Such an amazing lesson-a great singing voice is mainly about technique. Caruso, Del Monaco, Corelli and now Kaufman all had mediocre voices until they found the perfect technique for themselves. What a wonderfully encouraging lesson for all singers!!!
when i am reading about him only shouting or singing aloud, no emotion or whatsoever.... i cant believe my eyes. he is so good at expressing emotions. and he can sing pianissimo like only few can:))))
i am not only a fan of his . . . i've all his recordings, i've heard him live, i've met him, and am a tenor myself, and let me be the one to tell you all that he is the world's greatest living tenor. say what you want about his voice (his tone, his technique, etc.) but he is the most successful tenor, now, for a reason. and his rep is absolutely astonishing. since when has there been a tenor who has actually performed the many differing works that he has? pure perfection. different, but perfect.
@musicmuse56 i am not an expert, but i like his singing very much and cant understand how some people can criticize him so much. seems to me to be one of the best today.
Ok Mozart non è assolutamente il suo tipo, ma vogliamo parlare di che carattere ha assunto questo personaggio con la metamorfosi kauffmaniana? La versione corretta per cantarlo è sofisticata, a note scandite ed un po' effeminata: emozionante, ma questa mi emoziona molto di più! Tuttavia sono contenta che Jonas abbia intrapreso la giusta strada, l'ho ascoltato dal vivo a Londra ed è sfavillante
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Jonas Kaufmann simply doesn't understand that opera is not about shouting and singing as loud as his voice alows. this is not a bad rendition, but it does not do credit to Mozart's genious. He is unable to convey the complexity of this aria. Just listen to Wunderlich;s version or Florez. It's completely different. The fact that he sings at Metropolitant is not a proof of his value.
@catbaddoc have you heard him in any of the recent wagner recordings? His "Mein lieber Schwan" has an abundance of competent dynamic variation. Honestly, Jonas Kaufmann is one of those currently performing tenors that DOES place a clear emphasis on expression instead of singing full throttle all the time. I'm very suprised to hear your critique :P
@Jaaakob No, I have not heard him sing Wagner, because I confess I don't like wagner. Maybe is just a matter of taste, but I don't like his voice. It is powerfull no doubt, but, to me at least, it does not transmit what other tenor voices (less strong than his) do. I believe that a piece like this one from cosi fan tutte should convey more emotion that this. But then, everyone perceives emotion differently. i wish I could hear him live. Sometimes recordings don't do credit to one's voice.
I find his recumbent pose at the beginning somehow amusing. Other than that, beautiful singing. He sounds so much lighter here. I like his more recent singing too, but this is interesting to see. Definitely no criticisms on my part.
...to contribute my share to the whole paranoia of youtube commentators let me share my sincere opinion that THIS is the right thing for him or at least the right way to produce his voice and not the artificially hushed and darkened sound he uses today.
I know the technical assurance that hushed sound provides as it avoids the risky use of direct approach (of the so-called "lowered larynx") however, it misses the clarion sound of real tenor and it is not my cup-of-tea. He is an artist though.
@MariaCaIIas A lowered larynx is not a direct approach, unless it is a depressed larynx.... Which is not the same thing. A lowered larynx is a larynx that lowers due to active inhalation and stays there as a result of support and good flow of breath (among other things). He sings with a low larynx in all vides I've seen of him, perhaps even lower since he altered his technique.
I do agree that his current technique has some drawbacks, but it's mainly a question of aesthetics, not voice health?
E' una esecuzione meravigliosa!! Una voce straordinaria finalmente al servizio di questa pagina mozartiana spessissimo affidata a voci esangui!!! Kauffmann è sempre più grande e qui già se ne vedevano le avvisaglie! E' sempre un'emozione ascoltarlo!!! GRAZIE, Jonas, sei una consolazione per il cuore!!!
His larynx is a little high here some times...now a days his larynx is never, ever high. That's why he can sing anything he wants. He is one of if not the greatest tenor of our time. It could have gone very wrong for him in Germany, where all teachers think you have to sing like a little girl. They don't know how to train a large high voice. Luckily he found a teacher who knew and his own way...If all young talented singers were this determined the opera world would be very different today
have you notice how much his voice changed? it s now more secure, more dark... but his musicality is always the same great. He is really one of the best today and Georgio Strehler was one of the first to notice it.... Please don't forget to mention that this is the famous Giorgio Strehler production of Teatro Piccolo di Milano, the last work of this great director for the stage... He's chosen the singers when they were all not famous.... it was a great procuction!
Almost every operatic aria posted on Youtube gets comments like: "he / she is a horrible singer " , " he / she has the wrong voice for this part ", " he / she is too young / old for this part ". Thank God that all our wonderful artists don't pay attention to all the pompous know-it-alls on Youtube. If they did we'd have no opera at all!
If he's one of the worst singers on the opera market, then why has he landed (and is still continuing to land) incredible leading roles with The Metropolitan Opera??? And not just there, but internationally as well! As far as his "beautiful natural" voice goes, it's called growing older!
Come gli è venuto in mente di fare il tenore drammatico??? Questa è sicuramente la sua voce, anche se certi suoni chiusi in gola ci sono sempre. Adesso si è talmente affossato che non si distingue una vocale dall'altra. Queste sono le tecniche di canto che vanno di moda!!! POVERI NOI!!!
Kaufmann está complétamente fuera de estilo en Mozart.
Hay que dejar los roles mozartianos y belcantistas para los tenores que pueden hacerlos y no querer acapararlo todo con un resultado poco sarisfactorio.
It was flawless until he stood up. Then I suppose he decided try to flex his muscles a little bit and sacrificed beautiful overtones and legato line just to sound heavier than he really is.
As much as I am a fan of Kaufmann, I have to say that this video doesn't give him justice. The voice is too much in the throat and tense, I don't like the color which has forced undertones, he sounds very not at ease. The lyricism that this aria should convey is almost absent.
I guess he was too immature for the role (and not be mistaken, the aria seems simple but is very hard to render) at the time.
1998? the voice sounds concentrated and light, but full in sound. not the heavy, dark stuff he does today, when he is darkening artificially an losing his "ring".
Spellbinding, as everything I have heard from Mr. Kaufmann. The voice may be larger than is usually cast as Ferrando, but he maintains absolute consistency of timbre as he crosses the passaggio over and over--which is the challenge Mozart sets in this aria (as in so many of his arias.) Beautiful!
Voice is nice, if not a little big for Mozart, but acting stinks! Is he reading a teleprompter or something?! No emotion, staring in a fixed place in the distance... this alone excludes him as the greatest tenor, as opera is singing first, but acting also a must...
@lilibetp too bad that an artist can be so "spoiled" by the direction...guess that is what distinguishes a great performance from an unforgetable one.
why doesnt he sing with this freedom now. His voice is indeed not suited for this however, if he sang like this as in turnadot, tosca, even otello etc, and did without that breathy "thing" he does now he would be unstoppable!!!! Please Mr. Kaufmann find this magic again and stop singing off the voice!!
What is it about all this analysing and comparing to other tenors?! Why can't people just let go of all the reserve that prevents them from just closing their eyes, listening and enjoying!?
Hi Mariade: I think, you are not right. He never treid to be a spinto but has this colour in his voice. His voice doesn´t seem to be damaged when you remember the absolute gorgeous Don Jose. Actually he never really was a lyric mozart tenor.
Actually he began as a very lyric voice, then discovered that his technique was preventing him from singing with his voice. He changed techniques and is now a spinto, and arguably the best tenor in the world.
33 dislikes? y'all are a bunch of haters. this man can sing and sing well. listen to that beautiful, heroic voice and that legato. he's much better than any other tenor we have around today.
This is a tender and lyric aria, he's dramatising too much and it's making me wince.
He has a beautiful voice, but this aria requires much more "dolce". His rises to the A flats are too forceful...and his Italian needs some work :S I feel too critical. I shall be quiet now.
it all depends on a singer's goals. if success is throwing caution to the wind & making vocal/artistic choices that please people enough to make a great, speedy career — then kaufmann's already succeeded. but if he's planning a long life of beautiful [tenor] singing, he may be on the road toward failure... just my opinion. i saw his des grieux 2 years ago at chicago lyric & it was very affected/pushed... but it worked & was, to my surprise, quite beautiful. will it last? guess we'll see!
My god you opera fans are weird. This is lovely singing from a young tenor who has since developed further. Have any of you any idea how hard this aria is??? Why do you all love to say this is wrong and that is wrong. As someone who IS a singer, and has stuff posted on here under my real name, I hate the way these so called fans would rather post uniformed and plain wrong criticisms than actually listen!!!!!
@lubidog agreed!!! in stead of enjoying this young voice...as I do... they prefer to disect and analyze as if they search for worm eggs is stool samples!
they may be fans of other guys or may feel threathened by this new kid on the block...i enjoy all good singers, they are all the best for diff reasons, and if people have a diff taste...well enjoy! i prefer variety and can listen to one song for 2 hrs by different guys, variety is spice of life. They crit 'cause they cannot sing like him???
@lubidog I think part of the frustration for light lyric tenors is how the current system works. Jonas has a great voice and was clearly young when he did this role. Although his voice is wonderful, one might question how appropriate this role/aria is for him. It is quite flat at times and he struggle to give the aria the elegance it needs(in the opinion of many). It seems like an artistic compromise to deny true Mozart tenors work so that a young verissimo tenor can cut his teeth on stage.
@lubidog I think part of the frustration for light lyric tenors is how the current system works. Jonas has a great voice and was clearly young when he did this role. Although his voice is wonderful, one might question how appropriate this role/aria is for him. It is quite flat at times and he struggles to give the aria the elegance it needs(in the opinion of many). It seems like an artistic compromise to deny true Mozart tenors work so that a young verissimo tenor can cut his teeth on stage.
@lubidog I love Jonas Kaufmann he is such a powerful singer! Some opera fans are failed musicians so they sob over how other more brilliant musicians have succeeded over them =/ They should enjoy the music :]
people need to cut him some slack.....this is 1998!!! 12 years ago......I saw him this year (2010) in Tosca and Carmen and he was truly amazing!!! Any technical problems that he has here (intonation, passaggio, style) have been taken care of.....I wouldn't hesitate to say he is the best full lyric tenor singing today!
Big fan of JK, saw him @the Met in Tosca & Carmen, he was exciting in both. BUT I think in this clip his singing was truer,more natural than his singing today. I don't know when/why the dark baritonal timbre crept into his approach but I don't believe it's natural or advantageous for his voice in the long run; it does seem more tense/constricted now. That said, I was blown away by his control in the upper register in Carmen when he performed a messa di voce on the high Bb of the Flower Song!
@FacePaster I agree. I much prefer the color and ease of his voice here. He sounds forced in more recent recordings, and has somewhat lost touch with his natural sound. I am glad to have my sense of his voice validated, although I would rather he were singing at his best. He has such a gorgeous instrument, and it doesn't benefit from the manipulated darkening. Maybe he'll repent and go back to the quality he displays here (minus early career technical glitches :))
@sopranosd given his unbelievable success at the present moment I think it is highly unlikely that he will change his approach and go back to the way he sang in his youth. listening to this clip here again there are certainly flaws and he is struggling with finding the right weight for this very difficult and exposed aria (to my ears it already sounds a bit heavy and loose) - I recently heard some even younger clips of him singing student prince and manon that are breathtakingly well balanced
There is a lot of dispute about Kaufmann's voice and whether he is a lyric voice pushed bigger or a more dramatic voice that was "held in". Sounds like the dispute about Callas to me! Anyway, a lot of people think his voice is too big for this repertoire. WRONG! Listen to the 50s Met Cosi (in English) with Blanche Thebom, Eleanor Steber, and Richard Tucker (!). If a voice has the coloratura and the technique to handle the tessitura, a voice of a larger size can sing Mozart!!
I have a question for any interested person: I've read a lot of negative feedbacks concerning this interpretation, because the Kaufmann voice it seems to be more close to the one of a Bariono, I guess. However I find this interpretation very interesting and much more pleasant than the one of Pavarotti, for instance. Who cares if he is not a tenor Spinto or whatever (I'm not an expert). isn't that someone prefer the pure performance compared to sentiment and the pleasure of listening?
TWelve years ago....one can only admire the patience and discipline that Kaufmann has had to enable us to indulge in the fullness of his vocal capacities now....BRAVO!
tone does not always mean a large sound. I think he has been smart with rep for most part. He has not really ever taken on the larger Verdi (to my knowledge) and has not gone outside of the lighter Wagner, granted that Sigmund may be that step to heavy but we won't know until he does it. Also he is in his 40's now so his voice may be ready. Time will tell. But honestly he has been much smarter in his choice of rep than that of his peers. Case and point Alagna doing Otello.
He sings the same way then as he does now. His larynx is completely stable, and with age he has matured a darker color. If anything, he is pushing more in this video then in his recent "In fernam land" ... he is a fantastic example of someone who has found an equilibrium with their instrument.
Jonas has an absolutely gorgeous voice. It's a shame that halfway through the B section he starts having pitch problems; funny that it happens when he decides to stands up. But probably the change in pressure effected his support. Gorgeous, however, absolutely gorgeous.
This is the first video of what I consider to be Herr Kaufmann's real voice. It's a pure lyric which should have been nurtured and brought along instead of being forced into a fach that is artificially darkening his sound and making his voice, the one actually heard in a theater, to be smaller. This video is actually a pleasure to listen to and I don't feel my throat tightening up.
@corelli2 I couldn't disagree more. To my ear, this is a tight sound. He is pressing too hard and not really achieving "flow phonation". Had he continued this way, I think his sound would have thinned out greatly to the point of being way to harsh on the listener. His current technique is a lot better in my opinion and to this listener, much more appealing.
his voice type is closer to a baritone. It is quite a beautiful voice.I enjoy listenining to him. However, I myself prefer a more actual tenor timbre for this repetoire. Youtube has a beautiful rendition by Francisco Araiza. I liked
se MOZART avesse saputo che un giorno Kaufmann si fosse messo a cantare Cosi fan tutte non l'avrebbe scritta. MOZART perdona questo dilettante con la voce fuori repertorio.
Many try few can do. This is very very good overall. What of Jonas yesterday, now, or tomorrow remains to be seen. I sincerely hope he will stay amongst the stars and show the others how it is done...
This is probably his true natural voice. Light, unadorned. Listen to his che gelida manina. You can hear the difference between this and his darker timbre. The latter is faked.
Die beste Aufnahme von Kaufmann, die ich seit langem gehört habe.
Wenn man seine zu offene Stimmführung, die glanzlose Höhe heute hört, möchte man dem "Lehrer", der ihm geraten hat, seine Technik umzustellen, nur den Hintern versohlen!
jonas est un jeune ténor allemand qui,de jour en jour ,s'affirme.Là,dans cet air si difficile que j'ai chanté,il est merveilleux.C'est du grand art,c'est tt simplement la meilleure interprétation que j'ai pu écouter à ce jour .Bravo à ce jeune ténor plein de talent
For all of you who don´t understand German: In an interview on YT, Jonas explains that in this phase of his career, he found it very difficult to sing, and even thought about giving up! He then went to a teacher who taught him to open up and sing in his "baritonal" way - the result is clear whe you listen to his later rendering of this aria: chalk and cheese!
@MariadelMonaco lyric tenor????? ... damn he is everything but a lyric tenor... have you heard him singing carmen?? or wagner??? he is a helden tenor ....
@Operndirektor they have nothing to do here.. we are listening here Jonas Kaufmann... i just asked how do you classify the tenor voice... if you think he is a spinto.. its ok.. thats your opinion ... i just think you may listen to a real spinto .. actually you need to listen Opera to learn how to distinguish a voice! ...
His voice is way too edgy, heavy, and powerful to be a lyric tenor. If I can stand him singing above a G, he's not a lyric. Lyrics as a rule sound like Kermit the frog on anything above that. He sounds glorious.
so what if he damages his voice? We are so tired of Singers Stupidi who keep their uber-boring Voices till they are zombies and they sing as stupidly and boringly as they did when they were 20 years old and who listens to them? Nobody!
Thank God Jonas is not afraid to lose his voice.
True opera fans (as Joan Sutherland says) never go to the Opera these days cause there is nothing to see other than stupid coloraturas pretending to sing what they cannot!
Non dimenticate che in questo video Kaufmann era a inizio carriera. All'inizio cantare questi ruoli và molto bene perchè così ci si fà le ossa. Oggi questo ruolo non lo canta più perchè ora la sua voce è matura e tagliata per un repertorio differente e a lui più congeniale.
his technique is fantastic to be able to sing this with his voice, and honestly i would rather hear someone like him sing it than another gutless nasally heinz 57 tenor that normally sing mozart. bravo it was brilliant even with the couple barely noticeable wobbles.
La voix est magnifique, mais cette émission ne me semble pas naturelle. Comparer avec son Des Grieux de 1993. La différence est flagrante.
Ici, la voix est robuste, oui, plus virile, oui, mais les piani sont très difficiles, la voix ne semble plus souple, et le placement n'est plus haut du tout. En cinq ans, quel changement.
I am a big fan of Kaufmann!!!!! However, listening to this particular performance scares me. I find it very difficult to believe that the timbre of his voice could change as much as it has from the time this was performed to today. Just listen to this and then listen to any of his more recent performances. I wonder if he is artificially darkening his voice... Not bashing here, I greatly admire his talent. Just concerned for him. Any opinions?
Your concerns are very valid...Although I feel that he has been well trained and has extraordinary colors in his voice that he uses quite sparingly...the dark colours would not work in this aria more for other repertoires. I still believe his real srength lies in the dramatic works...bravo nevertheless Jonas....!
Just to clarify here...do you think that he is utilizing his training and extraordinary colors in his voice to make this particular performance sound far more lyric than that of his "strength zone(dramatic)" sound?
his dark timbre, full middle register, vibrato and lower passaggio all scream "please let me sing my real dramatic repertoire" but that's why I like this. dark, masculine tenor voices are so much more 3 dimensional and have more pleasant timbre
@ doug92067, I came here from Kaufmann's Carmen aria and thought the exact same thing. My first impression is his singing today is much too constricted and covered. I'm concerned as well. Most opinions I've read from the net insist that color cannot be trained into the voice and the singer must let his natural color come out and sing the appropriate repertoire. I hope he's not another Villazon in the making.
This aria has the power to melt anyone I do believe. Mozart was the master of the glorious line and beautiful aria. Try the David Hobson performance, he was only 29 at the time. This is also lovely.
obwohl die stimme heute immer noch nicht frei ist und besonders in der tiefe "im hals" steckt, hat er hart an sich gearbeitet. aber ...weltklasse ??????
absolutely glorious...Jonas demonstrates a lovely bel canto singing voice, something i try to emulate in my studies. im currently studying this aria in my voice juries...
and I can hear him, and it has just enough throat werks while still sounding natural and like a tenor. why can't this sound be used now with more air for greater volume? thanks for this vid.-
Such an amazing lesson-a great singing voice is mainly about technique. Caruso, Del Monaco, Corelli and now Kaufman all had mediocre voices until they found the perfect technique for themselves. What a wonderfully encouraging lesson for all singers!!!
KaleidoscopeAct 1 week ago
Lovely version
corzoidor 4 weeks ago
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corzoidor 1 month ago
when i am reading about him only shouting or singing aloud, no emotion or whatsoever.... i cant believe my eyes. he is so good at expressing emotions. and he can sing pianissimo like only few can:))))
eurydike 1 month ago
i am not only a fan of his . . . i've all his recordings, i've heard him live, i've met him, and am a tenor myself, and let me be the one to tell you all that he is the world's greatest living tenor. say what you want about his voice (his tone, his technique, etc.) but he is the most successful tenor, now, for a reason. and his rep is absolutely astonishing. since when has there been a tenor who has actually performed the many differing works that he has? pure perfection. different, but perfect.
mayoyo25 2 months ago 7
@mayoyo25 I'm a nineteenth-century opera specialist, and I completely agree with. He's probably the best tenor of our time.
musicmuse56 1 month ago 2
@musicmuse56 i am not an expert, but i like his singing very much and cant understand how some people can criticize him so much. seems to me to be one of the best today.
eurydike 1 month ago 2
@mayoyo25 different , but that is even better than only imitate:). perfect? maybe.
eurydike 1 month ago
Ok Mozart non è assolutamente il suo tipo, ma vogliamo parlare di che carattere ha assunto questo personaggio con la metamorfosi kauffmaniana? La versione corretta per cantarlo è sofisticata, a note scandite ed un po' effeminata: emozionante, ma questa mi emoziona molto di più! Tuttavia sono contenta che Jonas abbia intrapreso la giusta strada, l'ho ascoltato dal vivo a Londra ed è sfavillante
FloriaTosca90 2 months ago
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Jonas Kaufmann simply doesn't understand that opera is not about shouting and singing as loud as his voice alows. this is not a bad rendition, but it does not do credit to Mozart's genious. He is unable to convey the complexity of this aria. Just listen to Wunderlich;s version or Florez. It's completely different. The fact that he sings at Metropolitant is not a proof of his value.
catbaddoc 2 months ago
@catbaddoc have you heard him in any of the recent wagner recordings? His "Mein lieber Schwan" has an abundance of competent dynamic variation. Honestly, Jonas Kaufmann is one of those currently performing tenors that DOES place a clear emphasis on expression instead of singing full throttle all the time. I'm very suprised to hear your critique :P
Jaaakob 2 months ago 6
@Jaaakob No, I have not heard him sing Wagner, because I confess I don't like wagner. Maybe is just a matter of taste, but I don't like his voice. It is powerfull no doubt, but, to me at least, it does not transmit what other tenor voices (less strong than his) do. I believe that a piece like this one from cosi fan tutte should convey more emotion that this. But then, everyone perceives emotion differently. i wish I could hear him live. Sometimes recordings don't do credit to one's voice.
catbaddoc 2 months ago
To the "My god you opera fans" comment, I'll add this quotation:
"You have your way. I know my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist." Friedrich Nietszche
What precisely is the right way to sing this or any other aria.
MrJkopec22 4 months ago 6
Ich bin begeistert! Wir sollten uns erinnern, wie wir am anfang unserer Karrieren gesungen haben, denn dadurch sind wir berühmt geworden! (Pavarotti)
atzedeno1 5 months ago
His r's sound a bit like l's! lol
Never mind, wonderful performance and recording!
wks1978 5 months ago 2
This is a tremendous, unique voice, but to my taste (apart from impeccable technique), it is always Jonas Kaufmann. Where is the character??
henkjmueller 5 months ago
I just love his smooth legato lines.. HEAVENLY PERFECTION!!
styrianinchina 5 months ago 4
I find his recumbent pose at the beginning somehow amusing. Other than that, beautiful singing. He sounds so much lighter here. I like his more recent singing too, but this is interesting to see. Definitely no criticisms on my part.
Loganberrymusic 5 months ago 4
...to contribute my share to the whole paranoia of youtube commentators let me share my sincere opinion that THIS is the right thing for him or at least the right way to produce his voice and not the artificially hushed and darkened sound he uses today.
I know the technical assurance that hushed sound provides as it avoids the risky use of direct approach (of the so-called "lowered larynx") however, it misses the clarion sound of real tenor and it is not my cup-of-tea. He is an artist though.
MariaCaIIas 6 months ago
@MariaCaIIas A lowered larynx is not a direct approach, unless it is a depressed larynx.... Which is not the same thing. A lowered larynx is a larynx that lowers due to active inhalation and stays there as a result of support and good flow of breath (among other things). He sings with a low larynx in all vides I've seen of him, perhaps even lower since he altered his technique.
I do agree that his current technique has some drawbacks, but it's mainly a question of aesthetics, not voice health?
Jaaakob 2 months ago
E' una esecuzione meravigliosa!! Una voce straordinaria finalmente al servizio di questa pagina mozartiana spessissimo affidata a voci esangui!!! Kauffmann è sempre più grande e qui già se ne vedevano le avvisaglie! E' sempre un'emozione ascoltarlo!!! GRAZIE, Jonas, sei una consolazione per il cuore!!!
molismensis 6 months ago
Kaufmann was only 29 in this performance. He has really come a long way since to reach the peak he now is in!
Bravo.
Cissy97 6 months ago
This one of the most beautiful opera videos on you tube !!!
I looove Jonas...
Chrisdenancy 6 months ago 2
In my opinion Kaufmann is a teacher of pino and pianissimo... He makes them perfectly! He has got a perfect italian pronuciation too...
Mixthevoice 7 months ago 3
In my opinion Kaufmann is a teacher of pino and pianissimo... He makes them perfectly!
Mixthevoice 7 months ago
His larynx is a little high here some times...now a days his larynx is never, ever high. That's why he can sing anything he wants. He is one of if not the greatest tenor of our time. It could have gone very wrong for him in Germany, where all teachers think you have to sing like a little girl. They don't know how to train a large high voice. Luckily he found a teacher who knew and his own way...If all young talented singers were this determined the opera world would be very different today
mahsef 7 months ago 14
@mahsef
You are absolutely right!
Saw his Siegmund at the MET, and Jonas simply OUTCLASSED every single other singer on stage in that performance!
Cissy97 6 months ago 2
Jonas Kaufmann is a superb tenor!
moreira7daniel 7 months ago 3
Men look so good in eye makeup!
looker768 8 months ago
Amazing! He wasn't even 30 yet.
PhilipvKlaassen 8 months ago
queeee leee pasoooo aa kaufmann!!!!!
jarita26 8 months ago
Leave me alone!~~~~~he is a huge star! Why? Because the boy is a great talent! Sooo get over it!
edro3638 8 months ago
have you notice how much his voice changed? it s now more secure, more dark... but his musicality is always the same great. He is really one of the best today and Georgio Strehler was one of the first to notice it.... Please don't forget to mention that this is the famous Giorgio Strehler production of Teatro Piccolo di Milano, the last work of this great director for the stage... He's chosen the singers when they were all not famous.... it was a great procuction!
MmeFigaro 9 months ago
Almost every operatic aria posted on Youtube gets comments like: "he / she is a horrible singer " , " he / she has the wrong voice for this part ", " he / she is too young / old for this part ". Thank God that all our wonderful artists don't pay attention to all the pompous know-it-alls on Youtube. If they did we'd have no opera at all!
Feisenbach 9 months ago 3
This is his beautiful natural voice. He is now one of the worse singers on the opera market!
GERMANYFrankie 10 months ago
@GERMANYFrankie You're absolutly right, this is a gem before his technique got in the way of his talent, it happens too often, malleureusememt,
motherginsling 9 months ago
@GERMANYFrankie ''opera market'' hahahaha! It is sad but that expresion really exists..even if we are talkin about opera
alexninko 9 months ago
@GERMANYFrankie You know nothing about singing!!!!!!!!
mahsef 7 months ago
@GERMANYFrankie
If he's one of the worst singers on the opera market, then why has he landed (and is still continuing to land) incredible leading roles with The Metropolitan Opera??? And not just there, but internationally as well! As far as his "beautiful natural" voice goes, it's called growing older!
jarredfrey22 3 months ago 9
@jarredfrey22
Are you fucking for real?
cardangel16 1 month ago
What a difference! This is not at all what he sounds like now a days!
Shekhina01 10 months ago
Was some of you alive in Mozart's times to know weather it is a good voice for this role or not? I think he did a good job.
Bquillamus 10 months ago
Come gli è venuto in mente di fare il tenore drammatico??? Questa è sicuramente la sua voce, anche se certi suoni chiusi in gola ci sono sempre. Adesso si è talmente affossato che non si distingue una vocale dall'altra. Queste sono le tecniche di canto che vanno di moda!!! POVERI NOI!!!
Marc76L 11 months ago
Ok, he did sound a lot better lying down. But it's still a good rendition.
AxmxZ 11 months ago
This is his natural voice, not the one that's being listened nowadays. But greed can make you damage your voice, i suppose.
kharlitoz 1 year ago
@kharlitoz
What rubbish! People are starting to be aware of him, should he now stop singing in order not to be greedy?
His voice has evolved as many voices do and it is just as exciting nowadays but in a different way.
His Fidelio is the most exciting thing I have heard in recent years, but then you cannot please everybody.
RSLify 1 year ago
Nada que ver con Mozart!!!,,, no es la voz adecuada!!!..
cabirotti 1 year ago
that´s is the teatre of San Carlo Di Napoli, they was in Chile this year.. with Cosí Fan tutte! AMAZING performance!.. love it!
Trucallin3088 1 year ago
this is very very nice...he's voice is much darker theese days. i wonder how would this sound now
alexninko 1 year ago
Kaufmann está complétamente fuera de estilo en Mozart.
Hay que dejar los roles mozartianos y belcantistas para los tenores que pueden hacerlos y no querer acapararlo todo con un resultado poco sarisfactorio.
Manolo34930 1 year ago
It was flawless until he stood up. Then I suppose he decided try to flex his muscles a little bit and sacrificed beautiful overtones and legato line just to sound heavier than he really is.
pvtrizzle 1 year ago
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Shouts all the time,open high notes and horrible italian diction....and this is supposed to be the "best tenor around"? are you fucking kidding??
Liu666able 1 year ago
this is fantastic!
AfrankelTenor 1 year ago 2
sempre n po' ingolato, ma meglio di quando canta Wagner.......
gaemp 1 year ago
As much as I am a fan of Kaufmann, I have to say that this video doesn't give him justice. The voice is too much in the throat and tense, I don't like the color which has forced undertones, he sounds very not at ease. The lyricism that this aria should convey is almost absent.
I guess he was too immature for the role (and not be mistaken, the aria seems simple but is very hard to render) at the time.
perles75 1 year ago
1998? the voice sounds concentrated and light, but full in sound. not the heavy, dark stuff he does today, when he is darkening artificially an losing his "ring".
SusannaBrennt 1 year ago
I prefer Topi Lehtipu in this role..
6sushi66 1 year ago
It's so different to hear him singing this thing that another heavier roles.
It's quite good, nice interpretation.
luisiege2 1 year ago
Spellbinding, as everything I have heard from Mr. Kaufmann. The voice may be larger than is usually cast as Ferrando, but he maintains absolute consistency of timbre as he crosses the passaggio over and over--which is the challenge Mozart sets in this aria (as in so many of his arias.) Beautiful!
Raggedy9 1 year ago
Voice is nice, if not a little big for Mozart, but acting stinks! Is he reading a teleprompter or something?! No emotion, staring in a fixed place in the distance... this alone excludes him as the greatest tenor, as opera is singing first, but acting also a must...
djschlom 1 year ago
@djschlom It was probably the direction...
lilibetp 1 year ago
@lilibetp too bad that an artist can be so "spoiled" by the direction...guess that is what distinguishes a great performance from an unforgetable one.
djschlom 1 year ago
why doesnt he sing with this freedom now. His voice is indeed not suited for this however, if he sang like this as in turnadot, tosca, even otello etc, and did without that breathy "thing" he does now he would be unstoppable!!!! Please Mr. Kaufmann find this magic again and stop singing off the voice!!
tbonedrumcam 1 year ago
What is it about all this analysing and comparing to other tenors?! Why can't people just let go of all the reserve that prevents them from just closing their eyes, listening and enjoying!?
Sindizwe 1 year ago 49
@Sindizwe cound't agree more
19ed55 1 year ago
@Sindizwe
... so right! The music of Mozart is only in the air, in he hearts of us human beinmgs, becasue it is devine...
May all people on earth enjoy this musi . youtube thank you!
axelvonchiemgau 8 months ago
wonderful voice!!!!! Very good.
mauro311288 1 year ago 2
Hi Mariade: I think, you are not right. He never treid to be a spinto but has this colour in his voice. His voice doesn´t seem to be damaged when you remember the absolute gorgeous Don Jose. Actually he never really was a lyric mozart tenor.
alexanderkrampe 1 year ago
@alexanderkrampe
Actually he began as a very lyric voice, then discovered that his technique was preventing him from singing with his voice. He changed techniques and is now a spinto, and arguably the best tenor in the world.
mackgotcher 1 year ago
@mackgotcher: Jonas Kaufmann a spinto? What a rubbish.
alexanderkrampe 1 year ago
33 dislikes? y'all are a bunch of haters. this man can sing and sing well. listen to that beautiful, heroic voice and that legato. he's much better than any other tenor we have around today.
raigekimaru 1 year ago
Can I please sit there with you? Bravo.
clairpie1 1 year ago
Aaargh..
This is a tender and lyric aria, he's dramatising too much and it's making me wince.
He has a beautiful voice, but this aria requires much more "dolce". His rises to the A flats are too forceful...and his Italian needs some work :S I feel too critical. I shall be quiet now.
qw3rtydud3 1 year ago
@qw3rtydud3 Where are the A-flats!! The aria is in A-major how can it be A-flats in that key??
Bjoerrelli 1 year ago
@Bjoerrelli Sorry my mistake, I should have checked on the piano... I was doing by ear, must be going bad :(
qw3rtydud3 1 year ago
it all depends on a singer's goals. if success is throwing caution to the wind & making vocal/artistic choices that please people enough to make a great, speedy career — then kaufmann's already succeeded. but if he's planning a long life of beautiful [tenor] singing, he may be on the road toward failure... just my opinion. i saw his des grieux 2 years ago at chicago lyric & it was very affected/pushed... but it worked & was, to my surprise, quite beautiful. will it last? guess we'll see!
itoohill 1 year ago 2
My god you opera fans are weird. This is lovely singing from a young tenor who has since developed further. Have any of you any idea how hard this aria is??? Why do you all love to say this is wrong and that is wrong. As someone who IS a singer, and has stuff posted on here under my real name, I hate the way these so called fans would rather post uniformed and plain wrong criticisms than actually listen!!!!!
lubidog 1 year ago 83
@lubidog agreed!!! in stead of enjoying this young voice...as I do... they prefer to disect and analyze as if they search for worm eggs is stool samples!
they may be fans of other guys or may feel threathened by this new kid on the block...i enjoy all good singers, they are all the best for diff reasons, and if people have a diff taste...well enjoy! i prefer variety and can listen to one song for 2 hrs by different guys, variety is spice of life. They crit 'cause they cannot sing like him???
neelsdp1 1 year ago
@lubidog I think part of the frustration for light lyric tenors is how the current system works. Jonas has a great voice and was clearly young when he did this role. Although his voice is wonderful, one might question how appropriate this role/aria is for him. It is quite flat at times and he struggle to give the aria the elegance it needs(in the opinion of many). It seems like an artistic compromise to deny true Mozart tenors work so that a young verissimo tenor can cut his teeth on stage.
tamino20002000 11 months ago
@lubidog I think part of the frustration for light lyric tenors is how the current system works. Jonas has a great voice and was clearly young when he did this role. Although his voice is wonderful, one might question how appropriate this role/aria is for him. It is quite flat at times and he struggles to give the aria the elegance it needs(in the opinion of many). It seems like an artistic compromise to deny true Mozart tenors work so that a young verissimo tenor can cut his teeth on stage.
tamino20002000 11 months ago
@lubidog
you are 100% right !
adprt 11 months ago
@lubidog I agree with you on this and must admit as a singer myself that is currently working on this aria it is not an easy aria.
CupidCEO 10 months ago
@lubidog I love Jonas Kaufmann he is such a powerful singer! Some opera fans are failed musicians so they sob over how other more brilliant musicians have succeeded over them =/ They should enjoy the music :]
classicalgalNYC 8 months ago
people need to cut him some slack.....this is 1998!!! 12 years ago......I saw him this year (2010) in Tosca and Carmen and he was truly amazing!!! Any technical problems that he has here (intonation, passaggio, style) have been taken care of.....I wouldn't hesitate to say he is the best full lyric tenor singing today!
TryPeaceNow 1 year ago 2
@TryPeaceNow
he may have been full lyric tenor then, but he is dramatic tenor now. if you listen to some of his later work, it's much darker and stentorian
raigekimaru 1 year ago
Big fan of JK, saw him @the Met in Tosca & Carmen, he was exciting in both. BUT I think in this clip his singing was truer,more natural than his singing today. I don't know when/why the dark baritonal timbre crept into his approach but I don't believe it's natural or advantageous for his voice in the long run; it does seem more tense/constricted now. That said, I was blown away by his control in the upper register in Carmen when he performed a messa di voce on the high Bb of the Flower Song!
FacePaster 1 year ago
@FacePaster I agree. I much prefer the color and ease of his voice here. He sounds forced in more recent recordings, and has somewhat lost touch with his natural sound. I am glad to have my sense of his voice validated, although I would rather he were singing at his best. He has such a gorgeous instrument, and it doesn't benefit from the manipulated darkening. Maybe he'll repent and go back to the quality he displays here (minus early career technical glitches :))
sopranosd 1 year ago
@sopranosd given his unbelievable success at the present moment I think it is highly unlikely that he will change his approach and go back to the way he sang in his youth. listening to this clip here again there are certainly flaws and he is struggling with finding the right weight for this very difficult and exposed aria (to my ears it already sounds a bit heavy and loose) - I recently heard some even younger clips of him singing student prince and manon that are breathtakingly well balanced
FacePaster 1 year ago
Una sola parola: ridicolo ja ja ja
Frikinetto 1 year ago
I wish that he would cover the tones F# and around the Passaggio. That open sound is not appropriate.
JoshuaMazur 1 year ago
@JoshuaMazur Could you explain please? And is there an example of what your referring to?
seektheforce 1 year ago
@seektheforce Check out Pavarotti's recording of the same aria and you'll notice the darker tone on the high notes.
JoshuaMazur 1 year ago
There is a lot of dispute about Kaufmann's voice and whether he is a lyric voice pushed bigger or a more dramatic voice that was "held in". Sounds like the dispute about Callas to me! Anyway, a lot of people think his voice is too big for this repertoire. WRONG! Listen to the 50s Met Cosi (in English) with Blanche Thebom, Eleanor Steber, and Richard Tucker (!). If a voice has the coloratura and the technique to handle the tessitura, a voice of a larger size can sing Mozart!!
mjmacmtenor 1 year ago
I have a question for any interested person: I've read a lot of negative feedbacks concerning this interpretation, because the Kaufmann voice it seems to be more close to the one of a Bariono, I guess. However I find this interpretation very interesting and much more pleasant than the one of Pavarotti, for instance. Who cares if he is not a tenor Spinto or whatever (I'm not an expert). isn't that someone prefer the pure performance compared to sentiment and the pleasure of listening?
usergiovanni 1 year ago
His singing is so false.... as is his participation in the words and drama of whatever he tries to sing.
mrantiquedealer 1 year ago
Troppo ingolato. Mozart non si canta cosí...
Frikinetto 1 year ago
TWelve years ago....one can only admire the patience and discipline that Kaufmann has had to enable us to indulge in the fullness of his vocal capacities now....BRAVO!
senilangakali 1 year ago 2
veh che macello...
:D
maxtanz 1 year ago
tone does not always mean a large sound. I think he has been smart with rep for most part. He has not really ever taken on the larger Verdi (to my knowledge) and has not gone outside of the lighter Wagner, granted that Sigmund may be that step to heavy but we won't know until he does it. Also he is in his 40's now so his voice may be ready. Time will tell. But honestly he has been much smarter in his choice of rep than that of his peers. Case and point Alagna doing Otello.
spitface33 1 year ago
He sings the same way then as he does now. His larynx is completely stable, and with age he has matured a darker color. If anything, he is pushing more in this video then in his recent "In fernam land" ... he is a fantastic example of someone who has found an equilibrium with their instrument.
jamminpiano 1 year ago
Jonas has an absolutely gorgeous voice. It's a shame that halfway through the B section he starts having pitch problems; funny that it happens when he decides to stands up. But probably the change in pressure effected his support. Gorgeous, however, absolutely gorgeous.
chemicallyunbalansed 1 year ago
DESAFINA
boy170ful 1 year ago
Voce spesso spoggiata e intonazione terribile, ma come ha fatto ad arrivare alla Scala??!!!
Pollione 1 year ago
This is the first video of what I consider to be Herr Kaufmann's real voice. It's a pure lyric which should have been nurtured and brought along instead of being forced into a fach that is artificially darkening his sound and making his voice, the one actually heard in a theater, to be smaller. This video is actually a pleasure to listen to and I don't feel my throat tightening up.
corelli2 1 year ago
@corelli2 i just saw him in tosca twice at the met his voice is not small in the theatre at all. best singing i've heard this year
aspsingr 1 year ago
@corelli2 I couldn't disagree more. To my ear, this is a tight sound. He is pressing too hard and not really achieving "flow phonation". Had he continued this way, I think his sound would have thinned out greatly to the point of being way to harsh on the listener. His current technique is a lot better in my opinion and to this listener, much more appealing.
As always in Art, though, to each his own.
willmeyer2150 1 year ago 2
@willmeyer2150 as you say, art is always in the eye and ear of the beholder.
corelli2 1 year ago
Kaufmann is unusual. He sings as a tenor , but
his voice type is closer to a baritone. It is quite a beautiful voice.I enjoy listenining to him. However, I myself prefer a more actual tenor timbre for this repetoire. Youtube has a beautiful rendition by Francisco Araiza. I liked
it so much, I bought ( yet another) Cosi' fan
Tutte CD, because Araiza was in it.
tuadolcefanciulla 1 year ago
Saw Opera North's Cosi last night and it was superb! Robert Murray sang this part beautifully...I have had this aria in my head all day...
marywebholmes 1 year ago
se MOZART avesse saputo che un giorno Kaufmann si fosse messo a cantare Cosi fan tutte non l'avrebbe scritta. MOZART perdona questo dilettante con la voce fuori repertorio.
AleBro83 1 year ago 2
This is great!!!! It is his true voice!!!!
TenoreMKD 1 year ago
this is horrible - sounds like a continuous "ly" soiund (as if he says "delyy nostrhyo tssyorhyo"...)
branko1b 1 year ago
miaw!
liou97490 1 year ago
voce splendida!
B R A V O !!!
....è decisamente spinta a 30 anni !
L'augurio è di conservare voce e passione per tutta la vita!!!!
Grazie per il post
e grazie all'Amica Francese, speciale !
jeanmolin55 1 year ago
Many try few can do. This is very very good overall. What of Jonas yesterday, now, or tomorrow remains to be seen. I sincerely hope he will stay amongst the stars and show the others how it is done...
operatoer 1 year ago
Actually this is not nice. Try Peter Schreier for this song. Schreier sounds more masculine and Mozartian than Kaufmann.
operakiet 1 year ago
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operatoer 1 year ago
@operakiet
La voce di Peter Schreier faceva letteralmente schifo! In tutto quello che cantava.
ducadibudapest 1 year ago
sorry for the frivolity of my comment, but i just couldnt resist: boy was he handsome in his youth!:)
twilightdewdrops 1 year ago
This is probably his true natural voice. Light, unadorned. Listen to his che gelida manina. You can hear the difference between this and his darker timbre. The latter is faked.
operakiet 1 year ago
Die beste Aufnahme von Kaufmann, die ich seit langem gehört habe.
Wenn man seine zu offene Stimmführung, die glanzlose Höhe heute hört, möchte man dem "Lehrer", der ihm geraten hat, seine Technik umzustellen, nur den Hintern versohlen!
vully70 1 year ago 2
jonas est un jeune ténor allemand qui,de jour en jour ,s'affirme.Là,dans cet air si difficile que j'ai chanté,il est merveilleux.C'est du grand art,c'est tt simplement la meilleure interprétation que j'ai pu écouter à ce jour .Bravo à ce jeune ténor plein de talent
MsFlorian30 1 year ago
For all of you who don´t understand German: In an interview on YT, Jonas explains that in this phase of his career, he found it very difficult to sing, and even thought about giving up! He then went to a teacher who taught him to open up and sing in his "baritonal" way - the result is clear whe you listen to his later rendering of this aria: chalk and cheese!
Eurofrank1 2 years ago
Ouch, he must relief when he finish this fckng tenor-killer aria. I can tell...
Bastisinger 2 years ago
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Oh no... they must really lack lyric tenors to make this guy sing this... this is torture to him...
xav71176 2 years ago
@xav71176
What do you think he is? He his a lyric tenor who wants to play a spinto nowadays, and that will damage his voice in the future.
MariadelMonaco 2 years ago 3
Hey, someone who knows the truth! You have ears that can LISTEN! Bravo! =D
aaronsande 2 years ago 2
so true
KiNgOfKaRaBiNeR 2 years ago
@MariadelMonaco lyric tenor????? ... damn he is everything but a lyric tenor... have you heard him singing carmen?? or wagner??? he is a helden tenor ....
Mrrsz1 1 year ago
@Mrrsz1 I don't think you really know, what you are talking about. Because of the fact he sings this helden-pieces does not make him a Heldentor!
Operndirektor 1 year ago
@Operndirektor so what kind of tenor you think he is???
Mrrsz1 1 year ago
@Mrrsz1 He is a spinto, but not very convincing.
Operndirektor 1 year ago
@Operndirektor Spinto???? ... woow so Francisco araiza is a liggero?? and how about José Cura??? ...
Mrrsz1 1 year ago
@Mrrsz1 What has this video of Kaufmann to do with Araiza and Cura? You can write as many question marks as you want, you just have no clue.
Operndirektor 1 year ago
@Operndirektor they have nothing to do here.. we are listening here Jonas Kaufmann... i just asked how do you classify the tenor voice... if you think he is a spinto.. its ok.. thats your opinion ... i just think you may listen to a real spinto .. actually you need to listen Opera to learn how to distinguish a voice! ...
Mrrsz1 1 year ago
@MariadelMonaco
His voice is way too edgy, heavy, and powerful to be a lyric tenor. If I can stand him singing above a G, he's not a lyric. Lyrics as a rule sound like Kermit the frog on anything above that. He sounds glorious.
irregularverb37 1 year ago
@MariadelMonaco His triumphs (critical as well as popular) recently as Florestan, Don Jose, Don Carlo, Mario Cavaradossi belie your prediction.
dvdgrog 1 year ago
@MariadelMonaco
so what if he damages his voice? We are so tired of Singers Stupidi who keep their uber-boring Voices till they are zombies and they sing as stupidly and boringly as they did when they were 20 years old and who listens to them? Nobody!
Thank God Jonas is not afraid to lose his voice.
True opera fans (as Joan Sutherland says) never go to the Opera these days cause there is nothing to see other than stupid coloraturas pretending to sing what they cannot!
Kauffmann is a God!
LohengrinT 1 year ago
Non dimenticate che in questo video Kaufmann era a inizio carriera. All'inizio cantare questi ruoli và molto bene perchè così ci si fà le ossa. Oggi questo ruolo non lo canta più perchè ora la sua voce è matura e tagliata per un repertorio differente e a lui più congeniale.
brundibar03 2 years ago
Povero Mozart!
Perchè cantare questo repertorio?? La sua voce non serve a questo.
contatolirico 2 years ago
@contatolirico 10 anni fa...adesso la sua voce e piu scuro e dramatico....
senilangakali 2 years ago
Lovely singing and good looking too! He seems a little strained on the top-but it is a difficult song to sing.
ArtMah 2 years ago
his technique is fantastic to be able to sing this with his voice, and honestly i would rather hear someone like him sing it than another gutless nasally heinz 57 tenor that normally sing mozart. bravo it was brilliant even with the couple barely noticeable wobbles.
bigus 2 years ago 2
He did it, but should never come over it again. His vocal cords will revenge at some moment.
cmmenah 2 years ago
Baritono sotto mentite spoglie !
minuicch 2 years ago
wow, pitch is all over the place in this performance.
rexeterna 2 years ago
bariton!!!!
floydemerson 2 years ago
it's Tenor Arias...
23nickM 2 years ago
herr kaufmann sollte sich mal die aufnahme von nicolai gedda anhören.
beispielhaft !!!
blauauge2 2 years ago 4
Alfredo Kraus hat die bessere Aufnahme als Gedda hinterlassen, ohne Kehligkeit und mit besserer Intonation! Anyway, that's my opinion.
Pollione88 2 years ago
La voix est magnifique, mais cette émission ne me semble pas naturelle. Comparer avec son Des Grieux de 1993. La différence est flagrante.
Ici, la voix est robuste, oui, plus virile, oui, mais les piani sont très difficiles, la voix ne semble plus souple, et le placement n'est plus haut du tout. En cinq ans, quel changement.
toupelitidl 2 years ago 2
This is his real voice..... open and not constricted....
caruso81 2 years ago 9
@caruso81 Yes apparently
cantanteporsiempre 1 year ago
I am a big fan of Kaufmann!!!!! However, listening to this particular performance scares me. I find it very difficult to believe that the timbre of his voice could change as much as it has from the time this was performed to today. Just listen to this and then listen to any of his more recent performances. I wonder if he is artificially darkening his voice... Not bashing here, I greatly admire his talent. Just concerned for him. Any opinions?
doug92067 2 years ago
Your concerns are very valid...Although I feel that he has been well trained and has extraordinary colors in his voice that he uses quite sparingly...the dark colours would not work in this aria more for other repertoires. I still believe his real srength lies in the dramatic works...bravo nevertheless Jonas....!
senilangakali 2 years ago
Yes, bravo Jonas!
Just to clarify here...do you think that he is utilizing his training and extraordinary colors in his voice to make this particular performance sound far more lyric than that of his "strength zone(dramatic)" sound?
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arturotenor76 2 years ago 5
@arturotenor76
his dark timbre, full middle register, vibrato and lower passaggio all scream "please let me sing my real dramatic repertoire" but that's why I like this. dark, masculine tenor voices are so much more 3 dimensional and have more pleasant timbre
raigekimaru 1 year ago
@ doug92067, I came here from Kaufmann's Carmen aria and thought the exact same thing. My first impression is his singing today is much too constricted and covered. I'm concerned as well. Most opinions I've read from the net insist that color cannot be trained into the voice and the singer must let his natural color come out and sing the appropriate repertoire. I hope he's not another Villazon in the making.
stryker704 2 years ago
This aria has the power to melt anyone I do believe. Mozart was the master of the glorious line and beautiful aria. Try the David Hobson performance, he was only 29 at the time. This is also lovely.
queenslanddiva 2 years ago
kann meinen ohren nicht trauen.
noch schlechter als die bildnisarie.
obwohl die stimme heute immer noch nicht frei ist und besonders in der tiefe "im hals" steckt, hat er hart an sich gearbeitet. aber ...weltklasse ??????
er sieht gut aus.tja,....
TheBlauauge 2 years ago
Que el maricon jcbn725 cante él la CUCARACHAAAAA; lo unico que podrà cantar!!!
ducadibudapest 2 years ago
absolutely glorious...Jonas demonstrates a lovely bel canto singing voice, something i try to emulate in my studies. im currently studying this aria in my voice juries...
greenhydrangea25 2 years ago
QUE CANTE LA CUCARACHAAAAA!!!
jcbcn751 2 years ago
sounds good in this--with a vibrato,
and I can hear him, and it has just enough throat werks while still sounding natural and like a tenor. why can't this sound be used now with more air for greater volume? thanks for this vid.-
-flaze3--good observation.
btsg 2 years ago
Cuanto viudo de Kraus. La mafia rosa ataca de nuevo. NO PODEIS ALABAR A KRAUS SIN ATACAR A LOS DEMÁS?
fraycucufate 2 years ago
I swear he sounds better here than in his more recent performances. The voice is warmer and unconstricted.
flaze3 2 years ago
Moro egli è, e bello, e di gentile aspetto
ma gli occhi vitrei che 'l nulla guardan fiso
e 'l difetto della erre che niun avea corretto
fan spegner nell'ascolto ogni sorriso.
Scusa Dante e scusa laVeuveB se ho continuato lo scherzo. Io non sono esperta di canto lirico, ma questa interpretazione non è assolutamente bella.
marymery100 2 years ago
Moro egli è, e bello, e di gentile aspetto. E cane tanto!
laVeuveB 2 years ago
Vergogna!! Inascoltabile! Un po' di rispetto per il pubblico...
dolcesuegiu 2 years ago
- 5 !!!VOCE FUORI REPERTORIO !!!
bodiloto 2 years ago
ristorro????
sammyfreezer 2 years ago
Y yo hacía tiempo que no veía a un hijo de puta tan grande como tú opinar de ópera... y encima te van las pollas como a Kaufmann...
jcbcn751 2 years ago
He has improved a lot since then. At 1:54 he really doesn't sound right.
saintsaens21 2 years ago
Beautiful man.
30 years old?
Hope he's learned to walk better on stage. He's in love, bur supposed to be noble, no?
I wish tenors would
- place vowels immediately without modifying
- develop their lower register. (D is really not low. Offenbach demands low A for tenors!)
1401JSC 2 years ago