A minority opinion. Kaufmann's voice is naturally dark, throaty and ingulato. Any lightness he exhibits is manufactured in falsetto which annoys me to no end. His technique is unfinished. To compare him to Bojrling, Corelli, del Monaco, Bergonzi, even Domingo, Carreras or Pavarotti is a real stretch in my opinion.
Jonas kaufmann, cariño, te, olvidaste, de, citar, lo más importante, de, jussi Bjoreling, su debut, en el metropolitan opera house, un Rigoletto maravilloso con Leonard Warren, bidu Sayao, il trovatore con zinka milanov, un baile in maschera, su preciosa voz clara, y, seductora, salió, de un, coro, etc... Eres otello!!!
Dark and light. Very good description. I first heard Kaufmann in Traviata, and I thought, “What? He’s a baritone!” But in the next minutes, he had no problem at all in the higher register, no problem with high notes. Every region of the voice sounded beautiful.
She's just a snotty pain in the ass. It's as if she just wants to ask bitchy questions and didn't need to. He handled her just right. No room for silliness, he's an excellent tenor and knows his stuff.
Jonas Kaufmann ???!!! FANTASTIC TENOR !!! FANTASTIC ACTOR !!! Of course and very beautiful man !!! BRAVO Dear Jonas !!! Dear Jonas, Dear Malena - Dear journalist, BIG, BIG, BIG THANKS for the interesting interview !!! All we - all Jonas"s fans love Jonas endless !!! God bless the fantastic tenor Jonas Kaufmann for very, very, very the beautiful emotions for us - the fans in all world !!! Always with a lot of love and light N.Mirkova and friends, and all my big family from Sofia - Bulgaria
Well, I find it very odd. I think that something with the language must have happened, because he couldn't possibly be a nicer person and I 'm sure he didn't mean to offend the interviewer.
She is very annoying to listen to. She was going to interview Jonas Kaufmann but speak the whole time about herself, interrupting him and come back to herself. She is like a nervous teen-ager.
This doesn't make any sense sorry. And it speaks volume about your ignorance of the opera context 40 years ago. BTW who are these ''so called legends who wouldn't stand a chance today''? Do you have at least the courage to be specific?
