Jonas Kaufmann "Gott! Welch Dunkel hier!" from Fidelio

[Nello7]

I like this performance a lot. There is something missing from this tenor's voice that keeps me from getting really excited. The package is there, the technique, looks, acting, I think that it's a squillo thing for me. Make no mistake- I think that he is a tremendous talent! For me, Vickers is the most compelling Florestan though.

[floesi95]

wounderfoul its a great tenor

[floesi95]

very good



[789hut]

-ora per sempre-/-die quella pira-

die stretta als ende, tips

[MrOttavio91]

Jonas Kaufmann is one of the greatest tenors of the last few years!! His technique is just incredible. I heard him as Lohengrin together with Anja Harteros at Munich. It was impressive!!

Florestans' Aria is one of the most difficult arias for tenor and in my opinion Kaufmann's interpretation is the best!

[downtown1961]

Is there anything this man can't do? He is a god.

[opera1232010]

Marvellous viril voice... If is a bad tenor I am really nothing....

Pierre héroique tenor

[norisv]

Apparently he doesn't have the voice for this kind of repertoire. It's painfully staking to finish listening to this.

[Baccalaureus79]

Perfekte Diktion, auch in den hohen Lagen ist der Text noch voll verständlich. Da ist nichts geknödelt. Und die Interpretation - der ständige Wechsel zwischen Hoffnung und Verzweiflung - ist grandios gelungen. Danke, Jonas!

[mwk12kev]

He's fine as long as current keep the mikes turned up. . . Without them his sound wouldn't get past the footlights!

[Baccalaureus79]

@mwk12kev So ein Unfug. Kaufmann singt an der Opéra National de Paris, La Monnaie in Brüssel, Teatro alla Scala in Mailand, bei den Salzburger Festspielen, an der Met, dem Royal Opera House London, und an der Wiener Staatsoper - glaub mir: der kann auch leise singen, und man hört es trotzdem.

[singmaus45]

Deeply moving!

[izeofflames0518]

omg i just wanna make out with him!!!

[Strawberryfrog1]

me too!

[aidavdbrake]

isn't he just gorgeous?? :)

love the expressiveness, miss the resonance, the 'ping' .

[dg6da]

You are abolutely right.

[Vielflieger01]

Luck1, please do not mention Domingo and Heppner with Vickers, Roswenge, King and Kaufmann in the same sentence! I also wonder if you are qualified to comment on his diction

[Vielflieger01]

Jonas Kaufmann can not be compared with any other tenors; he is a category by himself, a sort of new Caruso! Or the first Kaufmann!! His instrument is different; he uses more resonance rooms than singers did in the past. For some listeners it might sound as if the voice is sometimes in the wrong place but it is not! Kaufmann brings a new chromatic dimension giving the best example of a vocal chiaro-oscuro with a huge diameter and volume in the voice. IMO the best tenor in the world!

[tenli8]

I'm curious about these "resonance rooms" you talk about. Also, could you explain what a vocal diameter is? I've studied the voice in a classical setting as well as physiologically for over a decade and have never heard such ambiguous jargon. I urge you to do more research, or look at more videos on youtube, if you think this is the best tenor in the world. Sadly, Kaufmann not only can be compared with other tenors, but, he will be compared with other tenors: such is the way of man.

[beethovenraptus]

Wonderful Fidelio by, Harnoncourt. Wonderful Jonas Kaufmann. Marvelius opera by Beethoven

[jackylen57]

Très émouvant ! Jonas a une voix superbe et c'est un excellent interprète.

Je l'adore

Merci

[Patriciateresita]

The only thing Jonas Kaufmann needs is the next years to come, which inevitably will just turn him simply unforgettable, as the extraordinary singer he already represents in Opera history.

[Michelcamby]

merveilleux

[quasthoff61]

It's imposible to compare this singer with Jon Vickers for this aria. The canadian was incredible as Florestan. Another great Florestans are James King and Wolfang Windgasen.

[beethomozart]

excellent dramatism as it has to be in this famous and wonderful intense scene,which opens act 2 of Fidelio,Beethoven's only opera,wish he had composed more,the orchestral part as in the whole opera is sublime,long live ludwig van

[Y2H]

Maaaaaaaaaaaaan I HATE german!

[Winterwonnemond]

gepresst, geknödelt, auf dem hals, nicht auf dem atem....but good looking....

[Stingerfyle]

So ein Quatsch! Ich wette du hattest einen Monat Gesangsunterricht und hast nichts gebacken gekriegt und jetzt bist du frustriert.

Geknödelt.... Gerade diese Offenheit in der Kehle ermöglicht ihm doch die Power in der Höhe!!! Ohren auf!

[Winterwonnemond]

Wette verloren...:-)

[NathalieDessayFan]

find ich auch! :)

[joanabanyeres]

They are both tremendously emotional.

[condorice]

the way he modulates dynamics sounds a lot like wunderlich.

[cuoredoro1]

Dear Kaufmann..Who gives him critics are bad tenors, or one that never will make to the opera world..Gentelment you should pray God at night to have tenors in opera world like Kaufmann

[albertinaxx]

espectacular, maravilloso, una voz increible

[Valdul31]

ridiculous, he can´t even follow the melody (desentonado)the voice is opaque and the singing just boring.. please stop mentioning the great singers when you listen to this young and extremely advertised singer.

[jschultz4]

Boring. I'm amazed this guy is compared to Vickers - who was a first class talent. This guy doesn't even hold a candle to him.

[martello79]

I disagree: Technically not better than Vickers. I think Kaufmann sings this scene very well, but at times he doesn't have enough support for the big pressure he builds up under his voice. Then it becomes too flat.

[Stingerfyle]

Not better?? Vickers has problems with the passaggio which is probably the most important thing for the classical voice. Kaufmanns passaggio is very good.

[martello79]

Of course I don't say that Vickers was immaculate but one should be cautious when comparing just one aria rendition with one of the great voices of the last century that had a career that lasted for thirty years. I was there in the Concertgebouw when Kaufmann cracked hugely in his aria in Berlioz Faust. No problem to me, but don't pretend his passagio is better than Vickers'.

And congratulations with the +1 for your remark already within an hour after your remark. You must have a big fan....

[Stingerfyle]

MMh, I don't think so.. Listen to Vickers and you see how he pulls up is chest voice... That is bad for the intonation and not really healthy... Kaufmann always sings with a very big part of his head voice,even when he sings in a very low parts. I don't say anything about the interpretation. Thats a matter of taste and technique actually isn't (although many people see technique very different...)

Bye

[franktenor]

Technical better then vickers, but not as emotional.

[kgus123]

Let me be the first to thank you for this clip. Although I'm a fan of Vickers, it's a nice change to hear a more lyrical sound.