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Follow @bestofopera for the voices that refuse to be forgotten. 🎵 "Largo al factotum" - Robert Merrill Figaro! Son qua. Ehi, Figaro! Son qua. Figaro qua, Figaro là, Figaro su, Figaro giù. Pronto prontissimo son come il fulmine: sono il factotum della città. Figaro! Here I am. Hey, Figaro! Here I am. Figaro here, Figaro there, Figaro up, Figaro down. Ready, so ready, I'm like lightning: I'm the factotum of the city. He shouts his own name before anyone asks. Called from one side of the city and the other at the same time, he solves anyone's problem. It's not modesty: it's a man announcing his own worth in the public square. It's this Figaro who tells the Count that Rosina isn't old Bartolo's daughter — she's his ward — and that Bartolo wants to marry her. And it's Figaro who comes up with the plan: the Count enters disguised as a soldier. But the aria that introduces him is, itself, a test of endurance: fast tempo, tangled rhyme, a range from D3 to G4, with an optional A4 for those who dare. One of the hardest in the baritone repertoire. Whoever sings here wasn't just passing through. Robert Merrill debuted at the Met on December 15, 1945, as Germont, in La Traviata. And he stayed: 31 seasons straight, nearly 770 performances, 21 roles — a whole career called from one corner of the house and the other, just as Figaro himself brags of being. What sounds harder to you: the speed of the tongue-twister or the leap to the high notes? 🎼 Work: Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia, 1816) 🎹 Composer: Gioachino Rossini 🇮🇹 🎤 Performer: Robert Merrill 🇺🇸 🎬 Recording: not identified Follow for more epic performances. #BestOfOpera #RobertMerrill #Rossini #ClassicalOpera

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