Anna Netrebko & Jonas Kaufmann - Parigi o Cara - La Traviata

[feleknochal]

cudowne glosy cudowna muzyka tylko sluchac i sluchac

[MsSandtime]

I saw him at Berkley university alive to the concert.I was so lucky they give me two huge posters.They nboth sing so beautiful comes from your heart.BRAVO Jonas and Anna.Bellisimo.

[muzhelozhstvo007]

I have this performance in my library,one of my pride and joy's!!! Adore Anna,Adore Jonas,together MAGIC!!!

[annushka600]

Браво!

[BERNARDOANUK]

Kaufmann es de lo peorcito con esas engoladuras horribles. Por que le dan papeles?? Que aprenda a cantar...

[Milylily4Ever]

Jonas Kauffman forever in my heart :)

[operafan0anegnd]

Great performance!

No performance is flawless, because all the performers are human.

Human beings have flaws.

Many of our "technically versed" critics,

or pretending to be, just point out flaws in what is really just a matter of taste.

They point out, sometimes correctly, flaws in a performance they choose to criticise,

but ignore the sometimes much more significant flaws of those performers they like.

"Technical criticism" is often thinly disguised hypocrisy and a way of putting others down!

[MyNatalie31]

@operafan0anegnd Could not agree more!! I feel sorry for those who feel it necessary to 'criticize' and can't possibly just enjoy the performances. They just seem have a need to be miserable!!

[muzhelozhstvo007]

@MyNatalie31 AMEN TO THAT MY DEAR!!!

[jesusmaful]

@operafan0anegnd ABSOLUTAMENTE DE ACUERDO. feliz año operático.

[fjanicek1]

Kaufmann ukazuje, že zvládá i lyrické partie.

[kkntoby]

Wonderful voice, but I think it's hard to leave Paris in such a hurry:-)

Anna as wonderful as ever...

Get me stones, but he also as a stone...A young di Stefano or Monaco?

[fandabbler]

It may be not perfect for someone's ears, but I like it so much, I would give a lot just for a chance to hear & see this duo in one production on the stage together. Traviata, Il Trovatore, Manon or something else ... please!

[eurydike]

@fandabbler if with netrebko or without her, i would love to see him as Manrico. but i like Netrebko very much too. great voice.

[operafantic]

The point is not whether anyone who comments here can sing it better. We're not being paid the big bucks to do it.

Kauffman yells out the end of Parigi O Cara like he's Siegfried on some mountaintop, and Netrebko drags out her phrases the way she dragged out Mimi's music in Boheme, to name only one role. Surely the slowest and most laborious renditions of this delicate aria, ever.

[konisia]

@operafantic

His 'yelling ' - as you call it - is outstanding! Don't believe me? Try!

[ShawDAMAN]

@operafantic Thank you. You're quite right. Cursory opera fans who go after whatever big name singer is being pushed in the media always think they've pulled off a commenting coup by resorting to the cheap "well you can't sing it any better." So by that reasoning I should gladly accept a lemon from Ford because I can't build a better car myself? No- I know what's good and what isn't. Nothing personal- I have enjoyed Kaufmann occasionally (never Netrebko, sadly) but this is mediocre.

[reinadegrillos]

Yo siempre oigo a Kauffmann engolado, pero reconozco que soy fan de Rolando y eso marca.

[corzoidor]

Kaufman mi tenor favorito tambiem!!!

[PavelIvanenko]

Amazing!

[cccorsetti]

KAUFMAN,my favorite tenor

[tumtillia]

Heavenly voices!

[aldoenricoferretti1]

ticino has not many places where acustic works but the pc helps me

[aldoenricoferretti1]

these voices are just incredible and help me tremendously daily

[sisifus100]

Wonderful voices together....bravo!!!

[jerava1]

bellooooooooooooooooo

[murisola]

Nuostabus balsai.Ir opera nuostabi,kai arijos atliekamos super profesionalais Gražus žmonės, geri balsai, nepaprastai malonu klausytis ir žiūrėti..

[murisola]

Nuostabus balsai.Ir opera nuostabi,kai arijos atliekamos supe rprofesionalais. 

[gdsfan01]

Opera is in good hands (or should I say, throats) with artists such as these. Don't forget folks, Callas was castigated for being to fiery as Violetta. Now Netrebko is too cold. Kauffmann is a great artist and I believe, the world's best tenor now. And for years to come.

[operafan0anegnd]

Superb voices sounding amazingly good together. Love it!

[izwbcalico]

I usually love both Kaufmann and Netrebko (and I am absolutely in love with Netrebko's Violetta in the DVD release of the Salzburg version), but I'm not particularly liking this specific combination on this duet.

[jacac]

@leoperarm Where did you get this jewell? Don't you have any more? Do you know if the Royal Opera House is going to release this in DVD? Ahhh!!! I'm so anxious about it, I mean: Netrebko and Kaufmann singing together in Traviata!!

[drbarbarabaker]

They are pretty amazing together. I would like a dvd of the two of them, please.

[cantatore11]

schöne Stimmen,aber keine Ahnung von technik,darum ist das so traurig,dass die beide haben ein Stradivari,an denen die eine gamme nicht spielen können! wie schade,dass die oper stirbt,beide zeigen es deutlich..

[ididete]

@cantatore11 Ok I may be able to agree with you if you explained what true technique is. You can say it in German, I can read German but unfortunately I am not good in writing it. Thanks.

[cantatore11]

@ididete @ididete wahre technik ist wenn die Stimme fliegt,wie ein Vogel,und schokiert Publikum mit seiner wirkung! in Parigi o cara die Stimmen von beiden Sänger stehen im Hals unbeweglich,weil die haben keine Stütze von Diaphragma,und der gesang ist chemisch und unnatürlich.die grosse Kunst der Oper exsistiert nicht mehr und das ist traurig,weil diese Kunst ist die grosste von allen! ein Geiger lehrnt viele jahre befor er etwas spielt.wieviel jahre braucht ein mensch für Stimme,die von Gott is

[Cissy97]

@BenjaminFonseca

Audacious arsehole.

[gkkorp]

Любит Нетребко кудрявых теноров

[Cissy97]

Both singers aren't Verdians.

Netrebko is too COLD for Violetta (vocally).

Kaufmann's voice is a trifle too thick for Alfredo.

But I think at least Kaufmann sings with a level more musical intelligence than Netrebko here.

[jeanmanuforti]

@Cissy97 Nonsense! Arrogant nonsense at that!

[Cissy97]

@jeanmanuforti

Who are you, by the way?

[mark6230]

Horrible Kaufmann as usual in last years. And he's the opera star of today!!! Poor opera...

[bodiloto]

@mark6230 i giovani tenori arrivano!

[GERMANYFrankie]

@mark6230 One of the best comments! 5 Stars from Budapest!

[voce29]

Ah this tenderness and beauty by both of them!

[classicalgalNYC]

Kaufmann and Netrebko = HOT!

[snedsted1]

I never heard a copple singing the Parigi-duet so tender and yet so ekspressive as Kaufmann and Netrebko. Netrebkos Violetta - as I heard it in Salzburg 2005 - is just as good as that of Maria Callas at her peak (La Scala 28.05.1955). And Kaufmann has a softer timbre than di Stefano in the ´55-performance.

[07fantine]

@snedsted1 as good as Maria Callas?it is absolutely impossible!!!!

[georgedragomir2000]

Thanks leoperarm for this great upload! Great art!!!

[FacePaster]

would LOOOVE to see these two singers together! i've seen both of them individiually and they both light up the stage - together would be dynamite!

[me148]

I think Kaufmann has actually improved a lot in the past two years....this clip isn't great.

[sisifus100]

Tolle Aufnahme, tolle Stimmen besser geht's nicht.

[cantatore11]

@sisifus100 Alle stimmen der oper von heute sind gleich,darum ist besser zu sagen,alle sind toll und besser geht's nicht.

[sisifus100]

Tolle Aufnahme, tolle Stimmen besser geht's nicht.

[24helka]

in reply to squiddycat I agree with you in my 61 years.

[ArtemisFowlIII]

this is amazing...where did you get this music? Can I buy the entire opera sung by Kaufmann and Netrebko somewhere?

[numetutelare]

La Scotto, insegnante della Netbreko é stata una grande Traviata, perché non le ha insegnato come si canta questo Verdi? E' fievole ma non drammatica e infila degli strani suoni che sembrano dei coccodé.

[bodiloto]

@numetutelare una bellissima domanda!

Un commento veramente magnifico!

[1988dongiovanni]

There are several times that Kaufmann forgets to darken his tone so much e.g.

1:41 "Si"

3:03-3:08 Starts darkening again before launching into high note...

4:52-5:10

5:47-8:36 (Starts darkening again near the very end)

I think that all too often Kaufmann darkens his voice to sound like a dramatic tenor such as Giacomini, Bonisolli or even a helden-tenor like Vickers. I think that actually his voice is closer to that of, say, Frank Lopardo, Neil Shicoff, perhaps Veriano Luchetti.

[squiddycat]

Kaufmann is as good as I have ever heard in all my 71 years and I have heard most of the great ones.

Paul Davine Warragul, Australia

[bodiloto]

Voci fuori stile,fuori luogo, fuori ruolo.

[operatheatretokyo]

What I don't like about Mr. Kaufmann is that he doesn't sing legato. It just doesn't sound Italian.

[injirpsav]

@operatheatretokyo

And he even doesn't sound like a tenor, he is probably a high bariton.

[MRhodess]

@injirpsav If he is a high baritone Chaliapin was a soprano.

[epouvantay]

Beide eine völlige Fehlbesetzung, aber vor allem der Knödler der ist nicht schafft sanft zu singen.

[RSLify]

@epouvantay

Die uebliche dumme Bemerkung von einem Deutschen. Kaufmann sollte seine Nationalitaet wechseln. Der Rest der Welt schaetzt ihn viel mehr.

[epouvantay]

@RSLify Die übliche dumme Reaktion von einem Fanboy. Sie sollten meine Meinung nicht überbewerten. Wenn ihnen dieses Knödelgedudel gefällt ist doch in Ordnung, mir eben nicht und es muss wohl auch erlaubt sein dies artikulieren zu dürfen.

[cantatore11]

@epouvantay Sie haben recht,weil technisch sind beide schlecht,beide singen so tief,dass ist nicht möglich die wörte zu ferstehen,die stimmen fliegen nicht und stehen im hals,deshalb keine diktion....ich denke die oper ist schon gestorben,weil stümperaj hat sie total in seinen händen.

[fernandz1982]

La voz de Kaufmann tiene un aire a John Vickers...

[Milylily4Ever]

this man is sexy

[guillecanaleja]

No se puede cantar mejor, bravisimo!!!

[JussidelMonaco]

Alfredo is not his role.

[ellecho]

Jonas Kaufmann sounds horrible here

[reinadegrillos]

Kauffmann no puede sonar peor que aquí. Con todo, es un excelente tenor, pero éste no es un papel adecuado para él. Punto.

[TheLadyprofessor]

People.....if you can sing it better, I challenge you to post it on YouTube.

These singers are not technically perfect....but they are fantastic artists. The imperfections make them unique and interesting. Quit being so critical and just enjoy !!

[marenius74]

@TheLadyprofessor

VERY well spoken!

[marenius74]

@TheLadyprofessor VERY well spoken!

[baritonodaw]

@TheLadyprofessor, I agree with you 100%... ESPECIALLY when you said "The imperfections make them unique and interesting"....

[HeidelbergSoprano]

@TheLadyprofessor Well said! Right On! Art isn't supposed to be perfect its always going to be different that's what makes it interesting ^_^

[viverito]

i could listen to netrebko sing the cooking instructions off the side of a pasta box I like her voice so much !

[rayclentchris]

@viverito Yes!!

[botox54]

Einfach nur Gänsehaut!

[Desideria7]

Just horrible, Netrebko like always out of tune and out of taste. Kaufmann at least is singing the right notes. Thank you for posting this parody!

[ranigema]

@Desideria7 e vero,hai ragione!

[Vendimi3]

No. Kauffmann can't sing this. Sorry. He sounds like everything but a romantic french lover from the 19th century.

[maa10able]

Bravo!!! Best Traviata in 50 years!

[dziady1]

This is pretty awful -- the beat is killed to suit their

second rate idea of drama - and apart from her chirping

he huffs and puffs thinking this is drama they sound

like mickey mouse farm yard  cartoon,

[medusaview]

Ich finde auch beide sind ein perfektes Team, nur unter anderen Gesichtspunkten:

Kaufmann als Mathematiklehrer und Netrebko kann ja danach den Klassenraum wischen!

[medusaview]

I think there are also a perfect team together.

Kaufmann as a Math-teacher and Netrebko could thereafter clean the classroom of the school.

[starfenice]

I love you both . . . I admire you both . . . <ou tell me what it's all about to be a singer . . . thank you for being amoung us . . .

[mackgotcher]

Kaufmann is well suited for Verdi, Netrebko on the other hand should stick to Mozart, Donizetti, and Bellini. Either that or just quit singing altogether which i would prefer.

[zweigesundehaende]

I find that they fit perfectly; both have a dark and warm timbre....

[tehen162]

I agree on all the singers you listed, all wonderful Traviatas. I also have heard both Gheorghiu and Netrebko live, my opinion was based on it. Gheroghiu has much smaller voice than Netrebko, so if Netrebko is not enough for Kaufmann (as you put it) how would be Gheorghiu? I think both are "enough" for the role and for Kaufmann. Besides, I think Netrebko has fabulous voice and she has her faults as well, but who doesn't?

[tehen162]

To lamusicahera: This is simply not true. Netrebko has twice a big voice than Gheorghiu. Not enough for Kaufmann?! Have you heard it live? Hers is a definitely big voice.

[DiomedesDioscuro]

Ach, why are they singing this? It's obviously not their repertory... I can enjoy Netrebko because of the beauty of her voice and her singing, but Kaufmann, whom I like in other repertory, I can't stand him singing this.

[16thCenturyArt]

I happened to be at the opening night of la Traviata with Netrebko & Kauffman at Covent garden Feb 2008. The first night was packed to capacity and I can honestly say that we all enjoyed the evening listening to both singers. To be able to give such poor reviews , you should be able to listen to every rendition of Netrebko & Kauffman and you will see that they are both remarkably good most of the time. Given the fact that ''none of them''have a Romance language as a mother language. they do well

[amfortas1978]

Netrebko.... London people love her, but actually her singing in royal opera house was not that great. It was just ok. Not suitable for the applaus she got. I think it's kind of media of advertisement things.

For looking, she is a bit like Gheorgiu 10 years ago, but unfortunately her singing is not as good as 10 years ago Gheorgiu

[DiomedesDioscuro]

I think Netrebko's singing is at least as good as Gheorghiu's ten years ago, but Verdi is defenitely not for her.

I don't think the applause she gets is due just to the media advertisment. She seems to be a very charming artist on stage, and she really gets the sympathy of the audience. And live opera is not just about singing well, I think, but also about immersing people in what you are singing-acting.

[swanningaround]

amfortas. London would like her. They have no class and are taken in by cheap celebrity stunts. Netrebko is just another Jenkins or Church. Good singers like Te Price, Kanawa, Bonney and Sutherland were never appreciated in London, as they were not "celebs". Fleming has become somewhat acceptable there, but does not have the big status of Netrebko in London.

[amfortas1978]

oh, that might explain everything... haha

celebrity, looking, fans, tickets selling....

like in London, Don Giovanni is so often on and also well sold, however you just will certainly have a hunk naked bariton to sing it!

[swanningaround]

amfortas. Absoliutely. That is where it is all headed. Netrebko fits nicely into the celeb scene - at least until she hits 45!

[amfortas1978]

I have listened to Kaufmann's live La Traviata in Zurich.

He was not bad, very good looking, tall enough (which is rare for tenor), got a bariton voice as you guys know, but still hit high notes.

To be fair, his high notes are there but not beautiful ones. Anyway we don't have many great tenor like Pavarotti these days anyway, so I am ok with that.

.

[jayeffsb49]

Let's face it, Kaufmann is a great tenor. And maybe we don't have Pavarotti anymore. But have you checked out James Valenti? Much better suited to this rep, I think. I heard him in Berlin this year and although singing while ill he was excellent as Alfredo.

[33blueberries]

You know, apart from the lack of rhythm, shaky intonation, distracting interpretation and scary singing particularly on the part of Kaufmann, it's not that bad.

[Fairpavel]

Just in your imagination.

[thugman30]

BRAVO JONAS

NETREBKO SUCKS!

[thugman30]

Verdi's style is from ppp to fff

[MrBenful]

Jonas Kaufmann singt sehr ausgeglichen. Fast wie ein Bariton. sehr gute Klangdominanz. Ein Tenor, den man sich merken muß. Viel Gefühl. Netrebko mit dem dunklen Klang passt gut zu ihm.

[voce29]

What an ignorant statement!!

[ainthemoment]

this guy sounds like a bad baritone... not a tenor...

[gchr87]

I totally agree with you

[bbahyt]

what a bullshit you are talking

[ainthemoment]

what do you do for a living?

[Eurofrank1]

"what bullshit!!, not "what a bullshit" dear bbaht. " Bullshit" is uncountable! Didn´t you learn that in your English lesson, you lazy boy? Kind regards - the English teacher from Germany ;)

[jackylen57]

Superbes voix !

Je les adore tous les deux !

[sincrotto]

Il tenore ricorda moltissimo Jon Vickers che, però, ha avuto il buon gusto di non cimentarsi in opere lontane dalla sua vocalità. Sbaglio se dico che schiaccia e ingola le vocali all'americana , con un'emissione simile a Tucker e Peerce? Chissà se inghiotte mentre canta? Lo farebbe pensare la potenza della voce che è buona, la scuola non credo. Lei al paragone giganteggia.

[florencejg]

Domage qu'il n'y est que si peux d'images.

Mes la performance vocale est là.

Kisss

Florence

[bbbartolo]

Nevertheless the pictures that ARE provided are killers! One glamorous couple.