Jonas Kaufmann
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Angela Gheorghiu interview...her infidelity. Gheorghiu will appear in the Met production next spring, where Jose will be played by the handsome German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, but she no longer wants any professional association with Alagna. When I interviewed Alagna... In this article: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Carmen, Antonio Pappano, Levon Sayan, Richard Eyre, Covent Garden, Tosca, and Jonas Kaufmann |
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Wikipedia | October 25, 2009
Jonas Kaufmann
Jonas Kaufmann (born 1969) is a lirico spinto tenor born in Munich, Germany. Kaufmann completed his musical studies in his native Munich and also participated in master classes with James King , Hans Hotter, and Josef Metternich. He...
In this article: Covent Garden, Munich, Salzburg Festival, Berlin Philharmonic, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, and Doktor Faust
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Contactmusic.com | October 13, 2009
Angela Gheorghiu - Gheorghiu And Alagna To Divorce
...has withdrawn from the six shows in which Alagna will perform. She will perform the show in April and May (10) with tenor Jonas Kaufmann filling the lead male role. Subscribe to this news alert service to receive news and reviews on...
In this article: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, All rights reserved, Carmen, and Metropolitan Opera
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | September 24, 2009
Don Carlo at the Royal Opera House review
Ferruccio Furlanetto's Filippo was magnificently implcable in public, profoundly pitiable in private. And that dream of a tenor Jonas Kaufmann made Carlo for once the drama's centre - a boyishly impulsive and introspective Hamlet, doomed to...
In this article: Don Carlo, Nicholas Hytner, Semyon Bychkov, Covent Garden, Hamlet, John Tomlinson, and Simon Keenlyside
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Daily Express | September 20, 2009
Verdi's Don Carlo: Royal Opera House, London
...> THEATRE > Verdi s Don Carlo: Royal Opera House, London VERDI S DON CARLO: ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, LONDON ON SONG: Tenor Jonas Kaufmann as Don Carlo THE TITLE is Don Carlo or, as in the original French version, Don Carlos, but the...
In this article: Don Carlos, London, Royal Opera House, Philip, Grand Inquisitor, and Hamlet
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Don Carlo reveals glitter and gore
...act aria when cloistered in his study he reflects on the emptiness of his life with a wife who has never loved him. German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, new to the role of Don Carlo, is a singer who has everything going for him in looks, voice and...
In this article: Don Carlos, Philip, Grand Inquisitor, Hamlet, BBC Radio 3, and Philip II of Spain
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | August 21, 2009
Interview: Bryn Terfel - That's baritonement
...why people don't mention this. We've had our three tenors, Domingo, Carreras, Pavarotti. Now we've got Juan Diego FlA³res, Jonas Kaufmann, Marcello Alvarez. It's an exciting period now. All the voices: (Angela] Gheorghiu, (RenA©e] Fleming,...
In this article: Bryn Terfel, Tosca, Angela Gheorghiu, Covent Garden, Royal Opera House, and Rodgers and Hammerstein
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Return to an age of romance
...motives at the court of King Phillip II of Spain all set to a background of bitter, religious and national conflicts. Jonas Kaufmann sings Don Carlo and Marina Poplavskaya is Elizabeth of Valois. Verdi made many changes to the work...
In this article: Turandot, Don Carlo, Rupert Goold, Royal Opera House, Carmen, Rigoletto, Phillip II of Spain, and Deborah Warner
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PR-Inside.com Entertainment News | August 13, 2009
GHEORGHIU SCRAPS FIRST FEW CARMEN PERFORMANCES
...in the title role of Carmen as scheduled on April 28 and May 1, 2010." Elina Garanca will perform in Gheorghiu's absence, while tenor Jonas Kaufmann will pick up the lead male role of Don Jose when Alagna leaves. Movie & Entertainment News...
In this article: Angela Gheorghiu, Carmen, Roberto Alagna, WordPress, Metropolitan Opera, and New York
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Times Online | July 19, 2009
Barvarian State Opera and Buxton Festival
He gets outstanding histrionic performances from a cast of youngish, German-speaking principals with substantial voices. Jonas Kaufmann brings a burnished-golden, Italianate ring to Lohengrin's Grail Narration and, at the end of a...
In this article: Lohengrin and Lucrezia Borgia
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washingtonpost.com | May 26, 2009
Conductor Abbado returns to Italy's La Scala
...open with Bizet's "Carmen," by tradition on Dec. 7, conducted by Barenboim. Emma Dante will direct the production. German tenor Jonas Kaufmann will sing the role of Don Jose and Uruguayan baritone Erwin Schrott will perform Escamillo. Also...
In this article: La Scala, Claudio Abbado, Milan, Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Zubin Mehta, Berlin Philharmonic, and Eighth Symphony
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Jonas Kaufmann (born 1969) is a tenor born in Munich, Germany.
His debut recording with Decca, Romantic Arias, was released in January 2008.
Jonas Kaufmann completed his musical studies in his native Munich and also participated in master classes with James King, Hans Hotter, and Josef Metternich.
He began his professional career at Staatstheater Saarbruecken in 1994 and was soon invited to make debuts in important German theaters, such as the Stuttgart Opera and Hamburg State Opera, as well as international debuts at the Chicago Lyric Opera, Paris Opera, and La Scala. He made his Salzburg Festival debut in 1999 in a new production of Busoni's Doktor Faust and returned there in 2003 as Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail and for concerts of the Beethoven's Ninth with the Berlin Philharmonic.
He has performed in Covent Garden in 2006/2007 in the role of Don José in Bizet's Carmen to critical acclaim, and also sang Alfredo in La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera and in Covent Garden in 2008. In May 2008, Kaufmann made his role debut as Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca in Covent Garden, again to critical acclaim.
In 2008/2009 he will perform Manon in Chicago opposite Natalie Dessay, and will also return to the Bavarian State Opera in the title role of a new production of Lohengrin.
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