"He tried to speak!" "I'm sure you mean, He tried to sing!" LOL

"Oh Susannah! Won't you cry......." "Oh Susannah........." One of the greatest counterpoint joke I've ever heard on a popular song.

best opening lines to an opera... ever!

I haven't seen this in years......ONE OF THE GREATEST!!!!! LOL

Hahahahahaha~A simply grand opera indeed.:)

This is great!

@schlepporello It's the Orpheum in Minneapolis. Thanks for posting. Loved this when PBS aired it.

The tenor is Bruce Edwin Ford,the great rossinian tenor.

@yukefort8402

3 ай бұрын

Yeah. He’s pretty good.

I'm going, going, going... :^D

@natestein5988

3 жыл бұрын

So why don't you get going????!!!

It was performed in April of 1984.

@david7384

Жыл бұрын

That makes it classical ,by 20222 standards.

@yukefort8402

3 ай бұрын

40 years ago. I was a child when I first saw it.

Found ANOTHER RIGHT HERE!

Almost pissed myself the first time I saw this. Hilarious!!!!!!

Is this the famous Quiet chorus? (sort like the humming chorus only quieter...)

LOL! This is so funny!

i expected figaro to ask where his peanuts went

Detriot, Michigan.

@MrTetano Detriot, Michigan

@tonywrestles2 In the pocket of his pajamas! Now I think that might explain Why I could not detect a heartbeat.

@Maestrojosh87 *engages in group hugs at the news*

@Maestrojosh87 Found a peanut right there!

@yoshala22 Yes, I know. I gave the SECOND line. You were supposed to respond, "Found a peanut right here!"

@tonywrestles2 FOUND ANOTHER!

@tonywrestles2 ....the first line

@tonywrestles2 Found another right here!

...I really must be going.... 6.16 :)

@Maestrojosh87 Found ANOTHER?

@theexcaliburone5933

3 жыл бұрын

found ANOTHER

Is there any more of this? Or did he just write one scene?

@schlepporello

6 жыл бұрын

There is the entire opera, which is available on DVD at www.schickele.com/shoppe/figarodvd.htm. I had posted other clips from this wonderful opera, but somebody felt it was in their best emotional interest to report me, so they got pulled.

@schlepporello

6 жыл бұрын

He wrote an the whole opera, "The Abduction of Figaro." It's available on DVD.

@GoatyGoatGirl

3 жыл бұрын

You tube has act 1, and acts 2 and 3 available. It is 3 acts long.

@wallacememberships

9 ай бұрын

We appreciate your posting it @@schlepporello

@tonywrestles2 @yoshala22 Found a peanut RIGHT here!

I am going to buy it ... for I can not understand if the Susanna says "Ach (ohime) he will die ..." doctor: "If he does not get rest!" or if she sings "Hooray, he will die ..."

@Kawdek

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t sound remotely close to anything here. What timestamp are you referring to?

@dibaldgyfm9933

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kawdek it's just fun, observing that I can not hear/understand the words.

@Kawdek

2 жыл бұрын

@@dibaldgyfm9933 But what time is the part you’re having trouble understanding?

@dibaldgyfm9933

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kawdek :: What are they singing before "if he don't get rest" -- that is what I can't hear and do therefore not get quite right -- however, that did not spoil all the fun of this lovely opera :)

@Kawdek

2 жыл бұрын

@@dibaldgyfm9933 Al Donfonso: "But not for long, I fear" Chorus: "But not for long" Al Donfonso: "If he doesn't get rest" Chorus: "If he doesn't get rest" Susanna: "But not for long, oh what unhappy words. But not for long, ah, but not for long, ah but not for long"

@yoshala22 Found a peanut?

Found a peanut!

bach and mozart.......where no atheists ...........no great komposers has ever composede great music......facts and love from vienna austria......where it all began......haydn..mozart..beethoven.schubert ....etc........

@theexcaliburone5933

3 жыл бұрын

Wot?