ahahaha I have managed to convert you to "M'ardon le tempia"! YES! (seriously, though, what an amazing duet)
OMG those videos. I love them. Colombara! There's an audio recording with Hampson and Colombara (whom I had never heard before, he is wonderful!) -- youtube has this recording!
The rehearsal is especially great, my HEART. My favorite bit is 5:20 and the, oh, 40 seconds following, which is also my favorite part of the duet in general -- I don't know if you can follow the Italian at all, but Fiesco is going around singing "Haha, vengeance!" and Simon is replying "omg, now we can have peace and reconcile YAY!" (even if you can't follow the Italian, you can hear it in the music) and finally Fiesco is all, what are you saying? "Che dice?" and Simon says, "Well, you told me once that you would forgive me..." and Fiesco says, "Me?" (Io?) and Simon goes on to say, "...if I gave you my daughter who was lost, and she has come back to me in Amelia Grimaldi!" and it's the most thrilling line ever *starry-eyed* but anyway, it's hilarious in that video because clearly Hampson and Laszlo have talked about Fiesco saying "Io?" being a funny line (I think it's hilarious too, in a character-building sort of way), and when he says "Io?" he grins at Hampson and Hampson puts his finger to his temple like, "Fiesco! Dude! You're losing your memory!" AUGH I have ALL THE FEELINGS. (I also love how Hampson is sometimes lip-syncing Fiesco's line. AWWWW singers rehearsing, it is the best!)
Oh, gosh, I didn't mean to hint you should go for it, lol. I am sure I will eventually end up getting it (probably for my birthday which is coming up, my sister needs something to get me anyway) because, HAMPSON AND FURLANETTO, omg. It's just that it won't be immediate-gratification like the Hampson Don Carlo was for me :)
(The only thing I really know about Furlanetto is that he played Philip in the first Don Carlo I watched, on Met Player -- OH WAIT here's a bit from his scene with Keenlyside -- this is basically why I am kind of obsessed with Philip and also Rodrigo & Philip, ha. Furlanetto has immediately gone onto my short list, with Hampson and Kaufmann, of people whose voices I adore but also who act incredibly well.) ETA: Keenlyside is also on that list, although I have a slightly more conflicted relationship with his voice :)
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OMG those videos. I love them. Colombara! There's an audio recording with Hampson and Colombara (whom I had never heard before, he is wonderful!) -- youtube has this recording!
The rehearsal is especially great, my HEART. My favorite bit is 5:20 and the, oh, 40 seconds following, which is also my favorite part of the duet in general -- I don't know if you can follow the Italian at all, but Fiesco is going around singing "Haha, vengeance!" and Simon is replying "omg, now we can have peace and reconcile YAY!" (even if you can't follow the Italian, you can hear it in the music) and finally Fiesco is all, what are you saying? "Che dice?" and Simon says, "Well, you told me once that you would forgive me..." and Fiesco says, "Me?" (Io?) and Simon goes on to say, "...if I gave you my daughter who was lost, and she has come back to me in Amelia Grimaldi!" and it's the most thrilling line ever *starry-eyed* but anyway, it's hilarious in that video because clearly Hampson and Laszlo have talked about Fiesco saying "Io?" being a funny line (I think it's hilarious too, in a character-building sort of way), and when he says "Io?" he grins at Hampson and Hampson puts his finger to his temple like, "Fiesco! Dude! You're losing your memory!" AUGH I have ALL THE FEELINGS. (I also love how Hampson is sometimes lip-syncing Fiesco's line. AWWWW singers rehearsing, it is the best!)
Oh, gosh, I didn't mean to hint you should go for it, lol. I am sure I will eventually end up getting it (probably for my birthday which is coming up, my sister needs something to get me anyway) because, HAMPSON AND FURLANETTO, omg. It's just that it won't be immediate-gratification like the Hampson Don Carlo was for me :)
(The only thing I really know about Furlanetto is that he played Philip in the first Don Carlo I watched, on Met Player -- OH WAIT here's a bit from his scene with Keenlyside -- this is basically why I am kind of obsessed with Philip and also Rodrigo & Philip, ha. Furlanetto has immediately gone onto my short list, with Hampson and Kaufmann, of people whose voices I adore but also who act incredibly well.) ETA: Keenlyside is also on that list, although I have a slightly more conflicted relationship with his voice :)