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mostly opera...: CD: Jonas Kaufmann excels with Die Schöne Müllerin
I suppose I ought to get this, but I'm not doing very well overcoming my hesitancy about Lieder. I suppose if anything can do it it's a great German singer singing Lieder by a composer beginning with Schu!
Jonas Kaufmann Pictures - GQ Men Of The Year 2009 - Zimbio
Not great pictures, actually, but imagine a parallel situation in which British GQ issued such an award to an opera singer, especially one who won't do crossover!
Mike Ragogna: How Sweet The Sound: An Interview With Joan Baez
Joan Baez is a Jonas Kaufmann fan
Kritiker-Umfrage : Jonas Kaufmann ist "Sänger des Jahres" - Nachrichten Kultur - WELT ONLINE
Jonas Kaufmann: Opera Recital review | CD reviews | Music - Times Online
The steadiness of pitch; the range of colours; the baritone depths; the subtle phrasing and characterisations; the dynamic variety; the delicate line of his Mozart; the ardour in Florestan’s Gott! Welch dunkel hier from Fidelio; his clarion call in Wagner, lubricated and lightened with Italianate sunshine: these perhaps are the main reasons for curling in front of the hi-fi in wonder...
...But however well judged and glowing Abbado’s orchestra is, there’s no question over where the true glory lies. It’s in Kaufmann’s larynx, heart and head.
Jonas Kaufmann: Opera's pin-up and great tenor - Times Online
He’s fed up with being portrayed as male opera totty in what he feels are inappropriate magazines
I can sympathise because he is a serious artist, on the other hand, I'm not sure he would be in such demand as 'totty' without the voice and stage craft to go with it
Jonas Kaufmann, Tenor on Top, Is Determined to Stay - NYTimes.com
Interview and CD preview
Startenor Jonas Kaufmann und BMW schließen Partnerschaft
Next thing we know, he'll be singing crossover
Music | More Artists added to BRITs lineup - Classic FM
Jonas Kaufmann will also be at the Classical Brits. Should be good.
Hmm, and Camilla Windsor. Don't like it when Royals attend things. Complicates the interval smokebreak. And too many police around.
Opera is magic!: How to live off music and romance (Wien&Manon all in 12h)
including airport nightmare!
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