Le nozze di Figaro: 'Contessa perdono' ('Countess, forgive me') - Glyndebourne

Sally Matthews and Audun Iversen perform 'Contessa perdono' in the Festival 2012 production of Le nozze di Figaro.
Director: Michael Grandage
Conductor: Robin Ticciati, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Cast includes:
Vito Priante, Lydia Teuscher, Audun Iversen, Sally Matthews, Isabel Leonard. The Glyndebourne Chorus
Le nozze di Figaro is the quintessential Glyndebourne opera- first performed in 1934 and in 1994 when the opera house re-opened.
‘This is a Figaro of rare grace, naturalness and charm’, said The Daily Telegraph, and for The Sunday Times it was a production that ‘affirms Mozart’s most beloved masterpiece as both of its time and perennially modern, Grandage oiling the comic mechanisms of Lorenzo Da Ponte’s libretto with a master technician’s hands.’
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[@antonkomel9337]

This is my favourite piece. Majestic.

[@DuffmaneB]

The restored third act was bold, brilliant. The fourth... was astounding.

[@meropealcyone]

And then...a miracle!

[@AGMundy]

Ah but the second act has no word to describe it. Figaro truly is one of the most astonishing musical achievements.

[@TheSkinnay1]

⁠@@meropealcyoneand with that yawn I saw my defeat turn into a victory!

[@GasCityGuy]

IMO the most moving few minutes in all of opera!

[@anamariajimenezmoreno6267]

I agree!...

[@johnnyp6202]

Absolutely.

[@montpresent325]

Absoluement

[@joebyrne3711]

Agree..tho" che gelida manina " puccini, la boheme is a very close 2nd ( or joint 1st)

[@michaelangelus7355]

Beautiful. The music, the opera, the sentiment.

[@bobdocteurvelo7535]

Mozart à lui tout seul rachète l'humanité entière ! merci maestro pour tout !

[@leaaugusta9924]

Love the 70s production!

[@Ed_UKation]

Perfection. Nothing else to say

[@LaveMoj]

And then, you know what happened? A miracle😂😂

[@no1koreans]

Nice to meet ya salieri..

[@tww2002]

Wonderful.

[@CorruptorsLand]

2:06 goosebumps every time she starts to sing!

[@colldollm51]

God's eternal love for all.

[@no1koreans]

Very good expression..touched..

[@CorruptorsLand]

Mozart was a God!

[@sigistrele5835]

Mozart is a God!!

[@Thetruepianoman]

Pausing after the first phrase from the woman, oh my god

[@riccardoceraulo8686]

Perdono contessa, perdono...

[@정토깽]

중 백작의 아리아 ‘용서해 주오 , 부인’ (Contessa, perdono)

[@gustavogrande6537]

can pls somebody tell me, why it means 'contessa perdono' and not 'contessa perdona'? its imperative.

[@sandywaddell4303]

“Perdono” here might be the noun (which is masculine, ending in -o). He’s asking for her pardon, rather than saying “forgive me.” Same meaning, different syntax.

[@kamaakestad]

Tempo is WAY TOO FAST

[@АндрейМинаев-и2щ]

Граф Альмавива цыганский барон?

[@JWP452]

The high point of this amazing opera falls flat on its face here.

[@marichristian1072]

Lovely. It's a shame about the 70's costumes.

[@litamtondy]

Why? They are very good.
Diversity makes art more precious.

[@WBFbySteefen]

Not very good (maybe good): I do not the timbre of the soprano's voice and I do not like the tempo.