Don Giovanni - Commendatore Scene - EN Sub (Better Quality) 

To everyone who has loved this video - thank you from the bottom of my heart... 1 Million Views! It has also been a great honor to have met all 3 of these amazing singers over the years - Moll at La Scala, and both Ramey and Furlanetto in San Francisco. This video gives a perfect example of 3 stellar singers at the top of their game performing Grand Opera. Thanks again.

When you invite your Gf's dad over for dinner as a joke, but he actually shows up

Only Mozart could have made a No1 hit scene between a Bass and a Baritone...

Ramey, Moll, Furlanetto! What a cast!!!

I have watched this scene so many times! I believe this is one of the best adaptations of this work.

Hands down the best Commendatore scene and performance to date.

What a masterpiece.Those violin riffs on background…Master Mozart🙏🏻

Lesson learned, you gotta be careful who you invite to dinner ^-* For example, don't invite dead people to your party.

Mozart outdid himself in this scene, perhaps the greatest in all opera. I have to say, though, that the way Milos Forman rendered it in Amadeus is my favorite. I think the music calls for great motion, and (real) fire.

Yo soy amante del canto lírico desde el vientre de mi madre. No pretendo engañar a otros diciéndoles que me gusta algo, si no es verdad. Soy filósofo y comprendo el cómo y el por qué de las expresiones artísticas de todo nivel. Gracias a Dios, no es una obligación ni una norma que a todos nos guste lo mismo, somos libres de elegir. Pero por lo general una persona Bien Educada posee una sensibilidad para la estética que le diferencia del común de la gente. El acto de Ser se manifiesta en ello. Bendiciones para todos los amantes de la música.

Divine scence. We will die and be beborn. Glorioius singer.

Like the Requiem, this is just as heavy as any modern metal band.

'Ah master, we are dead!' Good way to get out of having to cook.

Don Giovanni: I ain't scared of nothing Don Giovanni a minute later: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

The makeup and direction of the ghosts at the end are amazing.

Everybody gangsta until Commendatore appears.

Moral? Dont ask a statue on a date, the statue may bring its own food

"But Mozart's music is so happy and frivolous.." Yeah. Right.

"It was... terrifying and wonderful to watch"

The best fianale of an opera ever. So sinister. So unexpected. So needed. The strings are like hell fire.

I never understood why anyone likes opera. I always thought it's one of those things you pretend to like to look cultured or educated, like Shakespeare or French food. I saw this scene in college, and I now understand.

The music is utterly timeless. As sinister, beautiful and astounding today as it was 236 years ago.

Approximately 500 of these views are mine. Mozart is such a genius.

My god, Salieri was right: “It was….. terrifying and wonderful to watch” So glad I found this one.

Perfect interpretation. I have always been amazed how Don Giovanni damns himself, not by human weakness, but to be true to his choice of a careless and fearless life.

There's no atheist when commendatore arrives for dinner.

When the ghost of the commendatore says "Your time is up." at around 5:30, the note the bass singer hits at the very end of the phrase is so terrifically clean and yet so unnaturally low, he adds an inhuman and terrifying final accent to his phenomenal performance that is very real and requires no makeup or smoke. Fantastico!

Quite possibly my favourite moment of any opera. It is SO powerful, and it sends a shiver down my spine.

[La statua] Don Giovanni A cenar teco m’invitasti E son venuto. [Don Giovanni] Non l’avrei giammai creduto Ma farò quel che potrò Leporello, un'altra cena Fa che subito si porti. [Leporello] Ah, padron! Ah, padron, siam tutti morti. [Don Giovanni] Vanne dico! [La statua] Ferma un po’! Non si pasce di cibo mortale Chi si pasce di cibo celeste Altre cure più gravi di queste Altra brama quaggiù mi guidò. [Leporello] (La terzana d’avere mi sembra E le membra fermar più non so) [Don Giovanni] Parla dunque! Che chiedi? Che vuoi? [La statua] Parlo! Ascolta! Più tempo non ho! [Don Giovanni] Parla, parla, ascoltando ti sto [La statua] Tu m’invitasti a cena Il tuo dover or sai Rispondimi Verrai tu a cenar meco? [Leporello] Ohibò, tempo non ha, scusate [Don Giovanni] A torto di viltate Tacciato mai sarò. [La statua] Risolvi! [Don Giovanni] Ho già risolto! [La statua] Verrai? [Leporello] Dite di no! [Don Giovanni] Ho fermo il cuore in petto Non ho timor, verrò! [La statua] Dammi la mano in pegno! [Don Giovanni] Eccola! Ohimè! [La statua] Cos’hai? [Don Giovanni] Che gelo è questo mai? [La statua] Pentiti, cangia vita Nell’ultimo momento! [Don Giovanni] No, no, ch’io non mi pento Vanne lontan da me! [La statua] Pentiti, scellerato! [Don Giovanni] No, vecchio infatuato! [La statua] Pentiti! [Don Giovanni] No! [La statua] Sì! [Leporello] Sì! [Don Giovanni] No, no! [La statua] Ah, tempo più non v’è! [Don Giovanni] Da qual tremore insolito Sento assalir gli spiriti Dond’escono quei vortici Di foco pien d’orror? [Coro di diavoli] Tutto a tue colpe è poco Vieni, c’è un mal peggior. [Don Giovanni] Chi l’anima mi lacera? Chi m’agita le viscere? Che strazio, ohimé, che smania Che inferno, che terror! [Leporello] (Che ceffo disperato! Che gesti da dannato! Che gridi, che lamenti! Come mi fa terror!)

That scream is 6:23 is great. He goes outside the musical scale, but still keeps a singing quality to it

This is legitimately my favorite opera scene ever. Kurt Moll is a fucking insane basso profundo. Outside of operatic settings he could sing an F1 in chest voice, which - anyone in the bass community in general knows that is ungodly - and he sang a clear Bb1 in an operatic setting. Bb1!! That and this D2 at 5:35 really just goes to show how much power he has in his low range. And his upper range is no joke either! He can navigate his secondo passagio super super well, like this entire line at 2:13. Samuel Ramey is also fantastic. His low A in this performance is just phenomenal, his acting and artist vocal choices are also very very good. He and Kurt Moll’s exchange at 5:13 especially the top note at 5:24, those are all supposed to be half notes but it makes much Morse sense to hold them because (for me at least) it adds to that feeling of constant peril, as Giovanni’s soul is literally being ripped out of his body. And 5:24, that I believe is supposed to be a full octave down and is also supposed to be a half note. Ramey just yelling that note in distress is so so cool and adds so much. Ferruccio Furlanetto, although he doesn’t sing much in this scene, you can tell (even though his position to the recording microphone is kinda bad) that he just has an extremely big voice. That’s all I can say about him really from this performance, but his massive massive voice plus his artistic choices (especially at 4:14, that line is not written like that at all but it makes more sense to shout it almost frantically like that) are incredible. I can’t say it enough, this scene is incredible.

There's something so sinister about this scene, whether it is the fact it was composed by the normally-cheery Mozart, the naturally deep voice of these singing actors, the excellent make-up of the hellish skeletal figures at the end, the story of man's refusal to be decent to others and treating them equally, or everything all together at once. Such a haunting performance like this chills me! Well done to the singers, crew, performers, and the late, great Mozart! My entire body gets covered in goosebumps and chills at 06:44!

This is so intense wtf

One of the most beautiful things about this ... in the middle of this through-and-through excellence, there is just one moment where how much joy and emotion these singers were feeling as they were doing this came through... in a moment of close-up, the Commendatore almost does the unthinkable -- catch the eye sparkle and momentary suggestion of a smile as Kurt Moll gets ready to hit that high note at 3:23 like it is the easiest thing to do, knowing all the while that he has got that low D two octaves and a step lower in his back pocket, and he is going to make that look and sound just as easy! This is a terrifying drama ... but the power of the joy these men feel to be performing together at absolute tip-top excellence in this most amazing of scenes also comes through and makes this one of a kind!

[La statua] Don Giovanni A cenar teco m’invitasti E son venuto. [Don Giovanni] Non l’avrei giammai creduto Ma farò quel che potrò Leporello, un'altra cena Fa che subito si porti. [Leporello] Ah, padron! Ah, padron, siam tutti morti. [Don Giovanni] Vanne dico! [La statua] Ferma un po’! Non si pasce di cibo mortale Chi si pasce di cibo celeste Altre cure più gravi di queste Altra brama quaggiù mi guidò. [Leporello] (La terzana d’avere mi sembra E le membra fermar più non so) [Don Giovanni] Parla dunque! Che chiedi? Che vuoi? [La statua] Parlo! Ascolta! Più tempo non ho! [Don Giovanni] Parla, parla, ascoltando ti sto [La statua] Tu m’invitasti a cena Il tuo dover or sai Rispondimi Verrai tu a cenar meco? [Leporello] Ohibò, tempo non ha, scusate [Don Giovanni] A torto di viltate Tacciato mai sarò. [La statua] Risolvi! [Don Giovanni] Ho già risolto! [La statua] Verrai? [Leporello] Dite di no! [Don Giovanni] Ho fermo il cuore in petto Non ho timor, verrò! [La statua] Dammi la mano in pegno! [Don Giovanni] Eccola! Ohimè! [La statua] Cos’hai? [Don Giovanni] Che gelo è questo mai? [La statua] Pentiti, cangia vita Nell’ultimo momento! [Don Giovanni] No, no, ch’io non mi pento Vanne lontan da me! [La statua] Pentiti, scellerato! [Don Giovanni] No, vecchio infatuato! [La statua] Pentiti! [Don Giovanni] No! [La statua] Sì! [Leporello] Sì! [Don Giovanni] No, no! [La statua] Ah, tempo più non v’è! [Don Giovanni] Da qual tremore insolito Sento assalir gli spiriti Dond’escono quei vortici Di foco pien d’orror? [Coro di diavoli] Tutto a tue colpe è poco Vieni, c’è un mal peggior. [Don Giovanni] Chi l’anima mi lacera? Chi m’agita le viscere? Che strazio, ohimé, che smania Che inferno, che terror! [Leporello] (Che ceffo disperato! Che gesti da dannato! Che gridi, che lamenti! Come mi fa terror!)

This is heavy metal from the 18th Century....chilling \m/

The subtitle at 3:56 isn't correct. Don G. is saying "I'll never be found guilty of stinginess." He prides himself on his free-spending ways (even if it is other people's money) to the very last moment.

After more than 30 years of listening to Don Giovanni, this scene never ceases to chill me. The musical construction is marvelous, no wonder it was rapturously received in Prague at its premiere.

Every time I watch… I become more amazed. Such a beautiful interaction between bass and baritone. And then… I become aware of the horror the people watch in the days of Mozart… are the ready for this… I suppose… they are not! At the same time, are we?

so nice to see an actual effort being made to make the visuals match the music. I just came back from a Don Giovanni production where in this scene Don G. just stood there 10 meters apart from the Commendatore (just a man in a blood covered shirt) with absolutely nothing else going on on stage. Closing my eyes made the scene 100% better because at least then I truly appreciated how excellent the orchestra was.

Fantastic! I'm breathless with awe. I want to cry. Voices, strings immaculate.......Scary........goosebumps....oh.. my...God.........

Damn the way Ramey hits that note right at 6:28 gives me chills man

I LOVE the art direction for this production. Truly hellish and ethereal.

[La statua] Don Giovanni A cenar teco m’invitasti E son venuto. [Don Giovanni] Non l’avrei giammai creduto Ma farò quel che potrò Leporello, un'altra cena Fa che subito si porti. [Leporello] Ah, padron! Ah, padron, siam tutti morti. [Don Giovanni] Vanne dico! [La statua] Ferma un po’! Non si pasce di cibo mortale Chi si pasce di cibo celeste Altre cure più gravi di queste Altra brama quaggiù mi guidò. [Leporello] (La terzana d’avere mi sembra E le membra fermar più non so) [Don Giovanni] Parla dunque! Che chiedi? Che vuoi? [La statua] Parlo! Ascolta! Più tempo non ho! [Don Giovanni] Parla, parla, ascoltando ti sto [La statua] Tu m’invitasti a cena Il tuo dover or sai Rispondimi Verrai tu a cenar meco? [Leporello] Ohibò, tempo non ha, scusate [Don Giovanni] A torto di viltate Tacciato mai sarò. [La statua] Risolvi! [Don Giovanni] Ho già risolto! [La statua] Verrai? [Leporello] Dite di no! [Don Giovanni] Ho fermo il cuore in petto Non ho timor, verrò! [La statua] Dammi la mano in pegno! [Don Giovanni] Eccola! Ohimè! [La statua] Cos’hai? [Don Giovanni] Che gelo è questo mai? [La statua] Pentiti, cangia vita Nell’ultimo momento! [Don Giovanni] No, no, ch’io non mi pento Vanne lontan da me! [La statua] Pentiti, scellerato! [Don Giovanni] No, vecchio infatuato! [La statua] Pentiti! [Don Giovanni] No! [La statua] Sì! [Leporello] Sì! [Don Giovanni] No, no! [La statua] Ah, tempo più non v’è! [Don Giovanni] Da qual tremore insolito Sento assalir gli spiriti Dond’escono quei vortici Di foco pien d’orror? [Coro di diavoli] Tutto a tue colpe è poco Vieni, c’è un mal peggior. [Don Giovanni] Chi l’anima mi lacera? Chi m’agita le viscere? Che strazio, ohimé, che smania Che inferno, che terror! [Leporello] (Che ceffo disperato! Che gesti da dannato! Che gridi, che lamenti! Come mi fa terror!)

Здесь потрясающе ВСЁ! СПАСИБО!!!

So rose the dreadful ghost from his next and blackest opera. There, on the stage, stood the figure of a dead commander. And I knew, only I understood that the horrifying aparition was Leopold, raised from the dead! Wolfgang had actually summoned up his own father to accuse his son before all the world! It was terrifying and wonderful to watch. And now the madness began in me. The madness of the man splitting in half. Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna. But in secret, I went to every one of those five, worshipping sounds I alone seem to hear. And hour after hour, as I stood there, understanding how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son even from beyond the grave. I began to see a way, a terrible way, I could finally triumph over God

Richard Wagner was right, Don Giovanni is The opera of operas !

Unsurpassable! The singing, the acting, the sets, the direction - sometimes the fates conspire to make something perfect and this was one of them!

Ramey is the quintessential basso cantante. Kurt Moll's voice almost seems to be another dimension. If there is such a thing as "the" greatest singer for any particular voice type, Moll would be my pick for basso profondo.

So rose the dreadful ghost from his next and blackest opera. There on the stage, stood the figure of a dead commander. I knew, Only I understood that the horrifying apparition was Leopold, raised from the dead. Wolfgang had actually summoned up his own father to accuse his son, before all the world. It was terrifying and wonderful to watch. And now, the madness began in me, the madness of a man, splitting in half. Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna, but in secret I went to every one of those five. Worshipping the sound, I alone seem to hear. And as I stood there, understanding how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son, even from beyond the grave. I began to see a way, A terrible way I could finally triumph over God.

Perhaps the greatest scene of the opera.

If I was a kid and saw it live it'll give me nightmares

to describe this is "EPIC MOZART"

This scene, the apex of the greatest art form that is opera, performed by the greatest trio ever cast in perhaps the greatest opera ever composed, Don Giovanni. What an honor and a privilege to experience it with these singers....Moll, Ramey, Furlanetto in a traditional production that honors the composer as he must have conceived it. Danke schön Herr Mozart!

Kurt Moll. Fantastic Gurnemanz, Awesome Sarastro, Terrifying Commendatore. An absolute Legend.

The best recording of this scene. Everything about it is perfect. The singing, the acting, the set, the costumes. Absolutely amazing. Whole version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5jQSj3Vs4LI.html Thank you kind person who posted it.

Grander than Wagner.....spiritual marvilloso

I love this particular opera fragment composed by W.A. Mozart: it's like Black Metal from 1700's. Beautifully sinister

The depth of the voicing in this scene is breathtaking! One of Mozart’s best operas!

This totally enthralled and freaked out my 4th graders. They think opera is so cool now. It was magical. 😁🎶

I am addicted to this clip!!Thank you

I love listening to this with supper (and, occasionally, the whole finale from "Gia la mensa preparata" onwards)

This very scene was the irrefutable proof that had Mozart lived, he would have moved in the same direction as Beethoven. Toward Romanticism. His music was starting to transition....his very last piece the REQUIEM ices it for me.

Damnation. This would have been like Hellbound Hellraiser back then. I bet some people fainted from this back in those days. The mind of Mozart was deep.

Look for 'Mozart Complete Works in Minor keys' and tremble before Mozart's dark divine music!!!!

Samuel Ramey is the best! His looks, his voice and THAT SCREAM!!!😱

Well, what did you expect from an opera? A _happy_ ending?

This is happening right now, Iudex Est Venturus.

It's 2024 and I got chills from watching this!!! Frigging Masterpiece Opera

The best Commendatore I've heared

By far and away the best production of Don Giovanni I have seen, magnificent performances and amazing sets. How good to see that the late, great Kurt Moll also dyed the inside of his mouth for the final scene. i am always amazed at the singers who don''t do this as part of their make up as the pink mouth in my opinion totally detracts from the image they are trying to project.

Note the low D on 05:35 sung by the Commendatore. Very few singer could reach that subterranean note.

Mozart you magnificent bastard!

Of the dozens and dozens of performances of this opera I have seen, no Commendatore has ever hit the low notes Moll hits. Amazing performance.

6:26 Considering that at the time horror operas with this music were not common, Mozart was undoubtedly ahead of his time.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the talented young man who wrote blissful sweet melodies but also had the potential to write masterpieces as terrifying such as this

Moll was the most majestic singer of this role ever in my opinion. The power of his voice put even Ramy in the shade, not something easily done.

Man må vel kunne si at Mozart war langt foran sin tid. Dette er for meg ett genialt besøk i Di Profundis, en componist uten likemenn..

חקי חיון , דרמטי במידה הנכונה.

Ramey is magnificent!

This is the most successful Commendatore Scene of all times, and of all other versions.

Love this so much. Makes more sense with subtitles.

Why don’t operas look thsi cool now a days

Kurt Moll was the best commedatore

I have always been amazed at the 'screams' at 6:25 and 6:28. The way they are the perfect pitch. It is so harrowing and beatiful.

私が知る限りのオペラの中で、この場面と曲は、夜の女王のアリアと並んで大好きなシーンです。 東の果ての島国より、素晴らしい音楽への感謝を込めて。

I'm old enough to remember when *this* was the look and feel of most operas: sumptuously traditional and seeming to carry on a great tradition of music storytelling for younger generations. With so many trashy and peurile modern stagings by "visionaries" and academics - who nevertheless lack moral depth and are devoid of logic - I'm very grateful to have clips like this, to be reminded of what DG looked like when I was growing up.

2:30 "So the madness began in me...The madness of the man splitting in half...."

I need someone who can tell me where I can find the complete version of this opera, please. I've seen the Sieppi's version already... But I'd like to see the full Moll's performance.

So far this is the best version of this scene to me. God dayum I got so many mixed feelings within chills everytime I watch it. I just can't describe it properly.

Thx Wolfie for your 35 years you spend on earth

i love how don tells his servent to go get him and the statue dinner, and the statue is like "no no no. leave him out of this. this is between you. and me." my favorite part is when the statue tells don that his time is up. it's powerful, like a massive grandfather clock striking midnight. that last note sends chills up my spine!

Damn, opera is metal as fuck.

Beyond description; this will not be equalled in our time. Absolutely phenomenal singing and what can a mere mortal say about Mozart. Thank you so much for posting.

[La statua] Don Giovanni A cenar teco m’invitasti E son venuto. [Don Giovanni] Non l’avrei giammai creduto Ma farò quel che potrò Leporello, un'altra cena Fa che subito si porti. [Leporello] Ah, padron! Ah, padron, siam tutti morti. [Don Giovanni] Vanne dico! [La statua] Ferma un po’! Non si pasce di cibo mortale Chi si pasce di cibo celeste Altre cure più gravi di queste Altra brama quaggiù mi guidò. [Leporello] (La terzana d’avere mi sembra E le membra fermar più non so) [Don Giovanni] Parla dunque! Che chiedi? Che vuoi? [La statua] Parlo! Ascolta! Più tempo non ho! [Don Giovanni] Parla, parla, ascoltando ti sto [La statua] Tu m’invitasti a cena Il tuo dover or sai Rispondimi Verrai tu a cenar meco? [Leporello] Ohibò, tempo non ha, scusate [Don Giovanni] A torto di viltate Tacciato mai sarò. [La statua] Risolvi! [Don Giovanni] Ho già risolto! [La statua] Verrai? [Leporello] Dite di no! [Don Giovanni] Ho fermo il cuore in petto Non ho timor, verrò! [La statua] Dammi la mano in pegno! [Don Giovanni] Eccola! Ohimè! [La statua] Cos’hai? [Don Giovanni] Che gelo è questo mai? [La statua] Pentiti, cangia vita Nell’ultimo momento! [Don Giovanni] No, no, ch’io non mi pento Vanne lontan da me! [La statua] Pentiti, scellerato! [Don Giovanni] No, vecchio infatuato! [La statua] Pentiti! [Don Giovanni] No! [La statua] Sì! [Leporello] Sì! [Don Giovanni] No, no! [La statua] Ah, tempo più non v’è! [Don Giovanni] Da qual tremore insolito Sento assalir gli spiriti Dond’escono quei vortici Di foco pien d’orror? [Coro di diavoli] Tutto a tue colpe è poco Vieni, c’è un mal peggior. [Don Giovanni] Chi l’anima mi lacera? Chi m’agita le viscere? Che strazio, ohimé, che smania Che inferno, che terror! [Leporello] (Che ceffo disperato! Che gesti da dannato! Che gridi, che lamenti! Come mi fa terror!)

I like how "God" and Divine Justice catch up with Don Juan--eventually. AFTER he's already had an amazing life.

I love the music of Don Giovanni - who wouldn’t!? What really makes this opera stand out for me is the specific story and libretto, though. Its dark story lambasting the idea of “toxic masculinity” for the time that still resonates through the ages is unique.

Im here b/c of Sherlock Holms

That's the last time I invite him to dinner!

When your girlfriend's dad asks you to have a dinner with him