Don Giovanni ,"commendatore scene"

Don Giovanni:dir:John Eliot Gardiner.(the english baroque soloists ) Don:Rodney Gilfry,Leporello:Ildebrando D'Arcangelo,commendatore:A.Silvestrelli concertgebouw Holland Festival 1994

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

I have heard dozens of versions and many great Commendatores but Silvestrelli's voice is something non-human. Incredibly powerful and really scary. I'd really love to hear him live.And the way he just throws the (pretty tall and well-built) Gilfry over one shoulder is really impressive. How strong is this man?

[@gilstrap_bassbaritone]

I heard him do Fafner at HGO last year. Simply unbelievable, and I can't think of a better singer to play a dragon.

[@ruperttmls7985]

Silvestrelli es sin duda el mejor Comendattore que haya escuchado en toda la vida. Y esa sala además tiene un eco que lo hace escuchar de ultratumba.

[@davidshengelia4798]

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[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

"Non-human", indeed. What you are hearing is electronic amplification. Not a human voice.

[@alajbegslama301]

@@ColonelFredPuntridge You are damn right! But the overall result is amazing.

[@kuperschmidt]

the best performance ever

[@oscarlock5724]

Good use of the trombone behind the statue. Shows how sacred the trombone is. Rarely used by Mozart

[@marichristian1072]

I've always thought that the trombones were a foretaste of hell!

[@operaruud]

I saw & heard this performance Live. Thanktful that I was present. This performance cannot be surpassed. A real once in a life time experience. I will remember it deeply to the last day of my live.

[@jjh2456]

It doesn't matter how many interpretations of this scene I see, I just love it. This is some good stuff.

[@PTCello]

What an amazing opera... amazing. Has any opera come close in the last 225 years?

[@therearenoshortcuts9868]

it's basically the original Wolf of Wall Street this is the scene where he gets raided by the SEC...

[@Dan474834]

Quite a few operas. Don Giovanni rarely makes top 10 on most operatic lists. The greatest operas will always include Der Ring, Tristan, Rosenkavalier… etc.

[@WiEar]

No, no opera could ever come close to this one. And that is because medium, theme and composer form a real triumvirate, that is unbeatable. Medium: music, the essential sensual medium. Theme: Don Giovanni, rhe mythical personification of sensuality. Composer: Mozart, the one who had music flowing through his veins; the eminant sensual composer. Kierkegaard has written extensively about why this opera can never find its equal. "In his 19th-century treatise, “The Immediate Erotic Stages or the Musical Erotic,” found in his 1843 book Either/Or, the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55) argues that Mozart’s Giovanni represents sexuality and eroticism, which are the opposites of Christian morality. Giovanni also represents absolute immorality and the absolute triumph of desire. Kierkegaard writes: “In Don Giovanni, however, desire is absolutely qualified as desire. . . . In this stage, therefore, desire is absolutely genuine, victorious, triumphant, irresistible, and demonic” (84-85). However, the Don is also the center of the story. “Giovanni’s passion ‘resonates in and supports . . . Elvira’s wrath, Anna’s hate, Ottavio’s pomposity, Zerlina’s anxiety, Masetto’s indignation, Leporello’s confusion’” (Magda Romanska) I was present in the Amsterdam concertgebouw when this was recorded. It was in the context of the Holland Festival. And that takes me to one more feature of excellence: the concertgebouw has the best acooustic in the world. The Japanese have tried to make a building with a similar sound quality. They even used the same paint of the walls and all that jazz. However, and of course, to no avail.

[@stephengould4343]

Somehow those original instruments make it sound that much more thrilling.

[@kazesorany]

Im just 11, but that guy is AWESOME! :DDD SUPER STRONG VOICE

[@ericr.7311]

You’re just 20 now. Is the guy still awesome?

[@comandasytrabajos2198]

This is the best interpretation of don Giovanni un scene!! EVER!!!

[@tributevocalist]

this staging rocks, I LOVE Gilfry's face as the commendatore is coming towards him! this rocks!!

[@mariachodyko4301]

He is not only perfect singer but also excellent actor. I listened to mamy versions od Don Giovanni but this one remains unsurpassed.

[@emeseimre5252]

​@@mariachodyko4301I do agree.Don Giovanni has been written for Rod Gilfry, one might say.He is unsurpassable in it.Both technically and from the point of view of acting.❤🎉😊

[@MetroidLover1]

Best Commendatore I've ever heard *wow*

[@operaruud]

I heard this performance Live! I was there. It was a once in a live time experience. It must be released on DVD by the Dutch NOS

[@momentimusicali]

What a brilliant idea - and how sensationally executed!) - to transform a concert hall into a theatre! Watching this, one can just agree with Shakespere's famous line: "All the world's a stage". Breathtaking...

[@STMotorsportTube]

Silvestrelli (Commendatore) was only 27/28 years old at the time of this performance.

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

His voice is OBVIOUSLY being electronically amplified.

[@kaffelatte2]

@@ColonelFredPuntridge You can see the microphone hanging from the ceiling at 1:12.

[@ColonelFredPuntridge]

@@kaffelatte2 This is why so few singers today know how to manage a large hall. It's a disgrace and an embarrassment.

[@andreasilvestrelli5224]

@@ColonelFredPuntridge ciao i'm Andrea . I didn’t use any microphone . The microphone you see was on stage. But i have to say the acustic at the concertgebow is really great

[@nathanaugusto886]

​@@andreasilvestrelli5224i am your fan andrea ❤ you have videos singed osmin die entführung aus dem serail and other operas ?

[@CheckdaFlow]

Magnificent. The actor for Don Giovanni is amazing and when they pick out people from the audience just priceless.

[@1379852456]

I love they involved the audience, it's so intimate.

[@mrtyles]

excellent. i love gilfry's emotion.

[@alered1098]

Hello from a young Mexican in Mexico City 🇲🇽, it was amazing, every person meets a "Don Giovanni" and we think the same: all them has their future pissed. Muchas gracias amigo!

[@MarceloHenriqueAlmeida]

This is the video that made me like opera.

[@Someone-rc7vg]

This is by far the greatest bass ive ever seen, it's amazing

[@19domi86]

awesome voice!! I've never heard so wide, so pressing tune. Great!

[@wotan20]

Highly original, it avoids clichés such as that the commandatore usually arrives to the scene from above, yet he 'invites' back and takes Don Giovanny to Hades into Eternal Damnation. I also like how Don Giovanny goes through a whole range of emotions, from his usual arrogant smirkiness, all the way down to the absolute bottom.

[@BlazedKnight]

The Commendatore has an amazingly powerful voice in this performance. Captivates from this opening vocal

[@gallferi]

3d: I can WELL relate to the character of the Comm; as my daughters were growing up, I considered what I would do if ANYONE would harm any of them: how I would hunt him/her/them down, and how my life would not be my own any more! From this perspective the Comm. is a strong and positive character, knowing that the much younger man will probably kill him, but he still fights to defend her honor.

[@ujvari12]

Ez egyszerűen gyönyörű. A művészet tökéletessége, a hangzás, az érzés és egyfajta megmagyarázhatatlan misztikum tökéletes egyensúlya. És az is nagyon jó, hogy a közönség között játszódik, a zenekar sincs külön - minden szerves egységet képez.

[@PerArneJonsson]

Wow! Gardiner is as usual keeping the tempi on the faster side. But he is making it work here in Don G. And Don G himself is superb. (And REALLY good looking.)

[@lizzyvolpe]

Bravo! Awesome, and I love the way they used the entire hall. WOW!

[@hymnodyhands]

I was not ready for the Commendatore to come get him and carry him off -- THAT, on top of Mr. Silvastrelli's voice (amplification being understood with the trombones right behind him, and with the acoustics of that spot not being like projecting from the stage), was about the most shockingly wonderful thing I have ever seen!

[@Alfarouc17]

wow incredible, oen of the best performances i've ever saw.

[@reviewsvoiceontube]

Silvestrelli is very impressive indeed. The staging is even more helpfull in bringing the drama closer to the audience with a strong cast like this. I would like to hear more of this italian Basso Silvestrelli. His Commendatore sound promising in direction wagner roles like Hagen.

[@amfortas1978]

A.Silvestrelli is an italian, yes. and for some reason when i listen to this i want to cry....

[@JustusGer]

Rodney Gilfry is one of the best Don Giovanni

[@York22]

Bravissimo! What a fantastic interpretation of one of Opera's most legendary scenes! Love the audience precipitation as well!

[@tributevocalist]

he blew me away the first time he opened his mouth up and sang, gave me the goosebumps lol :)

[@Ardenwolfe]

I like this version. The commendore has some pipes on him!

[@operadude32]

Gilfry is sounds FABULOUS!

[@MadCat787]

With you there, mate, that bass voice is cavernous!

[@toisabella]

have never heard any interpretation with brass swells like the series starting at 3:00. amazing sound

[@LadyTigerLily]

Silvestrelli's voice is amazing! I love seeing the audience members staring in awe of him when it zooms in on the Commendatore. what a wonderful reinactment of this scene.

[@cbessada]

best basso voice i ever heard! such music! not just deep. and the pain he transmits. wow! great drama

[@heloisepace1987]

Awesome!

[@ffranca9]

Too fast. The director seemed to be unfair with the Leporello. It's a pitty - the trio could not be heard.

[@GrantKingMusic]

Part of the problem with D'Archelangelo is he's a lyric baritone at best. Leporello is really written for a bass

[@gunmenow]

this is so amazing, interaction with audience brilliant idea

[@mordant21]

This is perfection

[@lepetitdragonbleu]

Wonderful interpretation. One of the best I've ever seen (with Rene Jacob's).

[@maralisil]

Really cool approach to this scene!

[@chopinandliszt]

LOL at 0:46, Don Giovanni actually SMILES and points at him, as if he means "hey! look at that! Isn't that HILARIOUS..."

[@seriouspipes]

Wow I thought Moll was untoppable, but this monster D'Arcangelo gives me pause. Perfect tempo and timbres...and after 10 YT commendatores I rather like that the orchestra buries everyone.

[@GrantKingMusic]

Mel McMurrin You mean Silvestrelli. I made the same mistake. I TOTALLY agree. He's a beast. I can only think of one word to describe Silvestrelli's voice-- THUNDER!!!

[@Basssinger86]

This is my kind of opera!!

[@swanningaround]

Everything John Eliot Gardiner is involved with is great! So is this.

[@tributevocalist]

holy shit, whoever was playing Il Commendatore gave me goosebumps as soon as he opened his mouth open up to sing

[@jdmitch82]

This is the only opera i would watch plus this is my favorite part in the entire opera. The music is genius and beautiful. Mozart was a very talented composer to make this scene in the opera.

[@roozbehab]

PERFECT!!!

[@NiPaVou]

Such powerful music!

[@HellsSaints]

The commentadore makes me proud to be a bass.

[@F-Man]

I've got no theater experience whatsoever, but if I somehow ever got the chance to be the Commendatore in Don Giovanni, I'd somehow figure it out. lol

[@marianomanto]

amazing don giovanni

[@RafaelBorgesRDB]

The idea of the commendatore rising from the other side was great, but they accelerated some parts of the music unnecessarily

[@rh7189]

sensational...never seen anything like it...spine chilling Mozart power!!

[@arkaisk2]

Absolutely fantastic.

[@lachenmann]

You are terribly wrong. Today we're used to slow tempos in baroque and classical music, but that's a misinterpretation of the ancient tempi. Today's conductors play Mozart and Beethoven like if they were Wagner!! To slow and heavy. Gardiner offers always the best historical interpretation, and the music takes a life that it doesn't have with other conductors. So I think this is the best version of this piece available.

[@mfshiru]

Sensacional!!!

[@Sedraen]

The main thing I like about this performance is the acting, when it comes to Don Giovanni himself. I love how he is portrayed, the expressions the singer uses. The jumping on the table was good, but the kicking of the food was a little much. Made him seem a bit diva-ish. Still, excellent performance.

[@ZsaZsadoll]

Absoulty fantastic. The Commandatore is incredible. I want to be a bass!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bojan34]

Wow unbeliveble! Great!

[@lapinkawaii]

I adore this version! too bad I can't hear the end correctly :( it's too low

[@Nachtmarchen]

Brilliant staging, brilliant interpretation, brilliant singing, one of the best ever for me - musically I prefer Harnoncourt's '89 version with the Concertgebouw, but in terms of stage design, this wins easily.

[@marichristian1072]

I much prefer the Harnoncourt production. Orchestra overpowers the singers and the result ( for all of the attempts at inclusion) is a mess.

[@atzatz58]

an unbelievable bass voice of the commendatore!

[@shakaama]

BRAVO that was awesome the commandatore THAT'S THE VOICE, THAT'S THE VOICE. all these other commendatores... [ok i'll be nice] he was marvelous.

[@trompetermax]

This is the only version which comes close to mozarts real tempos! I don't remember which opera, but there is a letter Mozart wrote just when he came home after the performance and he gives the time he started writing the letter. So somebody calculated in which time the opera had been played! And it was so fast, that Gardiner is the only one who really reaches that tempo with his performances! All in all the recording of Gardiner ist the best which exists at the moment!

[@dmegli40]

This is by far the best Commendatore I have seen yet, and I've watched just about every video out there. Nothing comes close to the Dramatic Baritone of Silvestrelli. Bravo!

[@alexratt9490]

Daniel Megli I believe he is a basso cantante that just uses the correct technique

[@victorchristy1706]

Actually, he is a dramatic basso profondo.

[@rubenchama2262]

Better than Kurt Moll?

[@unparchedbutter]

Perfect. This is why opera has lasted as long as it has.

[@webdiag]

One of the best performance on my opinion

[@xjuno11]

wow, i really like how they set every thing up. a little too fast for me though. and is that leporello a baritone?

[@harvinsky]

wow wow, i wish i'd been at the concert. how surprising to audience this would have been.

[@PTCello]

@sybedijkstra Do you know whether this production included the final scene, or did they end the opera here? The last scene is often omitted but I think it's necessary and very much fun.

[@ALIKJ09]

Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cadecannon159]

OOOOOHHH BABY.....Rodney Gilfry!!!!!

[@julianbolton423]

Excellent.

[@1bol1]

Yes, Sir John Eliot Gardiner

[@vonspre]

"like an angel" ? : P The commendatore is now a "talking-statue" ("uomo di sasso",remember?),maybe made of white marble...The scene take place in my country and there are tons of white marble here,I can tell you,haha

[@ernestalba]

Behold the power of opera. It's fearsome.

[@reviewsvoiceontube]

Well, Furlanetto is a nice Leporello-but in this video the Leporello is the young Ildebrando D`Árcangelo. If you like Furlanetto in this role you will have to go to older recordings of the 1990s. Ezio Flagello is a wonderful and big-voiced Leporello in the 1960s Böhm recording with a towering Commendatore Martti Talvela.

[@avinavy]

What a great scene...

[@malmangelucci]

awesome.

[@gica4444]

extraordinaire!

[@LabakiTurbo]

OMG this scene scares me to death! 8( I'm not sure if I could sit along that aisle... Btw, the bassist is not only strong in voice - he managed to carry Don Giovanni in his shoulders as nothing was happening. :P

[@MrMobot]

Wooooooow, perfekte Inszenierung. Der Schluss rockt enorn: Ausgelöscht, weggetragen, ende. Yeah!!!!!

[@xplosebmusic]

Espectacular!

[@greentrombone]

In my music history class, we were told that the trombonists in this final scene were supposed to be be the music from hell. How fitting that they follow down the aisle!

[@shingi085]

AWESOME

[@jebsievers]

Finally, someone gets the tempo right!!

[@vonspre]

"Strained"?haha...Gilfry is perfect here,as usual...D.Giovanni is extremely arrogant and self-confident , but now, for the first time in his life, he's really frightened ...Try walking in his shoes...

[@nimrodkadish]

You're absolutly right.

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

In the original version, the spirit of the Commendatore came back to earth in the form of a statue of himself.

[@marlenevonbulow6591]

Den har jeg set på Det kongelige Teater gamle scene i københaven danmarke-M.V.B.

[@talvela100]

Wow Silvestrelli mitico!

[@P1B1U1H1]

This is the first time I can honestly say I understand written Dutch. I know exactly what the printed words are expressing!

[@yowwow]

@Icerues Yes - very. Have to say I love it when the notes linger, allow the tension to build and the listener to really savour the beauty. This just loses the atmosphere and power because of the speed (although clearly not everyone agrees).

[@JasserSchram]

that was epic!

[@rigcelli]

Gran escena, tal vez no es el mejor Don Giovanni de la historia, sin embargo, Gilfry logra hacer realmente un muy interesante Don Giovanni y realiza una magnifica interpretación. Ildebrando siempre un excelente Leporello y Silvestrelli sin duda no se queda atrás haciendo a un Commendatore potente e impresionante. Buena la dirección de Gardiner. Es realmente interesante este video. Gracias por subirlo.

[@jormaple]

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