Le Nozze di Figaro - Hai già vinta la causa

The Count's aria "Hai già vinta la causa / Vedrò mentre io sospiro" from Act III of Gardiner's production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Features Rodney Gilfry as the Count.

[@editfarkas4503]

One of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard and a perfect singing.

[@sayersbrock]

My favorite aria sung by my favorite Count...such aristocratic rage!...Mozart chose every note to perfection!

[@aimee4096]

My favorite version of Count Almaviva! Great acting and that voice, so much color and anger! Great acting! Just fantastic perfection!!

[@LocutusBorgOf]

His "Contessa Perdono" is superb too.

[@alanshubin4332]

As a total (and untalented) amateur, I have learned to sing this, my favorite Mozart aria. This performance is one I’ve watched dozens of times and never tire of it. It’s the best I’ve seen.

[@philbertchow5425]

Schweet

[@maxflinkenberg9096]

Agree

[@cantanteporsiempre]

He is the Count, a young one as it should be, I guess he is like 25-28 years old in the story, Gilfrey is a perfect Count. Every word is intentionally prepared, beautiful, and he is hooooooooooooooooot

[@user-pw7tn6js1x]

Гилфри очень хорош в моцартовском репертуаре, голос безупречен, выразителен, артистичен! Обаяние певца покоряет достоверностью того, что он поет и кого играет! Браво!

[@Startsingingnow]

What a good display of what I called GREAT VOCAL TECHNIQUE! And what a BEAUTIFUL VOICE!

[@jandejongh]

Thanks so much for posting this; I really enjoy Gilfry as Il Conte. He's both very funny yet a dangerous rival in the Gardiner version. Just look at his face during the Vedro (x4) section. Right on target.

[@mouthmouse]

I said that I felt that, but I heard him in other arias with high notes and he was very good with those notes. I love his accent because it's a mix of refinement and preciosity

[@stickom]

PHENOMENAL, FANTASTIC, BRAVO !!!!

[@hermit8965]

Rodney Gilfry .. i love him!! his voice is soft and preciocity_

[@Pinkiegirl570]

I have been looking for this since i saw the marriage of Figaro last March, I’m so happy I finally found it!

[@ile378]

Gilfry is the best Conte and best Don Giovanni ever.

[@ayanasambuuz.9640]

Wonderful performance! Enjoyed greatly! 😍😍😍

[@demolicionesdemexico]

Rondney is1 of the best singing and acting this aria..

[@hammydon65]

Beautiful singing - dang

[@demolicionesdemexico]

One of the Best if not the Best singer for me for This aria. Also Great actor, the scene director great,

[@kalekain3521]

3:30 clap if you love Dynamo

[@SylvanasWindrunnerResurrected]

4:09 is the part Dynamo sings.

[@Kisara2]

Right this is the Part of the Running Man, Dynamo.

[@ImaginaShip]

I’m not the only one! 😂😂😂 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@KholdMalik]

"Alright, that was beautiful!"

[@momentimusicali]

An amazing part from cerainly one of the best opera productions ever. You have to have the original!

[@oluwadamilolaakanni8178]

Spectacular!!!

[@MercedesTAMARALEMPICKA1234]

mi aria preferida

[@Fedez1879]

A mio avviso è una delle versioni migliori di quest'aria qui su youtube... :)

[@Winnepausakee]

AGain, where was this singer's career that I an opera "nut" have never heard of this singer until this video...and I've been near obsessed by recordings of male and mezzo soprano voices for 40 years?

[@tiberioaugusto6328]

Bella interpretazione di Gilfry. Mi emoziona la cadenza finale 4'32'' - 4'37'': la musica dell'orchestra diretta da sir Eliot Gardiner sembra che "sorregga", accompagnando il crescendo di Gilfry. Un binomio stupendo.

[@MST2K2023]

I know this sounds terrible for me to say, but for the life of me, I wish I could find a version of this song performed at the same tempo which Dynamo sang in the Running Man. Forget that it was in a cheesy action flick, the guy was a legit singer and I love the style he used. It really drew out the notes and let you appreciate what a great melody this piece has.

[@hardyfans4life2000]

Best count in my opinion!!

[@enacid]

3:27 the song of Dynamo in "The Running man"

[@cristinaguerbos7029]

Bravissimo!

[@JustMe-yu6uu]

All I can say is Clap if you love DYNAMO

[@XGoing.mentallyinsaneX.]

2023 and still lovin it HAHAHAHHA

[@tenordramaticitm2]

BRAVO!

[@ciavattarmy]

Grande!

[@demolicionesdemexico]

One of the best intetoretations

[@maxflinkenberg9096]

Yes, I also find this toretaberetacious.

[@enzo17_33]

2018 anyone?

[@al1gi2ga3ma4]

lo amo a el y al aria! :D

[@user-nt3gh4mk6v]

Bravo!

[@benpowell5682]

After seeing this in The Running Man, I can never take this aria seriously

[@gerzonsosa2902]

Bravo.

[@Viking_Luchador]

this man is a god damn dynamo!

[@tomcane8]

It was an F# and it wasn't really a flaw. I think it was just the way he sung it. It doesn't have to be belted. Like I said before, I think it was nice that he sang it the way he did.

[@patukott]

But the "tu non nascesti, audace" section is not about technique at all - it`s the emotional emphasis, all the anger and umbrage. And, if my information is correct, Gilfry was born in 1959. So, if the recording was made in 1993 or `94, he is about 35 here.

[@fer1179]

This is great! I own both, the CD recording and the DVD

[@Galdorik]

Juste exceptionnel 🎶🏅

it's absolutely NOT TRUE that the F-sharp is hard for him to sing! i know him personally and have sung with him. it's just that the conductor wants to go on and doesn't allow a ritardando, so there was no time to 'out-sing' the phrase, what every singer would like to do on this particular part of the air!

[@TheJozaaaaaaa]

He sings F here, not F sharp.

[@brianfarrell7829]

@@TheJozaaaaaaa huh? It's an f sharp

[@TheJozaaaaaaa]

@@brianfarrell7829 The cadenza you mean? It's an F, check it on a piano.

[@brianfarrell7829]

@@TheJozaaaaaaa it's a slightly flat F#. Much closer to the F# than an F natural. Period tuning is not a half step flat. He's absolutely NOT singing an F natural.

[@TheJozaaaaaaa]

@@brianfarrell7829 Double checked, you are right. Although i'd say it's still closer to F than F#.

[@michaelmorello448]

Does anyone else think this looks like Dennis from It's Always Sunny?

[@augustincarroll4669]

hahaha this is exactly the type of character Dennis would be in an opera too

[@mouthmouse]

@cantanteporsiempre Are you sure so young? Don't forget the scene takes place after the barber of sevilla and figaro came back to his service! I think he's older more about 30-40 years old

[@TheMerlinverde]

the best.

[@patukott]

I don`t know the chronology - but the very same KZbin shows him hitting a solid B flat. So he does have a range, after all.

[@thelatindivos_fernando]

I wish I could find more materials of this baritone.

[@patukott]

It would be interesting to see a fresher version of this one:)

[@tomcane8]

I don't know wot ur ywaning at, this is one of the best versions.

[@quickthunder86]

4:09 - Dynamo's part.

[@gioojisba2758]

quickthunder86 ?

[@quickthunder86]

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[@Dtully78]

🔥🔥🔥

[@carloschant]

There is also a CD version for this production. But I am not sure I think the CD recordings were not made on the same day as this video version. Anyway I feel the high F-sharp is very nice and strong on the CD. I also like this version though. Gilfry's performance was jsut excellent. I think a professional singer may have multiple approaches for those challenging notes, depending on what he feels at the moment.

[@95Lodgey]

This is how uncultured I am. I got this from The Running Man with Arnold Schwarzenegger haha!

[@LazarSoljaga]

Same... At least we are here.

[@Viking_Luchador]

CLAP IF YOU LOVE... DYNAMO!

[@patukott]

The recording has been made somewhere in the 90's, right ? Why, he has improved a lot since then. F.ex. in the recitativo part of Don Giovanni's and Zerlina's duet, Italian seems perfect to me.

[@EnricoDandolo1204]

The collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece AND a Marshal's baton? Slight overkill.

[@LazarSoljaga]

What do those things represent?

[@Delenoe]

Marshal Baton = Symbol for beeing something like a 5 Star General (like Eisenhower , McArthur , etc) Collar of Golden Fleece = Grandmaster of one the most important Order of Knights back then.

[@LazarSoljaga]

Delenoe Sorry, i didnt see your replly. Thank you good sir.

[@junichiroyamashita]

Would a mere count have so many symbols of high aristocracy?

[@cantanteporsiempre]

@mouthmouse Maybe you are right. I will check it out!! Thank you!!!

[@thesir27]

I had no idea he was American! I always confuse him with Bo Skovhus for some reason

[@tamredllaw7478]

CLAP IF YOU LOVE CLAP IF YOU LOVE DYNAMO

[@gavinyeomans]

what tuning is being used in this recording? i'm trying to play along on a piano and the recording sounds significantly flat, but not in a different key

[@tomcane8]

I actually prefer it the way he did it. I don't like it that much when people just belt it.

[@JohnHunter561]

04:09 : Clap if you love Dynamo! :)

[@wallshootout5616]

A little bitte too fast!But the voice is OUTSTANDING!

[@mouthmouse]

We feel that the top F is hard for him ( we can look that at 4:33

[@patukott]

Credo di sí:)

[@nicksum29]

Who cares who sings the fricken aria! The utter brilliance of this piece is stunning not only for its era, but for its pure genius.

[@jandejongh]

While I'm at it: what kind of 'aristocratic device' is he picking up from the chair at 03:25?

[@domokunbogle]

A half step too low (not Gilfry alone, the whole orchestra, therefor the whole opera), but I love his voice nonetheless.

[@user-zl1ti3zp7v]

1:30

[@schmup53]

I think his technique has always been very sound. He doesn't have the range that Finley has though. And no one matches the absolutely beautiful timbre of Mattei.

[@BaronScahpia]

@ArturoPVLondon There is only one note above D in this aria, and he cops out of it. As far as "not pushed" what the devil are you hearing on "audace"? He is straight up shouting. That, my friend, is the definition of pushed. I don't mean to say you're a fool, but maybe you were two years ago when you wrote that comment.

[@gianandrea.navacchia]

Devo ammettere che, pur non piacendomi Rodney, che il Conte Rodney Gilfry lo fa bene. Credo che sia la sua parte.

[@grahamcclark1]

Between Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Quasthoff, and this, that makes a grand total of three performances I've heard of this aria where the singer actually manages to sing the triplets at the end distinctly. The world is now a slightly better place. (Of course, then he has to spoil things by trying to sing the second trill, when he can't. Oh well. Focus on the positive, focus on the positive.)

[@quickthunder86]

When will he start shooting electricity from his hands?

[@yrtopap.525]

0:40

[@user-mw6pz5ik9j]

2021에 보는사람 손!!

[@ewertonls]

Dynamo singing in Running Man.

[@paules3437]

He seems upset...

[@likmijnreet4542]

😂

[@heron520]

the accents of some words are too much 'veriste'.......but still good

[@nkosinathimalumane5608]

JA MORZART WAS THE BST JUST GV YOUR SLF TO LISTN TO HS OCHESTRATION AND TELL ME WHAT DO YOU HEAR

[@thomasconstantin198]

Wunderbar und dramatisch gesungen - ganz im Gegensatz zur peinlichen "Darstellung" bzw. zum lächerlichen Bewegungsduktus. Nein, dieser Graf steht allenfalls auf Cherubino, aber sicher nicht auf Susanna.

[@BrandonBreakfast]

1:26

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2:12

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3:23

[@erunilmo]

hocbes, in what way is it boring? And I don't think he has trouble with that F; it's only a tiny and accidental flaw.

[@gioojisba2758]

Is f as a letter or a note?

[@patukott]

Ebbene, l'ideale sarebbe guardare la pronuncia anche sulle note alte, ma credo che capisco benissimo quel che vuoi dire:)

[@KarlAmade]

Why the hell are he wearing that wig? Those wigs didn't suite the nobility of men, well not in his posission. Well well.... Not everybody are in to late 18th century mode.

[@hocbes]

It's an F sharp indeed, but with period instruments ans a lower pitch, it's actually like a modern F. And, yet, RG does have trouble with it. And, yes, the conducting + singing are veeeeeery boring...

[@MisterMelange]

4:09 Clap if you love Dynamo