RECENT INTERVIEWS

FERRUCCIO FURLANETTO BACK IN AUSTRALIA IN 2018

In the past few weeks, Ferruccio Furlanetto has concluded his Australian tour with three concerts in Sydney and Melbourne. During his stay in Sydney SBC Radio talked to him about his next commitments in Australia in 2018.

Photo Igor Sakharov

“...Because I'm in Love with my Profession”

Interview for the web magazine Fermata Spettacolo

January 17 2016

Ferruccio Furlanetto gave an interview on the occasion of the recital on January 9 at the Teatro Da Ponte at Vittorio Veneto in the memory of 25 years from passing of M° Efrem Casagrande. The event was organized by Administration Comunale of Vittorio Veneto

From the interview:

Ferruccio Furlanetto: “Small Ferruccio already at 4 years old sang whatever he was proposed - canzonette, arias for tenor (my granfather taught me them) so I think that my path was marked since then, in fact, and then the pop music came in the magic second half of the 60-s years, after that the lyrics have accompanied me faithfully until now.”

“This year it is 42 years of this splendid adventure, which fortunately continues to give me great satisfaction and privilege to play and choose the roles which I love: Philip II, Boris Godunov, Thomas Becket and especially Don Quixote for his special humanity and the beauty of the singing. Fortunately I have always sung roles I loved, maybe very difficult but still very satisfying. All that I have not loved I left it to others.”

For the conclusion: what is your next appointments?

“A serie of recitals, Winterreise and one of Russian music, Simon Boccanegra in St Petersburg, New York, Barcelona, Berlin, Vienna Macbeth, Don Carlo in San Francisco and further on, because I'm in love with my profession and consider it to be my privilege.”

Read the interview in Italian.

CONCERTO OMAGGIO A EFREM CASAGRANDE

Ferruccio Furlanetto invitation

January, 3 2016

Ferruccio Furlanetto who is currently singing Gremin at the Royal Opera House in London is looking forward to the concert "Tribute to Efrem Casagrande" to be held in Vittorio Veneto on January 9 at the Teatro Lorenzo Da Ponte

"I am very happy that soon I will be among you for the concert in commemoration of the great master vittoriese Efrem Casagrande, unforgettable personality of your city and fundamental pillar in the formation of my career."

January 9, 2016, 20.45, at the Teatro “Lorenzo Da Ponte” - Vittorio Veneto.

Photo I.Sakharov

Winterreise ist für mich das Paradies

Ferruccio Furlanetto in the Prolog interview

Published November 21 2015

Ferruccio Furlanetto’s interview conducted by Andreas Lang was published in the November Prolog – monthly Wiener Staatsoper magazine. The whole layout is dedicated to his vision of the Winterreise: Ferruccio Furlanetto performance of the Schubert’s cycle on November 24 is very much anticipated at the House of the Ring. Igor Tchetuev at the piano.

The Italian bass confesses that Winterreise is simply paradise to him, like Massenet’s Don Quichotte or Boris Godunov byMussorgsky. The first idea of singing Winterreise came from Alexis Weisenberg, but it took long time until he brought it to the world stages. The only inspiration which he got from the other interpreters of this cycle was from the Hans Hotter’s recording of it done in 1942.

Being may be the only Italian who ever sang or recorded this cycle, Furlanetto understands that technically Winterreise is “no particular challenge, and it is possible to perform it three times a day, without any vocal injuries. The real difficulties lies in finding the myriad colors, in the working out and conveying the respective song atmosphere. And after an hour and a half which takes to perform this cycle you feel completely exhausted, because of the psychology and emotional tension which these 24 songs requires from the interpreter”.

Original Interview at the Wiener Staatsoper blog

Photo I.Sakharov

Ferruccio Furlanetto in the Interviews

Recent interviews to Die Presse and Il Piccolo

Published October 18 2015

Ferruccio Furlanetto who is currently singing Macbeth at the Vienna State Opera and celebrating 30 years on stage of this great theater, gave interviews to Die Presse and Il Piccolo.

Von Judith Hecht from Die Presse is digging deep: the conversations circles about man’s home (Born in Friuli Ferruccio Furlanetto reveals that his true home now is in Vienna and favorite city is London), man’s believes (He is not a believer, since religion was always used for some purpose: politics, money, war. And after playing King Philipp II so many times, he understands well how his hero used these advantages of the religion. Not least, for the colonization of America, when he killed with the blessing of the church millions of people.)

Ferruccio Furlanetto also recollects some personal memories about his mother, who passed away this spring, tells about two dream roles which he would never sing, opens a secret of his future appointment in 2017 and a new role (during the Salzburg Festival he will perform Boris Timofeevich in Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of Mzensk for the first time with Mariss Jansons. And it will be not only the new role to add to the rooster, but also his first approach to the music of Dmitry Shostakovich).

Ferruccio Furlanetto will be soon singing his first and much anticipated Winterreise in Vienna on November 24., but he is already working on his next Lied program with Schumann and Brahms'Vier ernste Gesänge. But he will take all time he needs until he will present them to the public.

In the Italian interview done by Flaminio Bussotti in Il Piccolo you can enjoy Ferruccio Furlanetto speaking in his native tangue.

Ferruccio Furlanetto at the Macbeth's Matenee

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Published September 29 2015

Macbeth's Matinee on September 27 at the Vienna State Opera

KS Ferruccio Furlanetto speaks abuot the Banquo, Gremin, upcoming Winterreise and his debut at La Scala with this role under the musical direction of Claudio Abbado. The premier of Macbeth is on October 4 th.