Jonas Kaufmann " La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" Carmen Scala 2009

[giuseppe9461]

bravo ,nulla a che vedere con giuseppe di stefano il piu grande-.

[TheseusTex]

God! Could this be any slower?! It's not Wagner, Daniel! Why does he need to milk every note? But kudos to Jonas! He almost convinces me this is the right tempo.

[dachampishea]

Jeez he was slobbering the whole time lol... Beautiful voice though.

[lejacq1]

@musicalyam: c'est vous qui êtes totally wrong mon ami! C'est comme si on disait; Monica Bellucci à un ongle tordu au petit orteil du pied droit.

[musicalyam]

his pronounciation of "jetée" is totally wrong...

[goldenthroat86]

@musicalyam His pronunciation of the word is correct. There are a few minor pronunciation differences between French that is spoken, and French that is sung. The final e in the word "jetée", for example, wouldn't be pronounced in spoken French. But it IS often pronounced in sung French..As In this case, Bizet wrote a sung note for the normally mute final e.

[The07051939]

Jonas lo tiene todo lo que necesita un tgenor de élite:presencia fisica,interpretacion de cada papel y una voz con un timbre especial que le hace hoy,uno de los mejores. Luis Alvarez

[RESEDA95]

Merveilleux chanteurs... Une oeuvre grandiose.

[stepneymiss1]

All I can say is WOW. Unbelievable voice and performance. Remarkable.

[larespo1]

Wow! Does he know how to sing. If people would only pay closer attention to what he does. Absolutely beautiful voice -- lyrical and with a faultless technique. The tenor for the new millenium. Drama magnifique.

[sgreggers53]

What a boring singer I am done trying to find anything but his good looks to turn me on! He is a singer of his time but not of all time, he is what people want to hear but he is so boring.

[FilmGuyNewyork]

@sgreggers53 I completely agree with you on him being very boring. I love listening to him singing German arias but after seeing him in Traviata, Tosca, Faust and trying to understand the appeal I have given up after this clip. He does nothing but the same 3 emotions.

[Thriller94]

I told myself I wouldn't comment on these videos; because I have no words for him....

"Too much tension"?!?!?? Whomever is saying such things..... FUCK YOU!!!! Seriously? Listen to this last Bb.... He has a PERFECTLY blended voice!!! He is the voice of our century. Just like Enrico Caruso; he has the timbre of a baritone... But he sings so beautifully.... Let's see ANY of you clowns sing as good as him!!!

[SensualNefer]

Jonaas casate conmigoo!

[rasmusq]

is there a phone ringing at 3:04 or am i hearing things?

[kbibelhausen]

@rasmusq I hear it too. Very ill timed indeed. The interpretation of this piece is wonderful! Bravo!

[Tilantelcontar]

@rasmusq Good ears you got! I heared it too!

[iltenoredramatico]

ok. forget about technique for a second people. TRY SINGING THIS ON YOUR KNEES THE WHOLE TIME, AND HAVE THAT MUCH CONTROL. OMG. <3

[Masknick]

@iltenoredramatico Why forget about his technique? His open throat technique is great.

[ELMERJIGS]

JOsh GrOban?

[josemiguel95]

One observation: Don José is a soldier, and soldiers can't have long hair. Otherwise his performance is great.

[11792654]

oh woops, high Bb my bad

[11792654]

2:11 droool haha (but literally) videos like this are starting to convince me he's not baritenor. seems like a helden to me. swag on dat piano high C

[violanovice]

Just exquisite. I don't know the first thing about singing technique but I have ears. How could Carmen get bored of him?

[sevcik2]

What a wonderful rendition!!!!beautiful vocals!

Bravo!

[sandrinhabaptista]

Bravíssimo!!!!!!! Belíssimo!

[opinewsfan]

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[nowayitskevin]

thumbs up if you heard the cell phone go off right after the climax

[singmaus45]

How wonderful - a rare case of a singer who cares about the expression just as well as about his voice. He never sings "only" with his voice. A totally persuasive artist!

[rullagu]

c'ha la voce ingolata...anche un sordo se ne accorge

[ferolade]

@rullagu Ma le hai mai sentite le voci ingolate? Ce ne fossero in giro di tenori così!

[66cecilia]

@ferolade condivido con Lei,spesso dicono di Kaufmann che sia ingolato,forse non hanno mai sentito le voci ingolate,che oltretutto non riescono nè a fare filature nè altri acuti,io credo che essendo la voce + "robusta"di altre, si senta di più l'aggancio ,che è cosa diversa dalla gola.

[leonora1970]

Lejos lo mejor!!! Excelente!!!

[operakiet]

A good effort but nonetheless too much effort in singing. It should be sung with less effort given his 'world class reputation'. Should have been easy. On high A his face is RED, too much congestion of face, indicates poor technique. He is singing from his head rather than from his pelvis, which is wrong. All singing must be done below the diaphragm even up to high C.

[enricocaruso17]

@operakiet omg what do you know, he did a terrifyng work with such A DIFFICULT SONG !!

[operakiet]

@enricocaruso17 I disagree. It is not a difficult aria. He should have been able to sing it with ease even at high A without so much jaw tension. He needs to engage (without excess tension) his lower abdominals/low back muscles and to relax all the muscles above the navel. This is called singing with the body. Listen to the great but not famous soprano Dilber Yunus sining Longing and Voices of Spring. She sings high yet without a flicker of tension. She epitomises supreme technique

[sebussy]

@operakiet he's singing from his heart not his head. there isn't another tenor, no scrap that - singer that has a good-a technique as he. just listen to his verismo arias CD. he has complete control of his voice. he wouldn't be able to support that sound without a solid technique. he would have lost his voice yonks ago. this is a very hard aria to sing especially to sing it like that!

[steakopera]

@operakiet What "A" are you referring to?

[MRhodess]

@operakiet Effort here, effort there, Jonas could sing that aria standing on his head and balancing two balls on his feet. Apparently, your method of singing a high C below the diaphragm is held by a majority of one. As for his face being red, standing across from me at my piano it never changed colour. You are probably thinking of Umcas the Indian from James Fernamore Cooper's novel. This sounds like a typical idiotic criticism that we sometimes read in our newspaper.

[mariusfelix]

@MRhodess Wow! Are you his teacher? Impressing, that you even comment these stupidities! As teacher, you made a great job! Thank you!

[iltenoredramatico]

@operakiet you sing this, record it via camcorder, and upload it. then we'll discuss again. kthx.

[classicalgal14]

Just beautiful!!!

[ALYSSA09MUSICSTARS]

Wonderful voice, this dark color, sensual interpretation - Jonas Kaufmann is one of the worldbest singer. Bravo, bravissimo, Jonas Kaufmann!

[chrisvetera]

Que maravillosa tecnica tiene este coloso...Hoy por hoy lejos lo mejor

[labirintodivetro]

@chrisvetera Ma che cazzo dici? questo nemmeno sa dove sta di casa la tecnica! fatti curare le orecchie

[chrisvetera]

@labirintodivetro If you read in english I only said that this wonderfull artist have a very good technik, by today far away the best...

[Juliet0307]

He is the only true tenor nowadays,who knows how to sing piano,and who is a musician with a very great heart.He has a remarkable sense of the musical phrase,he is remarkably sensitive.Thank you for posting,a singer like him gives you hope!

[dvdgrog]

Bravissimo, indeed! That final Je t'aime is ineffably beautiful.

[elimaceram]

Dingue !!! géniaaaaaal !!! encore !!!

[waltermontani]

e bello!

[bladezone1]

BRAVO JONAS!!

[HaydnFan1732]

Great singnig, but its too romantic. It's a naive song of a simple lover. He is just a soldier, not an italian lover..

[Armenia091056]

so far the best don jose I have ever seen... especially the passian between carmen and him is very well portrait in that adaptation...

[djtsinopoulos]

No its a real pianissimo definitely otherwise there would be a very audible change from falsetto to Voce in Testa. Actually for that matter elite vocalists can start a tone in falsetto and "swell" the tone to legitimate head voiceits essentially the thickening or the closing of the glottal chink present when using falsetto.

[operatennisfan]

That is gorgeous singing. And the b flat is indeed a perfect voix mixte. He just sang it twice at the Met and in both performances he managed a beautiful messa di voce (crescendo followed by descrescendo) on the b flat, swelling to forte. You can't do that if it's falsetto. Not to mention of course the beautiful phrasing throughout the aria.

[dvdgrog]

It doesn't get much better than that.

[sharky123]

Falsetto my ass. It's a perfect use of voix mixte and messo di voce. The guy's the real deal. Deal with it.

[mariorussi2010]

baritono no tenore no no no no no

[urzulaz]

They shaved Don Jose's chest and made look him like a castrato! Singers must be suffering a lot from the 'great' ideas of some directors.

[MegaParzifal]

Canta e interpreta come un tubo di stufa! Come ha fatto questo signore qua ad inaugurare (sic!) la Scala, lo sa (e subito dimentica per meglio mentire) l'ipocrisia imperante. Occorre ricordare che su quel palcoscenico si è beccato fischi (quanto meno ingenerosi) l'immenso Pavarotti (per un velo di muco!); nel recentissimo passato sono stati contestati da soggetti diversi Alagna e Filianoti che possono non piacere, ma che sono tenori e non dispositivi da riscaldamento!

[georgeboi]

that cunt owes me a score

[TheMedjerit]

brabo Jonas

[gahero31]

I love this voice, He sounds like a baritone, and if he is using falsetto in high notes, thanks God somebody finally is thinking differently. This interpretation is fantastic!

[lanaturale]

Voce mediocre, interprete inesistente. Tra le lacune più evidenti la poca omogeneità nei suoni , con qualche nota particolarmente ingolata, ed il legato poco curato. Cospicua quanto fastidiosa (per lui che canta e per noi che osserviamo) la bava sulle labbra.

Il tanto celebrato si-bemolle filato? Se avesse forzato forse avrebbe combinato un disastro. L' interpretazione è gelida

per nulla in linea con la natura dell'opera. Ma forse qui si è adattato ad una Carmen altrettanto frigida.....

[italopera]

Why using the "falsetto" voice ? Can't he do otherwise ?

[shooze4ever]

Because that what is says to do in the score. Bizet specifically says that the last descending line is a diminuendo to piano. Not many people CAN do it. BRAVO JONAS!!

[LordoftheTrapdoors]

Actually It's not falsetto, it's a very soft normal voice. Many singers (Corelli, Domingo ecc) sing Forte, and some (Carreras) sing in falsetto, but only he and few others (Aragall is some performances) can sing a pianissimo without falsetto.

[aroncooker]

@LordoftheTrapdoors its a mix with a lot of falsetto in it. Its not a real pianissimo. He fakes it and everyone thinks he is amazing

[LohengrinT]

A small God, growing into a Huge one :p

[girardje70]

very good voice and very good interpètation

bravo

[klosterdame2007]

good ? Did you say "good" ? This was the most strong, powerful, heartfelt and passionate Don José I've ever heard. BRAVO Jooooonaaaaas <3

[picciro]

Wunderbare Stimme und leidenschaftliche Interpretation! Bravissimo Jonas!

[annea1b]

BRAVO!! Superb control and extraordinary tonal palette. The dynamics are flawless and it's all there. Whew!!!

[beginner57]

Splendida voce, grande presenza fisica e scenica.Bravo, bravo!

[MARISOLDELMONACO]

Straordinaria voce

[juancar988]

Este es otro tenor que tengo que añadir a mi lista nueva de estrellas de principios del siglo. Tengo el siglo XX muy bien aprendido pero ahora me toca la nueva coleccion del XXl y estoy muy feliz de ver que la Opera nunca muere.

[sillyboydeux]

Oh my God! Nothin' to say but Bravo Jonas! Such a sensitive artist and so full of drama. You know it's really a great singer when you close the score and just participate by listening.

[FoggyRoad81]

The voice is wonderful and dark and sexy. His high notes remind me a bit of Richard Tucker as well as his somewhat "sob" sound in some of the notes. But that's wonderful because if he's singing like Tucker than he has truly learned to control his big voice. We should be excited that he is not yet singing Otello or Manrico or Andrea Chenier like Alvarez who has bearned his voice out. This is the healthiest I've heard his voice.

[principecalaf]

I agree with you but I think that Carmen is heavy as much as Andrea Chenier, expecially the third act and much heavier then Trovatore. Alvarez could sing everything if u would use his own voice not trying to make it bigger or darker. A great tenor as Marcello Giordani sings everything using is lirico voice and he does it in a great way.

Kaufmann has a diamond in his throath but I'd love to hear him singing with a more italian tecnique..

[chislehurstbat]

@FoggyRoad81 what a wonderful comment!

[ascooby]

Thats alot of droool.

[nisticom]

I agree

[blades1892]

Wow thanks so much for posting this. Fantastic! Did you post any more? The only one he compares to is Jon Vickers. Go Jonas! We are privileged.

[AnastasioFranco]

splendid!!!!

[leporello1977]

Bravo maestro Kaufmann!

[Belcantoful]

dear aarosande ,

please be so kind and tell me wich tenor

could or can satisfy your claims.

[mwk12kev]

Gorgeous voice, wonderful musician! I just hope his voice holds up for more than a couple of years -- there is a lot of push, gird, and tightness in the pharynx. . . Am interested in hearing him in a good hall.

[aaronsande]

Careful...those who point out the clear technical issues of this singer tend to get blackballed ;P

Let's face it, problems or no, he's about the best we've got right now. I hope that changes!

[TheCharlesSwann]

jetìe? restìe? ...

[aaronsande]

LOL

I mean, no, bad! He's a "master of 6 languages"! How dare you! ;D

[kimiamamiama]

wonderful direccion of emma dante! finilly the new opera! thanks a lot emma!

[Pitibuli]

yeah, onegin, you are great!

super video quality! (the best i have ever seen from you =D)

and the performance of this man was very good! Thank you, Onegin!

[boris1281]

This is the best rendition of this aria, whatsoever! Noone could reach the vocal ability of Kaufmann!

[OperaAdmirer]

Bravo Kaufmann! The only one, who kept highly the reputation of La Scala in this tasteless dusgusting staging with the featureless pale Escamillo of Erwin Schrod, dissapointing Micaela, and acceptable Carmen.

[kleinerpapageno]

yeah, a disappointing Escamillo and wobbling Michaela.

[papagena92]

Acceptable Carmen? She is gorgeous to be only 25! She may have a few faullts, obviously, but we think she did a wonderful job in Italy. Baremboin chose her: he can't have messed up ideas on that spot.

[kleinerpapageno]

Beautiful!

The timbre of his voice is very rich. I love the decrescendo-crescendo-decresce­ndo on the B flat.

Now why zooming so much on Jonas? It's a bit mean to show him spitting.

[BrentAudi]

What a fantastic voice!

I hope it holds up.

Minus the spit....

He reminds me of a young Placido.

Brent

[edraith]

Non so se sia la registrazione ad esser pessima e non rendergli giustizia, ma da quello che sento è un non eccellente baritono che tenta di fingersi tenore, con risultati non buoni.

Da quello che sento è assolutamente un baritono. Ed anche corto.

Perché è tanto riverito?

[MrCafiero]

Great talent, great actor, very good looking, but the voice is full of problems.  Thickness, girding, constriction. Very odd sounds at times.

[iskenderuna]

Problems? Anyone who can sing the aria like that, doesnt have problems. You may not like the voice, but as was the case with Vickers, who sang very unorthodox (much more than Kaufmann), one never referred to his odd way of singing as him having problems. Singers with problems dont sing on well into their sixties. I am sure Kaufmann will have a long career...

[MrCafiero]

Vicker's issues were not the same as Kaufmann. And today they enhance singers to cover up their problems. He is young now so he has the strength to keep it up. But it will catch up to him. It sure caught up to Villazon and I ha predicted it years before. Whether you can hear it or not everything I stated about his voice is true. And it is just a matter of time. And it shouldn't be that way. He is a great talent.

[aroncooker]

@MrCafiero Sadly you are very right sir. Unfortunately not many people these days will see this. No one wants to learn from the past and frankly people probably can't hear it. One of the biggest problems in the opera world today! Hasn't been the same for years.... What happened? It's very sad to see what this art has become. I guess my biggest issue is that no one can sing well these days. Jonas has a beautiful instrument with crappy technique. It'll catch up to him unfortunately....

[SirEdgardo]

Motherfuckers! at 3:04 Jonas goes silent and you can hear a cellphone ringing and you can see he becomes distracted for a second. His singing has imroved a lot and it was GOOD already. I'm glad I could see that live in a cinema here in Barcelona

[BernardProfitendieu]

I can't hear it here ... but any cell phone offenders should be roughed up by the crowd during the interval; those dimwits must not be allowed to reproduce!

[mediglott]

About cellphones or rather cellphone users: during his liedermatinée in Salzburg in August '09, the same phone started ringing about 3 consecutive times. Imagine: him standing on the stage with a piano and all of a sudden, the phone goes off. Finally, he turned to the audience and said something (which I could not hear as I was sitting too far and high), It DID distract him just like the others in the audience.

[InBoccaChiusa]

This opening production Carmen at La Scala has been uniformly panned, namely due to the outrageous stage direction of Emma Dante. Even Saint Ambrose was miffed. This clip, however, is pure magic. Bravo to Kaufmann.

[papagena92]

WHY!!!!!!! everybody always blaming Emma Dante!!!!! Uff, I DON'T agree at all with you guys who say so. A little respect for this woman please!

Some comments were positive, from England too. I watched a video about it, by lafabbricatv. Go and watch it, don't rely on what all the others say.

[CatalinaDM56]

1:27 he drooled!

[CatalinaDM56]

He is a beautiful man. Lovely performance.