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One of the finest basso cantantes of this generation, rich-toned yet powerfully characterised, in live excerpts from various Vienna State Opera performances, featuring two of his greatest roles. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th Jan 2015
Catalogue No: C887141
Label: Orfeo
Series: Wiener Staatsoper Live
Length: 75 minutes

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Verdi: Don Carlos (Highlights)

Work length42:50

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Miriam Gauci, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Eric Halfvarson, Carlos Álvarez, Dolora Zajick, Benedikt Kobel, Bruno Caproni
Wiener Staatsoper
Vjekoslav Šutej, Michael Halász

Restate! Presso al mia persona

Track length12:23

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Ella giammai m'amo!

Track length10:57

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Il Grand' Inquisitor!

Track length9:53

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Giustizia, giustizia, Sire!

Track length5:00

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Ah, sii maledetto, sospetto fatale

Track length4:37

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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (highlights)

Work length32:48

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Stephanie Houtzeel, Wolfram Igor Derntl, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Jorma Silvasti, Michaela Selinger
Wiener Staatsoper
Daniele Gatti, Tugan Sokhiev

Boris's Monologue - Dostig ya vishey vlasti

Track length5:18

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Tebe cego? - Velikij gosudar - Was willst du? - Grosser Herrscher!

Track length11:36

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Udalls! - Uf, tjazelo! - Entferne dich! Oh! Ich erstick!

Track length3:45

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Ostav'te nas! Ujdite vse!

Track length12:09

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In the world of opera there are certain roles for every type of voice that can crown a singer's stage career. For the basso profondo, these are clearly - and suitably - the majestic roles of King Philip II in Verdi's 'Don Carlos' and Tsar Boris Godunov in Mussorgsky's opera of the same name. Those who have sung these two roles on the great stages of the world are a handpicked group, and among their number is the Italian bass Ferruccio Furlanetto (who also enjoys much success in comic roles). For almost 30 years he has been a regular guest at the Vienna State Opera - as also in the current season, performing in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina on its opening night and singing the role of Fiesco in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra (one of his other famed roles). The above-mentioned rulers in the operas by these same two composers - Boris Godunov and Philip II (whom Furlanetto will also sing at the New York Met in 2015) - are on the programme of Furlanetto's new portrait CD in the series 'Vienna State Opera Live'. Ferruccio Furlanetto has performed both roles several times at the Vienna State Opera. As a master of vocal characterisation and psychological nuance, Furlanetto particularly understands how to give expression to the loneliness of both men - such as here in excerpts from Don Carlos in 1997 and 2001 (conducted by Michael Halasz and Vjekoslav sutej) in the duet of the King with Posa (here sung by Carlos alvarez), in the famous aria 'Ella giammai m'amo', and in the ensuing confrontations with the Grand Inquisitor (Eric Halfvarson) and Elisabeth, his supposedly unfaithful queen (Miriam Gauci).

Furlanetto also impresses and moves us as Boris Godunov, both in the Kremlin scene in the second version of Mussorgsky's opera, here in a production from 2007 under the baton of Daniele Gatti, and also in the death scene of the original version, sung under Tugan Sokhiev in 2012. As in his Verdi interpretations, Ferruccio Furlanetto demonstrates a keen sensitivity to the shape and phrasing of the music in the Russian idiom. He is a bass who, according to the demands of the drama, can offer the darkest of tone colours and vocal shadings, and yet rise above the human abysses of his characters to maintain the beauty of the musical line throughout.

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August 2015

One of the finest basso cantantes of this generation, rich-toned yet powerfully characterised, in live excerpts from various Vienna State Opera performances, featuring two of his greatest roles.

Opera Now April 2015

Furlanetto is suitably magisterial, noble of tone and immaculately phrased. This is singing in the grand manner.

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