Duettino Sull'aria Le nozze di Figaro

From opera "Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)"
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte Performed by: Edith Mathis and Gundula Janowitz

Photography by slickerflicker

SunRise photos taken the morning of 3-3-2011

[severstal]

"I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I like to think they were singing about something so beautiful it can't be expressed into words, and makes your heart ache because of it."

[tkashi]

And for the briefest of moments every last man in Shawshank felt free.

[marcomangano]

Thank goodness the Shawshank Redemption exposed a lot of people who never would have heard this glorious Aria. And thank you Mr. Mozart, who was clearly touched by the hand of God!

[pdct]

I AM JUST out of hospital after a stroke, and these ladies remind me that there is life after a stroke !!

[clutchSA]

Unlimited talent, that's Mozart. A true invited guest in this world.

[davidcovarubias]

I saw this opera as a junior in high school on a field trip. I had compmained to my music teacher ( I played guitar and was into nothing but rock. The year was 1978). My teacher said that I had a fantastic ear for music. He instructed me to wear a blindfold during the performance and just listen. I reluctantly did as he said and wore a blindfold. My classmates thought I was stupid. I felt stupid until this aria started. I was in shock! How could a mortal man create such beautiful music? I was so affected that I was crying like a baby as I listened. Now my classmates think I'm a little pussy but I didn't care. Those voices...burned into my soul with the music. When I saw my music teacher the next week I told him that I was competely stoked. I tokd him that I had a dream that night that Mozart jammed with Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, and Black Sabbath. Told my teacher that Mozart was born a couple of hundred years too soon. To this day ai am still a huge fan of his music.

[schreibs]

I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about, truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I like to think that it was something so beautiful it can't be expressed in words and makes your heart ache because of it-Red

[BalthazarDroggins]

I'm sitting here, with my newborn baby sleeping peacefully on my chest, and I nearly have to pinch myself. What did I do to deserve all of this? This piece is sublime, and I am eternally grateful to have access to something so beautiful.

[robertjackson]

This is hauntingly beautiful. Last week I played this in my 5th Grade classroom during sustained silent reading - and when time was up - none of the kids wanted me to turn it off. This amazing singing has the power to transform and to transport people. It lifts me and makes me want to be a better man!!

[Mr.MT]

This is one of those songs you understand without knowing the words. It's more than music when it connects people across languages, time, space, and oceans of thought. At least more than what most people call music these days. A lot of musicians now try to entertain. And they do just that. But we remember the ones who open up their soul and remind us that our feelings are common among people from all over, all walks of life, all times and places. We remember the ones who can show us we're all the same.

[adrix]

Thanks Andy Dufresne, your two weeks in the hole, made me get to this piece of art❤

[elizabethsantoianni]

This is a beautiful Aria! My Dad was a beautiful Irish tenor. He loved Opera and could sing in Italian and Latin. He wasn't fluent in either language but learned it from his love of music. He loved the movie "The Shawshank Redemption", as it was an amazing movie. We would watch it often and he was enthralled by this Aria. Who wouldn't be? God rest you Dad. I miss you every day. I hope your enjoying your music in heaven!

[marymissmelody]

Shawshank is airing in my part of Australia right now. This scene 5 minutes ago. I have tears.

[laraschauble]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was one of those RARE gifts God bestowed to mankind....Mankind should be eternally grateful for such a gift ❤

[HermanLabuschagne]

This is why civilization is precious. After thousands of years of thumping drums and howling at the moon, mankind came up with moments of exquisite wonder such as this. It is worth living for, dying for, protecting and preserving - because it is what makes us the humans that we are - unique in all our wonder. Nothing illustrates this fact than listening to music of this outstanding quality.

[Simon_de_Cornouailles]

If anyone insists that the human species has a purely evil and destructive effect on our planet - then I answer, "Do you listen to Mozart?"

[juliuscage]

Man, this makes me cry. As an infantry soldier I don't cry easily. I salute you all who love my beautiful Mozart.

[shin-i-chikozima]

Listening to this song,
It's never enough to be regretted that Mozart died at such a young age

[meredithcole]

This has to be one of the most beautiful arias ever written, music to feed the soul.... 😥

[Mr.Baguettelover]

no words can describe the pleasure of listening this master piece