gridi, che lamenti!
    Come mi fa terror!)

    • @rrigo27
      @rrigo27 2 роки тому +6

      Gracias Juan José, le he disfrutado mil veces mas con la letra original.

    • @mariaeugeniagomez5720
      @mariaeugeniagomez5720 2 роки тому +2

      Gracias primo perdido 🙌

    • @isaacneri3576
      @isaacneri3576 Рік тому +1

      Gracias 🇲🇽 saludos

    • @kw-zy6mb
      @kw-zy6mb 6 місяців тому

      Thx

  • @metintoptas9874
    @metintoptas9874 3 роки тому +22

    This is the most successful Commendatore Scene of all times, and of all other versions.

    • @dragoscercel4247
      @dragoscercel4247 2 роки тому +1

      Not really.The version from Amadeus is better but that wasn't performed live at an opera so...

  • @la_belle_heaulmiere
    @la_belle_heaulmiere 2 роки тому +30

    The walls of death enclosing them is just absolutely phenomenal. I wish I could have seen this particular performance in person.

  • @nenechonlisboa4127
    @nenechonlisboa4127 3 роки тому +11

    The three men are astounding ! Fantastic ! Kurt Moll is just divine. WOOOF ! It gives me goose bumps each time!

  • @sandraelder1101
    @sandraelder1101 Рік тому +28

    This totally enthralled and freaked out my 4th graders. They think opera is so cool now. It was magical. 😁🎶

  • @justinhamilton8647
    @justinhamilton8647 3 роки тому +70

    This is so intense wtf

  • @badguy86-m1q
    @badguy86-m1q Місяць тому +1

    Kurt Moll superb in the role of the Commendatore. Deep bass voice and great stage presence. One of the greatest German artists sadly passed away.

  • @AMMandrea123
    @AMMandrea123 Рік тому +7

    I had the great fortune to see Don Giovanni performed many times at the Vienna Opera House in 1976 and one time at the Met in New York City. This scene still takes my breathe away every time.

  • @Filanca1
    @Filanca1 2 роки тому +8

    “Other more important matters than your silly dinner invitation brought me here” he sounds like business 😂

  • @TECHWOLF666
    @TECHWOLF666 3 роки тому +30

    Love this so much. Makes more sense with subtitles.

  • @leonaldobrum
    @leonaldobrum 3 роки тому +8

    Absolutely FANTASTIC !!! GOOD everything: scenario, acting, lighting, voices, AMBIANCE.
    THIS is what Opera is all about: sung theatre with a genius touch. I wish we still have that...

    • @robertlambeaux897
      @robertlambeaux897 2 роки тому

      Acting and voices , I approuve. But ridiculous production (American , probably)

  • @camilorm5578
    @camilorm5578 3 роки тому +12

    Thank you for the upload, the quality jump is appreciated

  • @kaari2271
    @kaari2271 9 місяців тому

    This is one of my very favorite productions of “the” opera. Thank you so much for posting this great footage. Kurt Moll, Samuel Ramey-what a pairing they are! 🙏🏼

  • @sunnythegreat9312
    @sunnythegreat9312 11 місяців тому +4

    This is the first time ever I've read subtitles of the opera and I didn't expect it to be that epic. I want to listen to the whole opera with subtitles now.

    • @crazycat482
      @crazycat482 9 місяців тому +1

      Unfortunately the rest of the opera is not this epic. This is def one of the most mind-blowing opera scenes ever composed, specially when considering the time during which it was created

  • @nigelturner7424
    @nigelturner7424 Рік тому +10

    An amazing performance of one of the greatest scenes in opera... love it love it

  • @reginamerwin935
    @reginamerwin935 8 місяців тому +3

    THANK YOU for putting this up!!

  • @JohannesPorphyrius
    @JohannesPorphyrius 6 місяців тому +2

    This is my favourite performance of all. And I heard quite all there is. Thanks so much for upload.

  • @willchan4186
    @willchan4186 3 роки тому +29

    If I was a kid and saw it live it'll give me nightmares

  • @MrTballard
    @MrTballard 11 місяців тому +1

    This is just pure awesomeness. So heavy metal, so skillfully manifested by the actors and the stage set. And the demons at the end....as good as it gets.

  • @tulga3760
    @tulga3760 2 роки тому +13

    I can't stop watching this scene.
    Especially Kurt Moll nailed me down here.

  • @onitasanders7403
    @onitasanders7403 Рік тому +5

    Love it. Kurt Moll is the gold standard for this part. What a joy it is to hear Samuel, Kurt as well as the servant in this scene.

    • @HughMungus4655
      @HughMungus4655 Рік тому +2

      aw come on, dont disrepect furlanetto like that lol hes iconic. theres seldom any basses who play the role as well as he does
      but i agree 100%, the cast on stage here is absolutely fantastic

  • @ChryslerPhantom
    @ChryslerPhantom 2 роки тому +18

    Mozart managed to create in this scene a symbiosis between the earthly and the phantasmagoric that was not repeated in the entire history of opera. And this version managed to capture it tremendously

  • @Jupiterssilhouette
    @Jupiterssilhouette 3 роки тому +56

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the talented young man who wrote blissful sweet melodies but also had the potential to write masterpieces as terrifying such as this

  • @manco828
    @manco828 8 місяців тому +6

    So rose the dreadful ghost from his next and blackest opera. There, on the stage, stood the figure of a dead commander. And I knew, only I understood that the horrifying aparition was Leopold, raised from the dead! Wolfgang had actually summoned up his own father to accuse his son before all the world! It was terrifying and wonderful to watch. And now the madness began in me. The madness of the man splitting in half. Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna. But in secret, I went to every one of those five, worshipping sounds I alone seem to hear. And hour after hour, as I stood there, understanding how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son even from beyond the grave. I began to see a way, a terrible way, I could finally triumph over God

  • @brumella
    @brumella Місяць тому +2

    I've never seen "Don Giovanni" (the opera) but the theatre play "Don Juan Tenorio" by José Zorrilla is very famous in Spain. It follows the same plot and characters. In some villages and cities it's played in the streets on the night of the 31st of October.

  • @divox9pqr
    @divox9pqr 3 роки тому +53

    I still get goose bumps when I remember the time I was on stage with Sam singing in the chorus of the WO production of Mephistopheles. Man, what a memory!

  • @nelsonwalker7105
    @nelsonwalker7105 3 роки тому +11

    Commendatore projects better here and enunciates more clearly than other DG's I have seen. Really enjoy hearing him do his lines.

    • @hymnodyhands
      @hymnodyhands Рік тому

      Kurt Moll is perhaps the greatest basso profundo of the second half of the 20th century... he put his mark on this role, and in many others!

  • @vigwig
    @vigwig Рік тому +3

    Enjoyed this deep dive into Don G. I sang at NYCO in the 1980s with Ramey, trust me, his voice was HUGE. Also a super nice guy, everyone loved him there.

    • @LockportDan
      @LockportDan Рік тому +3

      Seems like Kurt Moll sang him off the stage here.

  • @susannevollmer2347
    @susannevollmer2347 2 роки тому +4

    A part from a very good Don Giovanni performance: Kurt Moll is such a great commandatore and the ending is so beautiful wienerisch - also the dark Prag. Wonderful made!

  • @johnblasiak2499
    @johnblasiak2499 Рік тому +8

    Kurt Moll is the greatest basso unbelievable

    • @Rand444
      @Rand444 7 місяців тому

      Power to spare!

  • @orestiskify
    @orestiskify 2 роки тому +6

    I have watched this scene so many times! I believe this is one of the best adaptations of this work.

  • @cliffjamesmusic
    @cliffjamesmusic 2 роки тому +1

    It is good that there is such a plethora of music on UA-cam, to please a wide variety of tastes. To me, this is just 2 men shouting at each other but I’m glad that other people enjoy it.

  • @Bagofnowt
    @Bagofnowt Рік тому +597

    I never understood why anyone likes opera. I always thought it's one of those things you pretend to like to look cultured or educated, like Shakespeare or French food. I saw this scene in college, and I now understand.

    • @marfdasko
      @marfdasko 9 місяців тому +71

      French food is actually very nice as well

    • @liliamarie5329
      @liliamarie5329 8 місяців тому +79

      Once you get used to reading the antiquated english, Shakespeare is epic! and absolutely hilarious!

    • @raiheijubely4764
      @raiheijubely4764 8 місяців тому +57

      Thats because such "elevated" art forms are blocked by the wall of complexity, you need a minimum of culture to be able to understand it.

    • @DarkWhiteCrow
      @DarkWhiteCrow 8 місяців тому

      ⁠​⁠@@marfdasko I actually love to pretend I like French food, everytime I see it

    • @illyaismaili6413
      @illyaismaili6413 7 місяців тому +45

      "I always thought it's one of those things you pretend to like to look cultured or educated"
      What the actual f*ck is this logic...

  • @ethanl1359
    @ethanl1359 Місяць тому +2

    I love how simple and terrifying his entrance is. Like, what’s the most chilling thing that could happen after you taunt the grave of a man you killed by jokingly asking his monument to dinner?
    “You have asked me to dinner. And I have come”
    So simple. So scary. And the music…perfect

  • @dianagendova
    @dianagendova 2 роки тому +8

    I have watched manny performance's of this scene,but this performance is absolute unique and my favourite,every aspect is brilliant: costumes,regie,voices,acting.Only this performance make me feel the drama,it gives me chills.

  • @noalapizza-paella3986
    @noalapizza-paella3986 15 днів тому +1

    These three are so talented, this priduction looks insane, I love this ❤

  • @emmamcallister1743
    @emmamcallister1743 3 роки тому +389

    The best recording of this scene. Everything about it is perfect. The singing, the acting, the set, the costumes. Absolutely amazing.
    Whole version: ua-cam.com/video/5jQSj3Vs4LI/v-deo.html
    Thank you kind person who posted it.

    • @jk21619
      @jk21619 3 роки тому +3

      I'm trying to buy this on DVD/Blu Ray. If you have an idea (or a link) where I can find it, please share :) Thanks!

    • @emmamcallister1743
      @emmamcallister1743 3 роки тому +3

      @@jk21619 Sadly it is not available on DVD. I think it was due to some copyright issues. The only place where you can watch the whole thing is on Met opera on demand or the one here on UA-cam. I really wish they sold it on DVD I know alot of people would buy it.

    • @jk21619
      @jk21619 3 роки тому +1

      @@emmamcallister1743 same
      Met Opera on Demand it is... Thanks for the prompt reply!

    • @ESilva-gw9ig
      @ESilva-gw9ig 3 роки тому +1

      Indeed.

    • @florafurioso9197
      @florafurioso9197 3 роки тому +2

      A great performance it is, but the genius of great opera is its perfection by an infinite number of great performers, each with their unique interpretation.

  • @andyking957
    @andyking957 28 днів тому +1

    for me one the best interpretations of this scene, the others beeing of similar age. Two amazing singers creating a great work oft art in harmony despite of the conflicting characters. I am quite certain not to get the opportunity to see something like this im my live time...

  • @alessamarfan4258
    @alessamarfan4258 8 місяців тому +4

    What a master piece! 🥲

  • @enricogargano7188
    @enricogargano7188 10 місяців тому +4

    Best Don Giovanni

  • @brandonkimery6284
    @brandonkimery6284 Місяць тому

    I went to see the Houston Opera a few months ago when they performed Don Giovanni. Great show.👏🎻

  • @BaroneVitellioScarpia1
    @BaroneVitellioScarpia1 3 роки тому +51

    Ramey is magnificent!

    • @BaroneVitellioScarpia1
      @BaroneVitellioScarpia1 3 роки тому +1

      @@NGTO-zt9qe Indeed. I hope Siepi could replace him as the Commendatore.

    • @bobajob13
      @bobajob13 3 роки тому +2

      @@NGTO-zt9qe ah yes the greatest basso profundo of the the last 50 years was terrible. In what way was his performance terrible?

    • @antemahoney4376
      @antemahoney4376 3 роки тому

      @@bobajob13 ua-cam.com/video/JavgpyOG4OY/v-deo.html

    • @marisamassimino6418
      @marisamassimino6418 3 роки тому

      @@BaroneVitellioScarpia1 Siepi è un grandissimo. Forse più di Ramey. Bravo Furlanetto indispensabile in questa parte.

    • @BaroneVitellioScarpia1
      @BaroneVitellioScarpia1 3 роки тому +1

      @@marisamassimino6418 Siepi? È il miglior Don Giovanni di sempre!

  • @hc1897
    @hc1897 3 роки тому +2

    Oh thank you for this upload! I have watched the earlier lower quality one and already counted myself EXTREMELY EXTREMELY EXTREMELY lucky to be able to see it (for free!!). Now there is even a better copy!! Pure ecstasy!

  • @mypianoschat9475
    @mypianoschat9475 Рік тому +9

    to describe this is "EPIC MOZART"

  • @akechijubeimitsuhide
    @akechijubeimitsuhide 6 місяців тому +2

    I love listening to this with supper (and, occasionally, the whole finale from "Gia la mensa preparata" onwards)

  • @maestroclassico5801
    @maestroclassico5801 2 роки тому +16

    This very scene was the irrefutable proof that had Mozart lived, he would have moved in the same direction as Beethoven. Toward Romanticism. His music was starting to transition....his very last piece the REQUIEM ices it for me.

  • @cynthiagilbreth1352
    @cynthiagilbreth1352 4 місяці тому

    This is simply one of the best I've ever heard. And we actually saw this in Vienna. I get chills every single time I hear it. Once in Yellowstone, we saw a bubbling mud pit with gasses flowing upwards, that reminded me of this scene.

  • @therealhimiko3010
    @therealhimiko3010 11 місяців тому +3

    6:26 Considering that at the time horror operas with this music were not common, Mozart was undoubtedly ahead of his time.