I have been an opera fan for 60 years. Saw Jonas in Carmen in London in 2006 (I did not know him) and I had the same shock than when I saw my first Tosca with Maria Callas. Same acting, charisma, on the stage - and also the most wonderful voice expressing feelings. Saw Werther in Vienna in January, about everybody was crying at the end. Am going to see him in Berlin 16th August.
@sergio201067 Sí es un magnífico tenor, sin duda, a pesar de todos estos malos comentarios. Pero no creo que sea susesor de Plácido, él es único. Kaumann es Kaufmann, un tenor muy diferente. Me encanta, quizá más que Plácido pero Plácido es Plácido.
I thought this was beautiful and very moving .. .... do stop picking ! Leave some room for the artist's interpretation and (thank God ! ) - a bit of human individuality. It is what makes opera so special, NOT the whining of little people over technique.
@dziady1 What exactly are you talking about? He ends it by actually singing the high Bb pianissimo, as indicated in the score and as opposed just about every other tenor I can think of. Except Vickers who also did it, and way better IMO. But that's kind of beside the point.
Great singer, with no doubt. Very emotional and extra-class tenor. Buy why he darks his voice? Why he's not letting the voice fly higher and higher making it lighter by putting it at the "mask" instead of the throat? If he does, he surely could stay on the top for so long. If not, I'm afraid he'll probably be over early and needing to increase each time the using of that horrible and unnecessary falsetto.
I watched this on television and Jonas was breathtaking,the critics and audience enjoyed his performance too,their reaction as he took his curtain call was loud enough to raise the roof.He is clearly an actor as well as a singer.
It's obvious he's creating this sound by depressing his larynx and girdling his tongue for no reason. His higher notes show his real voice. If you want to hear a REAL unaltered dark tenor listen to Ramon Vinay, my favorite singer in general. His voice is naturally dark and you can really hear the difference from a free rendition of this aria from someone with a dark voice than from this guy who is obviously 'creating' this sound. All in all i think he's good, just messing himself up.
@xLaughingManX Vinay was remarkable! A tenor voice that was dark and rich and fluid. Extraordinary. The boootleg recordings of his Othello are amongst my treasures.
Saw this on a programme examining tenors and their style / approach to classics. This is the most beautiful rendition i have heard or seen. He particularly chooses a more realistic tragic approach. He is wonderful. It's a shame that the CD's available focus on the old classic tenors. We need to see more of the current talent.
@seanfromengland I agree! All this chatter of French pronunciation is really annoying. Singing in any language is never spoken the same way. I don't go to a Shakespear play and expect the actors to speak English exactly the way it is spoken in daily life. The colors of a Shakespearian actor's voice can be compared to an opera singer's voice. Vowels are constantly mixed according to the register they sing in, especially those high notes. These armchair critics suffer from myopia!
Très belle interprétation..la voix dépasse le rôle...
Pour les puristes l'aigu final est demandé "piano" (et j'étais une chose à toi) dans la partition originale...mais les ténors ont depuis longtemps changé la partition de Bizet sur ce point...pour faire briller leur voix...Ici l'artiste respecte le compositeur..cela mérite d'être souligné
¡¡¡Que maravillosa interpretación de Don Jose!!!...Jonas es ademas de talentoso un hermoso caballero...
leonorafl ¿Tienes algun material donde canten juntos Villazón y Kaufmann?...¡¡seria fantastico escuchar algo de ellos dos juntos!!...amo a estos tenores: Villazón, Kaufmann y Juan Diego Flores....un abrazo!!
I fully agree with 17732725 and fully disagree MrCafiero. You, MrCafiero before taking place and time on "youtube" with that "recensions" better a little... just really a little study.. no - try yourself singin (!) like this great singer and, by the way, look so true on stage - then we can talk about it :) I am a singer too and - trust me - this is veeeeery hard! Much harder than scribing-bubbling-writing...
He is beautiful to look at and I love his voice - just bought his CD of Romantic Arias. However, he pronounces "jetee" like "je- ti -eh" instead of "je - tay - eh" which sticks out like a sore thumb right at the beginning of the aria, no less. And the liner notes on the CD talk about how he prides himself in singing French, Italian and other languages so authentically! If this had been the Paris Opera, he would have been bombarded with rotten legumes. (His acting is also for a Telenovela.)
@pepstrick1947 That's the way the score is written, even if in spoken french you wouldn't say it like that. Lots of mute e are actually pronounced in Carmen, and it's not about the singer. ;-)
There's a very slight accent in some of his words, but he really sings it well.
@pepstrick1947 I wonder if you know french at all. Kaufmann's french pronouciation is excellent. The french é is nearer to i than to ay, it's more or less the same sound as in the german word sehr. Imho there is a little too much of the initial j of jetée, but it's a matter of taste. In the dvd both Antonacci &Kaufmann's french is very good when they sing, when they speak it's not perfect but since 2006 both have improved their spoken french, very good in their respective Carmens in 2009
@athemag : I have only studied French for years and traveled to France numerous times, and my son's marin is a parisienne. If Kaufman is pronouncing "jetee" correctly, then Domingo, Corelli, Alagna (who is French), Carreras, Caruso, Bjorling, and Verreau are all pronouncing it incorrectly. I agree that it sounds closer to the "e" in the German "sehr" than a long "a". However, Kaufman is pronouncing it like a long "e."
@pepstrick1947 Corelli' and Caruso are magnificent but don't sound french at all. Carreras doesn't sound very french either. Domingo's ietée in 1978 and 1980 is
very similar to JK's. I adore Domingo but his accent sounds a little more foreign than JK (for ex he says popière instead of paupière and so on). Carreras sounds much more foreign. Wonderful Björling's "tait" in "m'était" sounds exactly as should the é of jetée which is too open, and his french is not so good as Kaufmann's,
@pepstrick1947 Alagna's french is excellent of course, his é is a little more open than Kaufmann's, but not so different. Verreault's é is very similar to JK's. I cannot understand how you can hear the same é in Caruso and Verreault or in Corelli and Domingo, they are so different. My point is not the voices, only the french pronunciation.
Of course, being french, I am not able to judge wether foreign people speak good french or not.
If you are like me you like to discover fantastic tenors who are relatively unknown. EMMANUEL DI VILLAROSA is just this tenor.
I heard di Villarosa while he was in Poland singing the Verdi festival in Poznan. I heard him in Ernani, Don Carlos and Norma. Then I went to hear a Carmen in Germany. What a voice and what a power house on the stage.
He is the real deal!!!! So much passion and fire and what a performance in Carmen. He brought the house down in every show.
@kritikoreal No emotions? No heat? He is ALL EMOTION! Simplicity and straightforward. That's what he is. And he doesn't play/sing with a ghost hand like so many tenors of the past...
Very fine and alone as far as good Spinto tenors today it seems, he has a dramatic sound something like Vickers at times and then Corelli but no bad habits, fine singing, very emotional yet tactful.
La voix n'est pas en place, ses attaques au niveau du médium sont en arrière et l'aigu de cet aria totalement en arrière frisant le falsetto. Donc : pauvre en harmoniques.
Il y a pire bien sûr mais comme les 3/4 des gens ne s'arrêtent pas à toutes ces considérations, il aura beaucoup de succès à l'ouverture de la Scala en décembre 2009 prochain.
Finalement quelquand que fait un appreciation objetiv sur un chanteur. Par contre je ne suis pas d´accord par rapport a que sa voix n est pas en place. Mais cet respectable. A la fin je croix que le plus importante ce que un chanteur arrive a transmettre quelque chose...D accord avec vous.
That Re is not falsetto. All of you that giving a critic to this wonderful tenor and great artist, all of you is clear don´t understand nothing. Be in silence. Listen and overall "Learn".
Sssssss.....listen.
He is singing in this days an incredible Requiem of Verdi....I am part of the Scala choir.
Of course you like or not and this is so respectable but don´t say stupid things...Thanks.
@17732725 so right you are, saw him last night as don jose at the metropolitan opera...he brought the house down with this aria...absolutely a thrilling voice..top5
@17732725 per lei Kaufmann e un "wonderful tenor" e rispetto il suo gusto,purtroppo devo rispettare anche il mio cioè accanto ai tenori che avevo sentito dal vivo negli anni 50-60-70-80 per me Kaufmann e un cantante mediocre,niente di più.Per me Kaufmann ha una bellissima voce e un gusto orrendo.
Kaufmann e schiavo alla sua tecnica assurda e alla sua voce.
Questa non e la voce del tenore,di baritono ancora meno.
i was not criticising his vocal skill . i was wondering how other people think . because when I heard of belcanto, it should be natural . without covering or overtensioning someones voice.
'Bel Canto, these days, is a matter of academic interpretation . The real bel canto technique is long lost. But part of the bel canto technique was a very "open and relaxed" throat. Just singing with the upper partials and shoving it in the nose does not make a bel canto technique. I personally thing JK sings with the full apparatus. People are must not use to hearing it any more because of all of the substandard teaching coming out the world's music institutions.
@kiba380 il Re dello schifo, canta con un Krapfen di traverso, non gli va ne su ne giu e quindi è costretto a cantare con il laringe sulle ginocchia con la tipica posizione dello sbadiglio dando come effetto questo sgradevole timbro da orco
Vero: scurisce innaturalmente (Corelli diceva che solo Del Monaco poteva scurire la voce a quel modo e uscirne indenne - mi scuso con quei due Giganti per averli nominati in questo contesto), e il risultato non è una voce bronzea ma una voce opaca. Anche perché è terribilmente indietro, soffocata, non esce in scioltezza. Non so come renda in teatro, ma tanto ci sono i microfoni. E la recitazione è eccessiva, ai limiti (e oltre) del ridicolo.
@beignet58 A Garnier e senza microfoni la voce di Kaufmann non si sente.Non "passa" l'orchestra,non e omogenea e sopratutto e brutta,in una parola canta come dilettante.
Per questo giovane artista il colore e la voce del tenore sono un mistero.Dal vivo per me Kaufmann e una grande delusione.Unica volta quando era veramente bravo era quando cantava Cassio...e la seconda volta Alfredo a volte cantava "alla Gigli" con suoni bellissimi del vero tenore ma non si rendeva conto...Non ha orecchio!
Spesso mi sento ricordare che anche una volta la gente a teatro non trovava sempre i Corelli o i Bjorling ma cantanti di qualità media, paragonabili agli odierni Kaufmann o Armiliato. E' vero, ma il fatto è che adesso cantanti di qualità media, o anche scarsa, sono acclamati come se fossero davvero dei Grandissimi, mentre magari sono belli e si muovono tanto in scena (come questi José e Carmen), ma di voce e musicalità ne hanno poca o niente.
@kiba380 Intendi il Si. Non mi sembra falsetto. Secondo me è voce piena; e comunque, se è falsetto, è magistralmente "mimetizzato". Inoltre è l'unico cantante che io conosca in grado di fare un si in diminuendo dal vivo. (Sul timbro artificiale e la voce ingolata sono daccordo).
i heard the flower song by Jonas and I thought it was quite unique and attractive. however, many opera fans claim that he is far from the bencanto and over singing with extended nerve from this throat. what do you guys think of it? belcanto ..is it the standard ? is he singing in German style? what if German style is far from the Italian belcanto, is it strange? what if the German style is more attractive? is there German 'belcanto' way?
yes Kaufmann has a great voice,he is a great actor,he is a true artist. what he is not is a great tenor. He sounds as if he swallowed a pair of socks. There is no "core" to his voice: no squillante which equals what he produces; a swallowed, woofy, diffuse vocal production. His pianissimo sounds good because he is mic'd. I promise you that sound will not carry to the back of the house. Look up Jerry Hadley Pourquoi me reveiller for a true tenor voice. One of the greatest ever.
you have got to be a majority of one on this nasty review of kaufmann's talent. over the next couple of decades, you will have to eat your words and give up the pretense of your critique..
jhugo1977 is right. Sorry, but Kaufmann's voice is thick, girded and doesn't have the ring it should have even though they greatly enhance it on recordings. And just like with Villazon and Dessay who*everyone* raved about, he is not headed for a great future.
And where does your expertise lie? I am *not* just a critic. I have top level vocal training and I teach. Seems to me you are just a fan, not a trained professional. And even so most of them are clueless as well. Let's not forget that most singers today are also enhanced. And the public is unfairly duped into thinking they are not.
I too trained in nyc with carolina seguera holden. she was a wonderful teacher. others i've had were not so good, despite their own belief that they were.. And i am also a fan, mostly a fan. you disdain us with your arragance as clueless. its a shame we fans know so little, compared to you. afterall, you're a teacher of singing?.
It is spelled "arrogance". Anyway, it doesn't matter if you studied with someone. You obviously think Kaufmann is the cat's meow and good for you. So what? That doesn't mean that other people agree with you. Some of us know better. He constricts, thickens the sound, wrongly darkens it which takes out squillante and then they enhance it to put it back in. It is not to his potential and it is not fair to other great singers out there who don't get enhanced. It is not opera.
oh my, you caught me not spell checking. that critique of "arrogance" is just that: arrogant. you reveal too much with your self righteous nit picking. and sticking that one in on a blog that deals with opera singers says it all. i'm sure kaufmann cannot compare to all the great tenors of the past (living or dead) that you can no longer see in the opera house. shame for you. you must now just spend your time being negative and bemoaning the loss of standards.
It is called reality. True artists and people who really care about opera are trying to revive it. People like you who are cheering the status quo and the downturn of a once great art with the highest vocal standards need not apply.
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"the voices today that are also enhanced and we, the public unfairly duped....." these singers bring great joy to the listening audience. especially to those who listen for thrill of it and not to nit pik and find errors whereever they may lie.
i enjoy kafumann's voice. in fact, i'm thrilled by it, and even a little envious. kudos also go Villazon who, even though he abuses his voice, is a pleasure to hear, especially when he sings with Netrebko.
If it thrills you then that is great for you. But some of us actually hear what is going on and know how talents are being robbed of proper training and the audiences are DUPED. They should demand their money back for performances that are enhanced. And opera should NOT be enhanced. It is not OPERA if it is.
use your perceived expertise to tear them down. you have my permission. just pause once in a while and enjoy the music. if you can't do that without your "critical ear", then there must be no joy left for you anywhere. what a shame for someone who has music in his life.
I do enjoy music, especially when it is sung at a high level. I am terribly disappointed to see great talents, such as Kaufmann, with training that limits their potential. Surely he is nowhere near singers of the past and he should be. And I don't need your permission for anything.
I agree with both of you... however I have to side with MrC much more. I agree with your perspective on enjoying the music and the talent of great artists. Kaufman is a great artist. His acting is superb and he makes wonderful choices with the music. Now if only he had the voice to match it. You said yourself he does not compare with the singers of the past. HE SHOULD!!! When did we lower our standard and begin to accept mediocrity? Kaufman "could" be great vocally... but he isn't.
my comment about kaufmann or other present day singers not being up to the quality of the past was not my sentiment, but rather the complaint MrC and other harsh critics frequently haul out to denigrate those we have now. it amuses me that they keep harkening back to "the good old days", a sentiment frequently held by those who never move with the times, but pine away for the way it used to be.
You obviously are not paying attention. I commented about how we have accepted mediocrity as the standard today. If mediocrity and a diminished quality of expertise is the standard for "the times"... I'd rather pine away about the past. I'm all for progression. I appreciate the updated staging and spectacular sets and lighting. I do not appreciate the amplification and modification of sound during performances; which has become neccessary due to the lack of true skill of the singers today.
my point is that you are listening for them not to be at whatever potential you perceive. they have lost the battle with you before they sing.
today, many prominent opera singers are also actors (singing actors) who bring so much more to the table than their forebearers who just stood there and belted it out. their performances are often chilling and complete. we have had wonderful actors on the opera stage in the past.
Callas is an example and frequently Sills was too, but today its much more of a new standard.
so why not chill out a bit. "can" the attitude that you will find something wrong with every aria if it kills you and just enjoy the music. despite the "standard" of the past, there is still some wonderful music available out there. go enjoy it for a change.
Today there is no vocal standard. Today it has shifted from vocal greatness to looks and staging. But people are left cold. If I want to see great looking people and staging I can watch a movie. They are better at it. Opera is first and foremost a vocal art. Period. And I do enjoy some things about Kaufman, but what I don't enjoy is the vocal issues that trap his talent. Maybe *you* cannot hear them, but *I* certainly can.
And it is a trend in opera today. Artists with poor technique who they enhance. And opera should not be enhanced or mic'd. You cannot replace a stellar voice.
I think JK has a stellar voice and technique, otherwise he would not have been singing professionally for over 15 year now (already past the singing lifespan of most american singers). You also have to remember that the voices of old may not be able to handle the careers of today. For example, JK is singing a lot more than Caruso did, simply because of the ease of travel. And, I honestly think JK is a world class talent... and yeah, I am a profi opera singer who makes his living by singing.
Travel demands are surely different, but that does not change the fact of how the voice functions. Kaufmann is not in the same universe as Caruso as far as technique. Caruso used to sing many performances of an opera per week with concerts as well. Gigli and Caruso would sing a whole opera and then give a full concert of arias right after.
Anecdotes. We will never know exactly how many times they did this. And, it depends on the role. If someone is singing Tannhauser, he is not going to do an evening of arias after. If someone has sung, say 3 or 4 performances in a week, even the great Caruso would pace himself... but I seriously doubt they did that many. We don't know what Caruso sounded like. We can only imagine from the old recordings. I love Kaufmann's work. I was never a big Gigli fan. It's all a matter of taste.
No two singers are alike. If you talk with two different singers, you will find two different takes on singing. Knowledge can be instilled by good teachers but it is up to we singers to kraft out our voices. Kaufmann and Caruso have different physiology, and therefore, the voice works differently. There is no one right way to sing. It becomes a matter of taste and perception. Reading about it and experiencing it are not the same. It is still only in your imagination, no matter what you think.
No way! That is totally wrong. We all have the exactly same muscles, cartilages etc. and they all work the exact same way. That being said, we don't all have the same *SIZE* of muscles and that affects size/weight of voice. But they all still work the same way. And that is not in my "imagination", that is scientific fact. Now, a singer can chose to use the voice in different ways. Surely. But there is a way to use it that is most free, resonant and efficient.
That is so ridiculous. No, you are wrong. If all of our muscles worked exactly alike then everyone would sound the same. And by your very admission, the "size" of the muscles along with, the thickness and length of the vocal folds, the soft palette, how loose the larynx is, the size of the neck, the intrinsic body strength one has ALL have a play in the voice and I stand by my statement. We all experience singing differently. We are not all "exactly the same!". There is not "one" way.
You say it is "ridiculous" and then proceed to agree with my points about size. You are going to tell me that Kaufmann does or does not have the same muscles in his throat as another singer? Does he have thyroarytenoid, cricothyroid, a thyroid cartilage etc? Or is he missing something or does he have some other extra body part as opposed to someone else? All of those muscles work the same way. We all have the SAME muscles. Size is different than function.
yeah, and we all have a two eyes, yet we render colors differently. We all have two legs, but we walk differently.. some people walk from the outside, some from the inside. Some people snore, some people do not... what do you not understand? Just because we have similar parts does not mean they are used in the same. It's why he is a tenor and I am a bass. We are different. I am not sure what you are arguing about. Kind of silly really. Singing is not a computer program. Are you a singer?
Right....and because we all have the same parts....that all have a proper FUNCTION......we can either use them in the most efficient and ideal way or not. Just like someone can run with a better gate than someone else because they are using their body properly and efficiently. Why is that hard to comprehend?
it is quite silly argument about personal taste. it is possible not to like kaufmann NOR kraus ... but people have to accept their qualities, becase they exist! I do love Kaufmann's voice and dont think that stops me loving Kraus ... they are different singers, withdiferen instruments .. and they should be appreciated as they are not with comparisons! why??? Let's enjoy someone who is offeng his best and music. wouldnt be easier that way?
Los seguidores de Kraus tienen que aceptar que a muchos les guste pero que A OTROS NO. Si no lo aceptan, entonces es verdad que son fanáticos. Además, Kraus se murió y ya es historia. Cada vez que se habla de un tenor nuevo no hay porqué compararle con Kraus, y ponerle verde, porque eso, a parte de ser un poco rarito, es como decir que la ópera murión con él, y de eso nada.
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Y tú eres un pobre viudo de la música y del arte, un seguidor de Satanás, un puto envidioso de mierda al igual que los cuatro desgraciados detractores de Kraus. Si dejó a alguien mudo es porque no entendían su MAGISTRAL TÉCNICA y eran alumnos más cortos que tú...
VIVA ALFREDO KRAUS TRUJILLO.
KAUFMANN = LLEGA AL MI BEMOL SI PUEDES EN TUS SUEÑOS... BARÍTONO DE MIERDA!!!
I didn't know that Spanish is such a rude and offensive language. Tell me when was it when Kraus sang Don Jose? would like to hear it :-).
I never liked the nasal voice of Kraus singing his handful of roles, but I would not write such a bullshit as you do on youtube. It's all personal taste.
Believe me, there are a lot of Spaniards who love JK's singing, for example Domingo and Carreras.
On pourrait réécrire les scènes finales de l'opéra et faire D. José et Carmen restés ensemble. C'est un gaspillage de tuer cette femme et de mettre cet homme à chaîne
Kraus è l'apice assoluto dell'arte canora ed un contronto con Kauffmann è davvero impari. La voce è poco immascherata e il suono risulta brunito, opaco e privo di squillo (scelta stilisticamente insolita per un tenore ma non dannosa per la salute), ma l'intonazione, la respirazione, il fraseggio sono splendidi (trovami un'altro che sappia fare un si naturale pianissimo in diminuendo!). Inoltre è un attore straordinario. (ed è veramente figo!)
Mise en scène digne de ce nom. Chant tout en nuance. Avec cette prononciation du français type des allemands (parfaite). Surtout il beugle pas l'aigu final. Parfait!!!
Wonderful performance. He is obviously not a 'stand and deliver' kind of tenor. Bravo, a very well deserved ovation. I hope I get to see him in the hall some day.
The voice is not "ingolata". It just has a dark colour, very beautiful. And for the high notes he needs to "swallow", so he can make this pianissimo. I do that too...
I love this guy's voice, Kaufmann is one of the best on my list. Fantastic singing
MsJam3000 1 month ago
This is quite possibly the most emotional performance of this aria I have ever seen. I usually start weeping at 2:19.
hampsterman22 1 month ago 2
il est inégalable dans le rôle de don José où tant de ténors sont ridicules ou grandiloquents, bravo
lisnor100 2 months ago
Apres toi le deluge!! Bravo Jonas!!
corzoidor 2 months ago
there is lima and him, no more real tenors on all the world.
babajaga39 2 months ago
yo modestamente creo que hoy es uno de los mejores tenores dramaticos por su robusta voz comparables a Placido o Del Monaco.
sergio201067 4 months ago
I cry like a baby oh my god !!!
MrFrenchaccent 6 months ago
I have been an opera fan for 60 years. Saw Jonas in Carmen in London in 2006 (I did not know him) and I had the same shock than when I saw my first Tosca with Maria Callas. Same acting, charisma, on the stage - and also the most wonderful voice expressing feelings. Saw Werther in Vienna in January, about everybody was crying at the end. Am going to see him in Berlin 16th August.
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I shed a tear every time I watch this. Beautiful.
Steph64738 7 months ago
Es un magnifico tenor de caracter dramatico contemporaneo y sucesor natural del querido Placido Domingo excelene!!
sergio201067 8 months ago
@sergio201067 Sí es un magnífico tenor, sin duda, a pesar de todos estos malos comentarios. Pero no creo que sea susesor de Plácido, él es único. Kaumann es Kaufmann, un tenor muy diferente. Me encanta, quizá más que Plácido pero Plácido es Plácido.
Youkali67 4 months ago
Superbe interprétation !
timothygirl29 9 months ago
I thought this was beautiful and very moving .. .... do stop picking ! Leave some room for the artist's interpretation and (thank God ! ) - a bit of human individuality. It is what makes opera so special, NOT the whining of little people over technique.
The1620 11 months ago 12
If he had ended the aria as Bizet wrote it
and not what his voice could manage it
would have been fine but instead we got
Kaufmann and not Bizet - I for one
prefer the way Bizet wrote it , he new
better what he wanted than Kaufmann.
dziady1 11 months ago
@dziady1 What exactly are you talking about? He ends it by actually singing the high Bb pianissimo, as indicated in the score and as opposed just about every other tenor I can think of. Except Vickers who also did it, and way better IMO. But that's kind of beside the point.
Chrysothemis 11 months ago
@dziady1 And the difference is?
LordHettrick 7 months ago
@LordHettrick - Gedda , Kiepura just to name 2 - with out the cheap sobs for the gallery crowd .
dziady1 7 months ago
Great singer, with no doubt. Very emotional and extra-class tenor. Buy why he darks his voice? Why he's not letting the voice fly higher and higher making it lighter by putting it at the "mask" instead of the throat? If he does, he surely could stay on the top for so long. If not, I'm afraid he'll probably be over early and needing to increase each time the using of that horrible and unnecessary falsetto.
Poliuto1 1 year ago
I watched this on television and Jonas was breathtaking,the critics and audience enjoyed his performance too,their reaction as he took his curtain call was loud enough to raise the roof.He is clearly an actor as well as a singer.
TZEITEL10 1 year ago
magnifique,je ne peux pas aller à l'opera voir werther,je sais que vais pleurer et me moucher et gener tout le monde!!!!!!!!
Solparol 1 year ago
magnifique
Solparol 1 year ago
It's obvious he's creating this sound by depressing his larynx and girdling his tongue for no reason. His higher notes show his real voice. If you want to hear a REAL unaltered dark tenor listen to Ramon Vinay, my favorite singer in general. His voice is naturally dark and you can really hear the difference from a free rendition of this aria from someone with a dark voice than from this guy who is obviously 'creating' this sound. All in all i think he's good, just messing himself up.
xLaughingManX 1 year ago
@xLaughingManX Vinay was remarkable! A tenor voice that was dark and rich and fluid. Extraordinary. The boootleg recordings of his Othello are amongst my treasures.
intelegentable 6 months ago
Excelente vos!!!! tiene el timbre de un tenor de verdad, un timbre oscuro, pero es realmente bueno.
ealbertoleblanc 1 year ago
Excelente vos!!!! tiene el timbre de un tenor de verdad, le falta un poco de fuerza para tener un timbre un poco oscuro, pero es realmente bueno.
ealbertoleblanc 1 year ago
He seems a baritone, is better to hear a real tenor voice, afterall he sing great
tenorissimo2010 1 year ago
@tenorissimo2010 He is a tenor, his voice just has a dark timbre. His upper register is very tenorial.
qw3rtydud3 1 year ago
e' un'ottima interpretazione non c'è che dire, ce ne fosse di questi tenori... saluti
federic017 1 year ago
Saw this on a programme examining tenors and their style / approach to classics. This is the most beautiful rendition i have heard or seen. He particularly chooses a more realistic tragic approach. He is wonderful. It's a shame that the CD's available focus on the old classic tenors. We need to see more of the current talent.
How can anyone not consider this perfection.
seanfromengland 1 year ago
@seanfromengland I agree! All this chatter of French pronunciation is really annoying. Singing in any language is never spoken the same way. I don't go to a Shakespear play and expect the actors to speak English exactly the way it is spoken in daily life. The colors of a Shakespearian actor's voice can be compared to an opera singer's voice. Vowels are constantly mixed according to the register they sing in, especially those high notes. These armchair critics suffer from myopia!
maestrojimbo 1 year ago
Très belle interprétation..la voix dépasse le rôle...
Pour les puristes l'aigu final est demandé "piano" (et j'étais une chose à toi) dans la partition originale...mais les ténors ont depuis longtemps changé la partition de Bizet sur ce point...pour faire briller leur voix...Ici l'artiste respecte le compositeur..cela mérite d'être souligné
Nadir2711 1 year ago
¡¡¡Que maravillosa interpretación de Don Jose!!!...Jonas es ademas de talentoso un hermoso caballero...
leonorafl ¿Tienes algun material donde canten juntos Villazón y Kaufmann?...¡¡seria fantastico escuchar algo de ellos dos juntos!!...amo a estos tenores: Villazón, Kaufmann y Juan Diego Flores....un abrazo!!
betylu18 1 year ago
Unbelievable !!!!!!
bladezone1 1 year ago
Great singing AND acting! Unfortunately a rare combination nowadays.
AriaSinger1 1 year ago 6
I chose to see Kauffmann over Alagna at the MET as Don Jose back in
late April. He's such a talented tenor! I definitely made the right choice.
nymets7690 1 year ago
Throaty voice,three different registers and very small high notes
A piece of german shit...
Liu666able 1 year ago
DON JOSE = MIGUEL FLETA
Frikinetto 1 year ago
He sings with excellent dynamics but the voice is rather muffled and colorless.
There are too many great performances of this aria eg Caruso/Gigli/Bjoerling/Vickers for this to be considered top tier.
65attila 1 year ago
I fully agree with 17732725 and fully disagree MrCafiero. You, MrCafiero before taking place and time on "youtube" with that "recensions" better a little... just really a little study.. no - try yourself singin (!) like this great singer and, by the way, look so true on stage - then we can talk about it :) I am a singer too and - trust me - this is veeeeery hard! Much harder than scribing-bubbling-writing...
MrBuchfink 1 year ago
Jonas Kaufmann = 1/64 di FRANCO CORELLI
AleBro83 1 year ago
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hahahaha bravo alebron83
JCLAWS 1 year ago
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TheCarembole 1 year ago
weirdly beautiful voice, brilliant actor
theory1976 1 year ago
He is beautiful to look at and I love his voice - just bought his CD of Romantic Arias. However, he pronounces "jetee" like "je- ti -eh" instead of "je - tay - eh" which sticks out like a sore thumb right at the beginning of the aria, no less. And the liner notes on the CD talk about how he prides himself in singing French, Italian and other languages so authentically! If this had been the Paris Opera, he would have been bombarded with rotten legumes. (His acting is also for a Telenovela.)
pepstrick1947 2 years ago
@pepstrick1947 : qui es tu pour donner des leçons de Français, crétin !
Kaufman a chanté Werher à Paris et il fut extraordinaire : tu ne sais même pas de quoi du parles pauvre naze.
TheWandererF 1 year ago
@pepstrick1947 That's the way the score is written, even if in spoken french you wouldn't say it like that. Lots of mute e are actually pronounced in Carmen, and it's not about the singer. ;-)
There's a very slight accent in some of his words, but he really sings it well.
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athemag 1 year ago
@pepstrick1947 I wonder if you know french at all. Kaufmann's french pronouciation is excellent. The french é is nearer to i than to ay, it's more or less the same sound as in the german word sehr. Imho there is a little too much of the initial j of jetée, but it's a matter of taste. In the dvd both Antonacci &Kaufmann's french is very good when they sing, when they speak it's not perfect but since 2006 both have improved their spoken french, very good in their respective Carmens in 2009
athemag 1 year ago
@athemag : I have only studied French for years and traveled to France numerous times, and my son's marin is a parisienne. If Kaufman is pronouncing "jetee" correctly, then Domingo, Corelli, Alagna (who is French), Carreras, Caruso, Bjorling, and Verreau are all pronouncing it incorrectly. I agree that it sounds closer to the "e" in the German "sehr" than a long "a". However, Kaufman is pronouncing it like a long "e."
pepstrick1947 1 year ago
@pepstrick1947 Corelli' and Caruso are magnificent but don't sound french at all. Carreras doesn't sound very french either. Domingo's ietée in 1978 and 1980 is
very similar to JK's. I adore Domingo but his accent sounds a little more foreign than JK (for ex he says popière instead of paupière and so on). Carreras sounds much more foreign. Wonderful Björling's "tait" in "m'était" sounds exactly as should the é of jetée which is too open, and his french is not so good as Kaufmann's,
athemag 1 year ago
@pepstrick1947 Alagna's french is excellent of course, his é is a little more open than Kaufmann's, but not so different. Verreault's é is very similar to JK's. I cannot understand how you can hear the same é in Caruso and Verreault or in Corelli and Domingo, they are so different. My point is not the voices, only the french pronunciation.
Of course, being french, I am not able to judge wether foreign people speak good french or not.
athemag 1 year ago
Wow! He's magnificent! What a beautiful and unique voice color!
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If you are like me you like to discover fantastic tenors who are relatively unknown. EMMANUEL DI VILLAROSA is just this tenor.
I heard di Villarosa while he was in Poland singing the Verdi festival in Poznan. I heard him in Ernani, Don Carlos and Norma. Then I went to hear a Carmen in Germany. What a voice and what a power house on the stage.
He is the real deal!!!! So much passion and fire and what a performance in Carmen. He brought the house down in every show.
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Ok. The performnenz might be good, but he has no emotions and no heat.
kritikoreal 2 years ago
@kritikoreal No emotions? No heat? He is ALL EMOTION! Simplicity and straightforward. That's what he is. And he doesn't play/sing with a ghost hand like so many tenors of the past...
dominiclorange 1 year ago 4
Wonderful performance. Fablous voice. Fantastic tecnic! Bravo!
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so gay
LiriWho 2 years ago
No...
That's hot!
PawelStroin 2 years ago
@PawelStroin
lolz
raigekimaru 2 years ago
@LiriWho married with kids. you're just jealous
SchwarzBass 2 years ago
Very fine and alone as far as good Spinto tenors today it seems, he has a dramatic sound something like Vickers at times and then Corelli but no bad habits, fine singing, very emotional yet tactful.
halavey 2 years ago 3
La voix n'est pas en place, ses attaques au niveau du médium sont en arrière et l'aigu de cet aria totalement en arrière frisant le falsetto. Donc : pauvre en harmoniques.
Il y a pire bien sûr mais comme les 3/4 des gens ne s'arrêtent pas à toutes ces considérations, il aura beaucoup de succès à l'ouverture de la Scala en décembre 2009 prochain.
italopera 2 years ago
Finalement quelquand que fait un appreciation objetiv sur un chanteur. Par contre je ne suis pas d´accord par rapport a que sa voix n est pas en place. Mais cet respectable. A la fin je croix que le plus importante ce que un chanteur arrive a transmettre quelque chose...D accord avec vous.
17732725 2 years ago
Succès bien mérité hier soir à la Scala!!
N'en déplaise aux rabat-joie et frustrés de ton espèce.
salomonroi 2 years ago
decembrebon succés à la Scala le 7 décembre
Mise en scéne lugubre
Dommage
Merci Mr Kaufmann
MrAinouz 2 years ago
mais si la voix est en place
Ilfaut croire que vous n'avez jamais entendu des voix dans des opéras come bordeaux ou marseille et meme paris
Bravo Kaufmann
MrAinouz 2 years ago
Jonas Kaufmann, magnifique ténor que j'aimerai tant voir en réalité, en attendant je me contente de l'audio, et je ne m'en lasse pas.
Son timbre est magnifique et sa voix riche et étendue.
charlotte38 2 years ago
That Re is not falsetto. All of you that giving a critic to this wonderful tenor and great artist, all of you is clear don´t understand nothing. Be in silence. Listen and overall "Learn".
Sssssss.....listen.
He is singing in this days an incredible Requiem of Verdi....I am part of the Scala choir.
Of course you like or not and this is so respectable but don´t say stupid things...Thanks.
17732725 2 years ago 29
@17732725 so right you are, saw him last night as don jose at the metropolitan opera...he brought the house down with this aria...absolutely a thrilling voice..top5
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Supernorelation 1 year ago
@17732725 Which Re are you referring to?!
FFCKH 1 year ago
@17732725 Amen.
qw3rtydud3 1 year ago
@17732725 per lei Kaufmann e un "wonderful tenor" e rispetto il suo gusto,purtroppo devo rispettare anche il mio cioè accanto ai tenori che avevo sentito dal vivo negli anni 50-60-70-80 per me Kaufmann e un cantante mediocre,niente di più.Per me Kaufmann ha una bellissima voce e un gusto orrendo.
Kaufmann e schiavo alla sua tecnica assurda e alla sua voce.
Questa non e la voce del tenore,di baritono ancora meno.
bodiloto 7 months ago
Keep him! All that throat in the sound is not for me! So false....
mrantiquedealer 2 years ago
fine, we'll keep him. It's not "throat in the sound", it's an open throat--which is sadly not taught any longer.
SchwarzBass 2 years ago
i was not criticising his vocal skill . i was wondering how other people think . because when I heard of belcanto, it should be natural . without covering or overtensioning someones voice.
LucaYune 2 years ago
'Bel Canto, these days, is a matter of academic interpretation . The real bel canto technique is long lost. But part of the bel canto technique was a very "open and relaxed" throat. Just singing with the upper partials and shoving it in the nose does not make a bel canto technique. I personally thing JK sings with the full apparatus. People are must not use to hearing it any more because of all of the substandard teaching coming out the world's music institutions.
SchwarzBass 2 years ago 2
How in God's name is this a "mediocre" voice? Jesus Christ, get a life.
alemerent 2 years ago 4
é finito il timbro!!!! Viva il microfono!!!! siamo propio nella merda totale!!!!
kiba380 2 years ago
Il RE del FASETTO...!!!!
kiba380 2 years ago
@kiba380 il Re dello schifo, canta con un Krapfen di traverso, non gli va ne su ne giu e quindi è costretto a cantare con il laringe sulle ginocchia con la tipica posizione dello sbadiglio dando come effetto questo sgradevole timbro da orco
AlfredoStrada 2 years ago 2
Innaturalmente "scuro"!! Da un momento all'altro mi aspettavo dicesse"ucci ucci..."
1212625bear 2 years ago
@1212625bear
"...sento odor di cristianucci!" :-))
Vero: scurisce innaturalmente (Corelli diceva che solo Del Monaco poteva scurire la voce a quel modo e uscirne indenne - mi scuso con quei due Giganti per averli nominati in questo contesto), e il risultato non è una voce bronzea ma una voce opaca. Anche perché è terribilmente indietro, soffocata, non esce in scioltezza. Non so come renda in teatro, ma tanto ci sono i microfoni. E la recitazione è eccessiva, ai limiti (e oltre) del ridicolo.
beignet58 11 months ago
@beignet58 A Garnier e senza microfoni la voce di Kaufmann non si sente.Non "passa" l'orchestra,non e omogenea e sopratutto e brutta,in una parola canta come dilettante.
Per questo giovane artista il colore e la voce del tenore sono un mistero.Dal vivo per me Kaufmann e una grande delusione.Unica volta quando era veramente bravo era quando cantava Cassio...e la seconda volta Alfredo a volte cantava "alla Gigli" con suoni bellissimi del vero tenore ma non si rendeva conto...Non ha orecchio!
bodiloto 7 months ago
@bodiloto
Sono completamente d'accordo con te.
Spesso mi sento ricordare che anche una volta la gente a teatro non trovava sempre i Corelli o i Bjorling ma cantanti di qualità media, paragonabili agli odierni Kaufmann o Armiliato. E' vero, ma il fatto è che adesso cantanti di qualità media, o anche scarsa, sono acclamati come se fossero davvero dei Grandissimi, mentre magari sono belli e si muovono tanto in scena (come questi José e Carmen), ma di voce e musicalità ne hanno poca o niente.
beignet58 7 months ago
@kiba380 Intendi il Si. Non mi sembra falsetto. Secondo me è voce piena; e comunque, se è falsetto, è magistralmente "mimetizzato". Inoltre è l'unico cantante che io conosca in grado di fare un si in diminuendo dal vivo. (Sul timbro artificiale e la voce ingolata sono daccordo).
LordoftheTrapdoors 1 year ago
i heard the flower song by Jonas and I thought it was quite unique and attractive. however, many opera fans claim that he is far from the bencanto and over singing with extended nerve from this throat. what do you guys think of it? belcanto ..is it the standard ? is he singing in German style? what if German style is far from the Italian belcanto, is it strange? what if the German style is more attractive? is there German 'belcanto' way?
LucaYune 2 years ago
yes Kaufmann has a great voice,he is a great actor,he is a true artist. what he is not is a great tenor. He sounds as if he swallowed a pair of socks. There is no "core" to his voice: no squillante which equals what he produces; a swallowed, woofy, diffuse vocal production. His pianissimo sounds good because he is mic'd. I promise you that sound will not carry to the back of the house. Look up Jerry Hadley Pourquoi me reveiller for a true tenor voice. One of the greatest ever.
jhugo1977 2 years ago
you have got to be a majority of one on this nasty review of kaufmann's talent. over the next couple of decades, you will have to eat your words and give up the pretense of your critique..
louie1a 2 years ago
jhugo1977 is right. Sorry, but Kaufmann's voice is thick, girded and doesn't have the ring it should have even though they greatly enhance it on recordings. And just like with Villazon and Dessay who*everyone* raved about, he is not headed for a great future.
MrCafiero 2 years ago
kaufmann's voice and coloring and acting are superb. it is a complete pleasure to listen to him and to watch him. everyone is a critic!!!!
louie1a 2 years ago
And where does your expertise lie? I am *not* just a critic. I have top level vocal training and I teach. Seems to me you are just a fan, not a trained professional. And even so most of them are clueless as well. Let's not forget that most singers today are also enhanced. And the public is unfairly duped into thinking they are not.
MrCafiero 2 years ago 3
I too trained in nyc with carolina seguera holden. she was a wonderful teacher. others i've had were not so good, despite their own belief that they were.. And i am also a fan, mostly a fan. you disdain us with your arragance as clueless. its a shame we fans know so little, compared to you. afterall, you're a teacher of singing?.
louie1a 2 years ago
It is spelled "arrogance". Anyway, it doesn't matter if you studied with someone. You obviously think Kaufmann is the cat's meow and good for you. So what? That doesn't mean that other people agree with you. Some of us know better. He constricts, thickens the sound, wrongly darkens it which takes out squillante and then they enhance it to put it back in. It is not to his potential and it is not fair to other great singers out there who don't get enhanced. It is not opera.
MrCafiero 2 years ago 4
oh my, you caught me not spell checking. that critique of "arrogance" is just that: arrogant. you reveal too much with your self righteous nit picking. and sticking that one in on a blog that deals with opera singers says it all. i'm sure kaufmann cannot compare to all the great tenors of the past (living or dead) that you can no longer see in the opera house. shame for you. you must now just spend your time being negative and bemoaning the loss of standards.
louie1a 2 years ago
It is called reality. True artists and people who really care about opera are trying to revive it. People like you who are cheering the status quo and the downturn of a once great art with the highest vocal standards need not apply.
MrCafiero 2 years ago 3
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"the voices today that are also enhanced and we, the public unfairly duped....." these singers bring great joy to the listening audience. especially to those who listen for thrill of it and not to nit pik and find errors whereever they may lie.
i enjoy kafumann's voice. in fact, i'm thrilled by it, and even a little envious. kudos also go Villazon who, even though he abuses his voice, is a pleasure to hear, especially when he sings with Netrebko.
louie1a 2 years ago
If it thrills you then that is great for you. But some of us actually hear what is going on and know how talents are being robbed of proper training and the audiences are DUPED. They should demand their money back for performances that are enhanced. And opera should NOT be enhanced. It is not OPERA if it is.
MrCafiero 2 years ago 4
use your perceived expertise to tear them down. you have my permission. just pause once in a while and enjoy the music. if you can't do that without your "critical ear", then there must be no joy left for you anywhere. what a shame for someone who has music in his life.
louie1a 2 years ago
I do enjoy music, especially when it is sung at a high level. I am terribly disappointed to see great talents, such as Kaufmann, with training that limits their potential. Surely he is nowhere near singers of the past and he should be. And I don't need your permission for anything.
MrCafiero 2 years ago 3
I agree with both of you... however I have to side with MrC much more. I agree with your perspective on enjoying the music and the talent of great artists. Kaufman is a great artist. His acting is superb and he makes wonderful choices with the music. Now if only he had the voice to match it. You said yourself he does not compare with the singers of the past. HE SHOULD!!! When did we lower our standard and begin to accept mediocrity? Kaufman "could" be great vocally... but he isn't.
jhugo1977 2 years ago
my comment about kaufmann or other present day singers not being up to the quality of the past was not my sentiment, but rather the complaint MrC and other harsh critics frequently haul out to denigrate those we have now. it amuses me that they keep harkening back to "the good old days", a sentiment frequently held by those who never move with the times, but pine away for the way it used to be.
louie1a 2 years ago
You obviously are not paying attention. I commented about how we have accepted mediocrity as the standard today. If mediocrity and a diminished quality of expertise is the standard for "the times"... I'd rather pine away about the past. I'm all for progression. I appreciate the updated staging and spectacular sets and lighting. I do not appreciate the amplification and modification of sound during performances; which has become neccessary due to the lack of true skill of the singers today.
jhugo1977 2 years ago 4
What is wrong with wanting "opera singers" to be at their fullest potential?
I wonder if all the greatest singers and conductors and composers would agree with what you are saying? NO WAY!
MrCafiero 2 years ago 2
my point is that you are listening for them not to be at whatever potential you perceive. they have lost the battle with you before they sing.
today, many prominent opera singers are also actors (singing actors) who bring so much more to the table than their forebearers who just stood there and belted it out. their performances are often chilling and complete. we have had wonderful actors on the opera stage in the past.
louie1a 2 years ago
Callas is an example and frequently Sills was too, but today its much more of a new standard.
so why not chill out a bit. "can" the attitude that you will find something wrong with every aria if it kills you and just enjoy the music. despite the "standard" of the past, there is still some wonderful music available out there. go enjoy it for a change.
louie1a 2 years ago
Today there is no vocal standard. Today it has shifted from vocal greatness to looks and staging. But people are left cold. If I want to see great looking people and staging I can watch a movie. They are better at it. Opera is first and foremost a vocal art. Period. And I do enjoy some things about Kaufman, but what I don't enjoy is the vocal issues that trap his talent. Maybe *you* cannot hear them, but *I* certainly can.
MrCafiero 2 years ago 4
And it is a trend in opera today. Artists with poor technique who they enhance. And opera should not be enhanced or mic'd. You cannot replace a stellar voice.
MrCafiero 2 years ago 4
I think JK has a stellar voice and technique, otherwise he would not have been singing professionally for over 15 year now (already past the singing lifespan of most american singers). You also have to remember that the voices of old may not be able to handle the careers of today. For example, JK is singing a lot more than Caruso did, simply because of the ease of travel. And, I honestly think JK is a world class talent... and yeah, I am a profi opera singer who makes his living by singing.
SchwarzBass 2 years ago
Travel demands are surely different, but that does not change the fact of how the voice functions. Kaufmann is not in the same universe as Caruso as far as technique. Caruso used to sing many performances of an opera per week with concerts as well. Gigli and Caruso would sing a whole opera and then give a full concert of arias right after.
MrCafiero 2 years ago
Anecdotes. We will never know exactly how many times they did this. And, it depends on the role. If someone is singing Tannhauser, he is not going to do an evening of arias after. If someone has sung, say 3 or 4 performances in a week, even the great Caruso would pace himself... but I seriously doubt they did that many. We don't know what Caruso sounded like. We can only imagine from the old recordings. I love Kaufmann's work. I was never a big Gigli fan. It's all a matter of taste.
SchwarzBass 2 years ago
Of course we can know by reading about it from people who were there. Anyway, regardless of any of that, it does not change how the voice works.
MrCafiero 2 years ago 4
No two singers are alike. If you talk with two different singers, you will find two different takes on singing. Knowledge can be instilled by good teachers but it is up to we singers to kraft out our voices. Kaufmann and Caruso have different physiology, and therefore, the voice works differently. There is no one right way to sing. It becomes a matter of taste and perception. Reading about it and experiencing it are not the same. It is still only in your imagination, no matter what you think.
SchwarzBass 2 years ago
No way! That is totally wrong. We all have the exactly same muscles, cartilages etc. and they all work the exact same way. That being said, we don't all have the same *SIZE* of muscles and that affects size/weight of voice. But they all still work the same way. And that is not in my "imagination", that is scientific fact. Now, a singer can chose to use the voice in different ways. Surely. But there is a way to use it that is most free, resonant and efficient.
MrCafiero 2 years ago
That is so ridiculous. No, you are wrong. If all of our muscles worked exactly alike then everyone would sound the same. And by your very admission, the "size" of the muscles along with, the thickness and length of the vocal folds, the soft palette, how loose the larynx is, the size of the neck, the intrinsic body strength one has ALL have a play in the voice and I stand by my statement. We all experience singing differently. We are not all "exactly the same!". There is not "one" way.
SchwarzBass 2 years ago
You say it is "ridiculous" and then proceed to agree with my points about size. You are going to tell me that Kaufmann does or does not have the same muscles in his throat as another singer? Does he have thyroarytenoid, cricothyroid, a thyroid cartilage etc? Or is he missing something or does he have some other extra body part as opposed to someone else? All of those muscles work the same way. We all have the SAME muscles. Size is different than function.
MrCafiero 2 years ago
yeah, and we all have a two eyes, yet we render colors differently. We all have two legs, but we walk differently.. some people walk from the outside, some from the inside. Some people snore, some people do not... what do you not understand? Just because we have similar parts does not mean they are used in the same. It's why he is a tenor and I am a bass. We are different. I am not sure what you are arguing about. Kind of silly really. Singing is not a computer program. Are you a singer?
SchwarzBass 2 years ago
Right....and because we all have the same parts....that all have a proper FUNCTION......we can either use them in the most efficient and ideal way or not. Just like someone can run with a better gate than someone else because they are using their body properly and efficiently. Why is that hard to comprehend?
MrCafiero 2 years ago
@SchwarzBass God bless you!
mannousha 2 years ago
it is quite silly argument about personal taste. it is possible not to like kaufmann NOR kraus ... but people have to accept their qualities, becase they exist! I do love Kaufmann's voice and dont think that stops me loving Kraus ... they are different singers, withdiferen instruments .. and they should be appreciated as they are not with comparisons! why??? Let's enjoy someone who is offeng his best and music. wouldnt be easier that way?
ARTUROPVIOLA 2 years ago
well said
louie1a 2 years ago
Thank you!
SchwarzBass 2 years ago
Los seguidores de Kraus tienen que aceptar que a muchos les guste pero que A OTROS NO. Si no lo aceptan, entonces es verdad que son fanáticos. Además, Kraus se murió y ya es historia. Cada vez que se habla de un tenor nuevo no hay porqué compararle con Kraus, y ponerle verde, porque eso, a parte de ser un poco rarito, es como decir que la ópera murión con él, y de eso nada.
estanteriax 2 years ago
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Y tú eres un pobre viudo de la música y del arte, un seguidor de Satanás, un puto envidioso de mierda al igual que los cuatro desgraciados detractores de Kraus. Si dejó a alguien mudo es porque no entendían su MAGISTRAL TÉCNICA y eran alumnos más cortos que tú...
VIVA ALFREDO KRAUS TRUJILLO.
KAUFMANN = LLEGA AL MI BEMOL SI PUEDES EN TUS SUEÑOS... BARÍTONO DE MIERDA!!!
jcbcn751 2 years ago
I didn't know that Spanish is such a rude and offensive language. Tell me when was it when Kraus sang Don Jose? would like to hear it :-).
I never liked the nasal voice of Kraus singing his handful of roles, but I would not write such a bullshit as you do on youtube. It's all personal taste.
Believe me, there are a lot of Spaniards who love JK's singing, for example Domingo and Carreras.
adinamrnd 2 years ago 5
adinamrnd, beware, jhugo is an operatic critical legend in his own mind.
louie1a 2 years ago
jcbcn751. better check on your meds. it seems you've forgotten to take a few. and you language: "garitono de mierda". disgusting.
louie1a 2 years ago
jcbcn751. mejor comprobación de sus medicamentos. parece que has olvidado de tomar unos pocos. y el lenguaje: "garitono de mierda". repugnante.
louie1a 2 years ago
dem ist nichts hinzuzufügen ...
marfikgnidka 2 years ago
On pourrait réécrire les scènes finales de l'opéra et faire D. José et Carmen restés ensemble. C'est un gaspillage de tuer cette femme et de mettre cet homme à chaîne
romalisan 2 years ago
Mais ça serait pas très romantique non? Elle tué par lui lui fusillé après...
isabelle070209 2 years ago
cleanears : bravo,bravo,bravo !
bodiloto 2 years ago
reminds me of jon vickers
godmode1 2 years ago
Yes for this rôle and Windgassen for Wagner.
isabelle070209 2 years ago
merveilleuse voix il est aussi formidable dans werther surement le meilleur ténor depuis le départ de luciano pavarotti
portaix 2 years ago
Now THIS is a Don Jose that I invisioned! That aside, he's more than a pretty face; what a voice! What emotion! And he can act!
diddims 2 years ago 9
- 6 !!!!! TRISTAN ????????????????
bodiloto 2 years ago
Ogni volta mi piace di più.
Il piú grande Don José ch'Io abbia mai sentito.
Bravo Jonas!!!
isabelino32 2 years ago 3
Quel tenor
Je l'ai découvert dans Carmen
Hélas pas d'autre dvd opéra
Magnifique surtout le 4em acte
MrAinouz 2 years ago
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Tutto falsificato il suono... preferisco i veri cantanti che "usano" una tecnica e non "inventao" una tecnica!
cleanears 2 years ago
KAUFMANN = VOCE INGOLATA... troppo brutto per cantare.
IL PIU GRANDE TENORE = ALFREDO KRAUS!!!
jcbcn751 2 years ago
Kraus è l'apice assoluto dell'arte canora ed un contronto con Kauffmann è davvero impari. La voce è poco immascherata e il suono risulta brunito, opaco e privo di squillo (scelta stilisticamente insolita per un tenore ma non dannosa per la salute), ma l'intonazione, la respirazione, il fraseggio sono splendidi (trovami un'altro che sappia fare un si naturale pianissimo in diminuendo!). Inoltre è un attore straordinario. (ed è veramente figo!)
LordoftheTrapdoors 2 years ago
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athemag 1 year ago
Eres una pobre viuda de Kraus amargada. Como toda la tropa rosa de fanáticos y alumnos mudos que dejó en el mundo
fraycucufate 2 years ago 2
Simply great!
voce29 2 years ago
Carmen, how can you leave THIS José for Escamillo? :D
Sieglinde84 2 years ago 18
Because the Toréro is rich and famous!
1401JSC 2 years ago
And how he begins sobbing at the end... I just want to take him in my arms and tell that trollop Carmen to get lost.
diddims 2 years ago 5
magnifico
iamthemusic1 2 years ago
Il est fantastique. Moi, je ne me fatigue pas de l'écouter.
romalisan 2 years ago 3
EL mejor tenor del mundo hoy en dia, en hora buena por esta magnifica interpretación
fredtenor 2 years ago
bravobravo, un voce di baritono, ma canta in un metodo molto semplice e dolce.wonderful!
huanghebasso 2 years ago
Bravo!!! Such an outpouring of emotion and a beautiful voice too. The diminuendo on the Bb . . . amazing!!!
tenorman123 2 years ago 2
interpretazione impeccabile apparte per alcuni errori di pronuncia. : D
alice895 2 years ago
Mise en scène digne de ce nom. Chant tout en nuance. Avec cette prononciation du français type des allemands (parfaite). Surtout il beugle pas l'aigu final. Parfait!!!
isabelle070209 2 years ago
hemoso color de voz
vicollimos 2 years ago
real emotion - wonderful
muslit 2 years ago
magnifica morbidezza vocale e gran talento interpretativo!!
gmodicag 2 years ago
Voce fantastica, interpretazione da pelle d'oca, pianissimo favoloso e recita pure bene!!!!
Bravo, bravo, bravo.
ivanpiccolo 2 years ago
mamma mia, una voce d'altri tempi, sei un grande!!!!!!!!!!
ruggero1993 2 years ago
Wonderful performance. He is obviously not a 'stand and deliver' kind of tenor. Bravo, a very well deserved ovation. I hope I get to see him in the hall some day.
Jgrant3919 2 years ago 3
The voice is not "ingolata". It just has a dark colour, very beautiful. And for the high notes he needs to "swallow", so he can make this pianissimo. I do that too...
sopranistica 2 years ago 2
Das ist super gesungen. Das Abschwellen auf dem hohen b macht im kaum einer nach.
vocede 2 years ago
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Is not original tone!!! Kaufman down the partiture!!!... VOCE INGOLATA
jcbcn751 2 years ago
Wonderful. I prefer forte on Bb or mf on his voice not pp. If held it little longer or add little more voice into it would be my preference.
steakopera 2 years ago