"Via dupe", are you a singer ??? I guess not (or maybe you are one of those jealous people who are always saying "this technic could be better" or "Older singers were the best" or "this high C was a little bit "ingolata"). Don't be stupid, the color of the voice, the way to conduct and to serve the the music scores are as important as the power of the voice ! Moreover, nobody can be heard by that kind of audience without any microphone !!! Pfffffffffff ("sighs").
@vladupe Yes, your right, it would be impressive if he could sing to 100,000 people outdoors without a mircophone, I have heard him live in an opera house, and it was unbelievable.
ma per carità! Ingolato, calante, con falsetti spacciati per "pianissimo" e chiusa dell'aria con un orribile portamento. Sarà anche un bell'uomo, ma, appunto, si dedichi ai fotoromanzi o alle fiction televisive
Excellent. I don't understand why are here so much singing experts who don't understand anything from singing. Have you heard Jonas in earlier times and haveyou ever compared his singin from the last 5 years? I don't think so. Jonas is getting better and better. He is the best tenor at the moment. His technique is super. Look at his tongue. It lies in the mouth without any muscle effort. His singing is perfect. I love it. Keep it up!!!
Very few people understand this technique, but it is as solid as they come for this voice type. I saw his Schubert / Schumann lieder recital four months ago and his technique is FLAWLESS. He did things I've never heard done before. I then had the pleasure of having a drink with him and Marilyn Horne after the recital and he's not only one of the nicest guys in the biz, but he seems to have his priorities well in mind. His repertoire and roles are WELL chosen. This is a voice which will last.
@CBMazza He may be a "nice guy" but what has that to do with anything-and the gratuitous I had a drink with him (what is he drinking is the ?) No technique is flawless even in capitals-and what is so mysterious about it that very few people understand it? What does solid as they come mean? And because you've never heard something before doesn't give it standing-what did he do?
I already said what I think-but I don't think he's choosing wisely-and you can hear problems, strain in this fach
This is good but hardly great it doesn't have the lyric ease and color the right idiomatic sound
strange world of singing we have today he goes from Tosca, to Siegmund, Carmen to Lohengrin but can the voice survive it? He has a real top for now but a top doesn't a spinto Italian tenor make-his natural home should be Lohengrin, lighter Wagner, Weber but a good looking guy who can pull off the $ roles be THE tenor what can you expect today to serve art? tenors of the past need not worry
@hightenor123 But you're not disagreeing ! My pt was that he can't be everything all at once-I think his voice as I said is more at home in the lighter Wagner-for now? With the dark sound he has Siegmund may be right-strangely did he ever sing Meister?I think the best Walter right now is Botha-and other roles-because he's big etc. not appreciated but vocally wow
This hyberbole turns people off no legend-yet-we'll see -he has a lot going for him-but in spinto Italian roles he'll never be one
@Labienus Oh I understand you now. I agree that he singing is not Italian, but I don't really mind that. He cannot replace the true Italianate sounds, but there are so few people singing in that style. Calleja is excellent live, I will say. He has only sung Meistersinger in concert, but I've heard the aria and its pretty great. I have heard Botha live, and I've rarely heard an easier technique. It was in Gurrelieder which is devilishly difficult. Sorry about the hyperbole, I love thisstuff
@Labienus Thats really what gets me going. I attend the met quite a bit, and when I see him, or Diana Damrau, or Furlanetto, I realize how much we need great musical personalities who can really sing. They can just make an entire night
I don't think he was 'on form' here. The high notes are effortful since he forces his voice to sound dark and bottled up- he even grunts at the end of some phrases. When he forgets - like during a diminuendo - or on some high notes to darken his voice and cover too much the results are fine but there is a lot of unhealthy singing here. The final note shows what he is capable of all the same. An example of a baritonal tenor singing with freedom and far more vibrancy is Giuseppe Giacomini in 1994.
Kaufmann is a great artist and musician who never approaches an aria with routine, even one that borders on the hackneyed. To say that his singing is throaty and strangulated is absurd. The other correspondent, hasn194Dez is spot on. I can't think of any tenor currently singing who can match him for voice, artistry and musicianship.
Wish I could buy this performance on DVD.
SusieQ4FOO 1 month ago
Nowadays they use microphones even in the opera houses,little known fact from the kitchen.
vladupe 3 months ago
"Via dupe", are you a singer ??? I guess not (or maybe you are one of those jealous people who are always saying "this technic could be better" or "Older singers were the best" or "this high C was a little bit "ingolata"). Don't be stupid, the color of the voice, the way to conduct and to serve the the music scores are as important as the power of the voice ! Moreover, nobody can be heard by that kind of audience without any microphone !!! Pfffffffffff ("sighs").
guilhem32 4 months ago
anybody can sing with microphone.
vladupe 5 months ago
@vladupe Yes, your right, it would be impressive if he could sing to 100,000 people outdoors without a mircophone, I have heard him live in an opera house, and it was unbelievable.
hightenor123 4 months ago
ma per carità! Ingolato, calante, con falsetti spacciati per "pianissimo" e chiusa dell'aria con un orribile portamento. Sarà anche un bell'uomo, ma, appunto, si dedichi ai fotoromanzi o alle fiction televisive
Sonvecchiomarobusto 5 months ago
Excellent. I don't understand why are here so much singing experts who don't understand anything from singing. Have you heard Jonas in earlier times and haveyou ever compared his singin from the last 5 years? I don't think so. Jonas is getting better and better. He is the best tenor at the moment. His technique is super. Look at his tongue. It lies in the mouth without any muscle effort. His singing is perfect. I love it. Keep it up!!!
AchimKGK 6 months ago
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AchimKGK 6 months ago
Több évtizedes, amatőr operarajongóként,nem kritizálhatom Jonas Kaufmann hangját,egyszerűen "csak"imádom!Gyönyörű a Gioconda ária!!
HEZSOZE 6 months ago
Very few people understand this technique, but it is as solid as they come for this voice type. I saw his Schubert / Schumann lieder recital four months ago and his technique is FLAWLESS. He did things I've never heard done before. I then had the pleasure of having a drink with him and Marilyn Horne after the recital and he's not only one of the nicest guys in the biz, but he seems to have his priorities well in mind. His repertoire and roles are WELL chosen. This is a voice which will last.
CBMazza 6 months ago
@CBMazza He may be a "nice guy" but what has that to do with anything-and the gratuitous I had a drink with him (what is he drinking is the ?) No technique is flawless even in capitals-and what is so mysterious about it that very few people understand it? What does solid as they come mean? And because you've never heard something before doesn't give it standing-what did he do?
I already said what I think-but I don't think he's choosing wisely-and you can hear problems, strain in this fach
Labienus 6 months ago
This is good but hardly great it doesn't have the lyric ease and color the right idiomatic sound
strange world of singing we have today he goes from Tosca, to Siegmund, Carmen to Lohengrin but can the voice survive it? He has a real top for now but a top doesn't a spinto Italian tenor make-his natural home should be Lohengrin, lighter Wagner, Weber but a good looking guy who can pull off the $ roles be THE tenor what can you expect today to serve art? tenors of the past need not worry
Labienus 6 months ago
@Labienus I disagree, I saw Jonas sing siegmund live at the met, and based on what I heard, the past is happening now. He is a living legend.
hightenor123 4 months ago
@hightenor123 But you're not disagreeing ! My pt was that he can't be everything all at once-I think his voice as I said is more at home in the lighter Wagner-for now? With the dark sound he has Siegmund may be right-strangely did he ever sing Meister?I think the best Walter right now is Botha-and other roles-because he's big etc. not appreciated but vocally wow
This hyberbole turns people off no legend-yet-we'll see -he has a lot going for him-but in spinto Italian roles he'll never be one
Labienus 4 months ago
@Labienus Oh I understand you now. I agree that he singing is not Italian, but I don't really mind that. He cannot replace the true Italianate sounds, but there are so few people singing in that style. Calleja is excellent live, I will say. He has only sung Meistersinger in concert, but I've heard the aria and its pretty great. I have heard Botha live, and I've rarely heard an easier technique. It was in Gurrelieder which is devilishly difficult. Sorry about the hyperbole, I love thisstuff
hightenor123 4 months ago
@hightenor123 Try the well considered review in today's NYT about his Met recital (can' t post address here)
Certainly many great opera singers have not been great recitalists
But the pts.about his vocal production are valid
Also his sudden prominence speaks to the lack of stars which despite or in spite of regie theater is what really draws people to opera
Labienus 4 months ago
@Labienus Thats really what gets me going. I attend the met quite a bit, and when I see him, or Diana Damrau, or Furlanetto, I realize how much we need great musical personalities who can really sing. They can just make an entire night
hightenor123 4 months ago
He's an excellent tenor, but darkens too much the voice. Listening to him I always have the feeling that his "true voice" is more clear.
lanesville 6 months ago
I hope he is practising saying "No! No! No!" to a constant diet of heavy roles that people want to see him. Keep it light, Jonas!
ploplisphilin 6 months ago
I don't think he was 'on form' here. The high notes are effortful since he forces his voice to sound dark and bottled up- he even grunts at the end of some phrases. When he forgets - like during a diminuendo - or on some high notes to darken his voice and cover too much the results are fine but there is a lot of unhealthy singing here. The final note shows what he is capable of all the same. An example of a baritonal tenor singing with freedom and far more vibrancy is Giuseppe Giacomini in 1994.
1988dongiovanni 6 months ago
@1988dongiovanni
I am always surprised by the insight of experts.
MrOperanuts 6 months ago
Kaufmann is a great artist and musician who never approaches an aria with routine, even one that borders on the hackneyed. To say that his singing is throaty and strangulated is absurd. The other correspondent, hasn194Dez is spot on. I can't think of any tenor currently singing who can match him for voice, artistry and musicianship.
davy91101 6 months ago
Throaty stragulated singing.Hollow pianissimos.His high notes are forced except for the last one.
Miguelardos 6 months ago
Jonas Kaufmann,das ist ganz großartig gesungen!
Danke für den Link.
hans1941Dez 6 months ago
Love baritonal tenors! and especially this one.
RSLify 6 months ago
I love (those very few) tenors that have the "look and feel" of a baritone
mpodestanin 6 months ago
Wunderschön!!!
Eine tolle Stimme
Sylt1954 6 months ago