Random Drawing: Prince Gremin (Ferruccio Furlanetto) and Tatjana (Anna Samuil) from Eugene Onegin (Salzburg, conducted by Barenboim) Video I used for reference, link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF9MZ3nacrk
Currently obsessed with Furlanetto singing Prince Gremin’s aria!!!
Not only a great basso, FF is also a wonderful actor! I really like how he reflects his deep and sincere love towards his far-younger wife, Tatjana and how he cares a lot about her, even in small meaningful gestures. Like one moment towards his last scene where he tenderly forbids Tatjana to light a cigarette. OW MAN! It tickles something that had long been dormant in me (thanks Hvorostovsky scene from Met’s Eugene Onegin). This Gremin is strong, straightforward (seen from how he acts toward people he hates during his aria), but also vulnerable (from how he describe the love for Tatjana that has been consuming himself), and acts as fatherly figure. Just AAAAAAWWWWWWWW~~~
