A Musical Interlude...

March 21, 2020 8:19 PM

Largo al factotum from Il barbiere di Siviglia as sung by John Rawnsley...
posted by jim in austin (10 comments total)

That was great, thanks Jim!
posted by Floydd at 9:30 PM on March 21, 2020 [1 favorite]

Also
posted by TRAJAN at 9:59 PM on March 21, 2020 [1 favorite]

posted by TRAJAN at 10:01 PM on March 21, 2020 [1 favorite]

Yeah, that was a great performance.

And it made me realize that in 200 years, when it's safe to laugh at all the current craziness, someone is going to make a hell of a Fully Automated Luxury Space Opera based on the libretto The Busboy of Mar-a-Lago. Scheming courtiers, wacky plans, comically exaggerated misunderstandings -- suddenly I can't see current affairs through any other filter.
posted by Nerd of the North at 10:03 PM on March 21, 2020 [11 favorites]

What a fabulous voice!
posted by prismatic7 at 10:16 PM on March 21, 2020 [2 favorites]

Thank you!
posted by njohnson23 at 8:47 AM on March 22, 2020 [1 favorite]

Great performance! He really nailed both the signing and the acting parts here.
posted by Harald74 at 9:20 AM on March 22, 2020 [1 favorite]

Pretty good, but Peter Mattei's "Largo" is my personal favorite.
posted by SansPoint at 11:38 AM on March 22, 2020 [1 favorite]

Awesome! Great performance...another good one is to be found from Thomas Hampson.
posted by Quasimike at 2:54 PM on March 22, 2020 [1 favorite]

Rawnsley had a bit of a leg-up on this one. He is not only an operatic baritone but a professional actor as well. The acting really shines through in the performance...
posted by jim in austin at 8:02 PM on March 22, 2020