I think we need to let Jonas Kaufmann worry about what is good for him and his voice. If you listen to his interviews you understand why he does what he does. When I first heard him sing this on CD it hit me like a ton of bricks. It was so heart breaking for me that I could not listen to it again for some time and would have to leave the room when this aria was next in line on the CD. Herr Kaufmann is an artist par excellence first and foremost in my humble opinion.
So begabt natürlich auch mit viel Fleiß sowie ein wunderbarer Fröhlicher Mensch mit Respekt da möchte ich nur für Sie und Ihrer Familie Gesundheit wünschen
I think Kaufmann is awesome here in this aria. I am very impressed with this singer over all. I have found his Italian and French roles very good and his voice to be full rich and powerful. Hearing him sing in German however is a revelation. He may not be Melchior but he's damn good. His appearances in the Ring were so EXCITING!
I think he's great. Lovely warm Voice, great interpretation of his roles, perfect acting. If you don't like him, way do you listen? Leave that to those who enjoy it.
Bravo, Bravissimo!!! His voice, his interpretation, and his act. The one who cannot appreciate this For whom I feel so sorry. He is among the greatest of all time, or the greatest ever.
Une incarnation définitive. Un sommet dans l'histoire des grands chanteurs de ce rôle ingrat. Pour rire: ce rôle lui va même si bien, qu'il n'a pas besoin de changer d'aspect: toujours mal rasé, toujours mal coiffé, c'est un Florestan dans l'âme!
Desde que le descubri en DVD en cine Lamento no haberlo hecho antes y tambien asistir a su recital del Winteraiser en El Liceo no tan solo siento una gran admiracion por esta hermosa romantica y sensual manera de cantar y su timbre de voz sino por toda su persona ADORO a este hombre Gracias por existir y hacernos tan felices
So unglaublich wahrhaftig - das IST Florestan, nicht ein "Schauspieler" - es gibt keinen Besseren, auch nach 20 Jahren nicht !!! Die Stimme dringt bis in die Seele... auch wenn die 'Farbe', das Timbre, sich (natuerlich!) veraendert haben. Die Emotion, die Waerme sind gleich geblieben...❤
i dig italian tenors -- heard them all for fifty years -- but i am not gong to dispute with anyone who says that this fantastic young man is the best tenor in the world -- end of story!!!!!
Extraordinary great rendition! One of the best I have heard. This is a master interpretation in every aspect, vocally, musically and characterization. Jonas Kaufmann demonstrates here that high quality standards for opera singers are possible even nowadays. Thanks for posting it.
Dies ist eine außerordentliche Darstellung der Szene, sowohl stimmlich als auch dramatisch-schauspielerisch. Ein überzeugender und sehr beeindruckender Florestan!
Jonas Kaufmann est habité par son personnage, sa voix est parfaitement adaptée à la souffrance de Fidelio et à la musique de l’immense Beethoven.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Listen to his Cd of Strauss Lieder. impressionnant. His pianisimo in some as Nacht and some others Lieder, oh! l love this singer. His florestan is so dram and his expression so great, he makes me cry..First line tenor.
thank goodness someone knows what he's talking about! I am not particularly fond of Jonas's VOICE but ... I cannot stop listen to him for the ease of sound and how he manages everything!
Endlich ein deutcher Welttenor. Er ist großaartig, in jeder Hinsicht. I'M German and heard him for the first time in this very difficult aria.He is great in every kind of singing and acting. I'm proud. I'm also a very great fan of J.D.Florez(tenore di grazia) and I think, this 2 tenors are the best in the world at the moment.
LA référence du Chant pour longtemps: J. Kaufman. M aitrise absolue de sa voix au timbre unique et envoûtant, technique éblouissante, acteur tragique, libre dans le corps dese rôles, un astre bouleversant.
Gut, dass es enen so intelligenten, niveauvollen Sänger gibt. Seine Variationsbreite ist unglaublich. Von Mozart bis Wagner. Verdi und Puccini nicht vergessen. Er möge unendliche Jahre gesund und aktiv bleiben. So ein Geschenk für das Publikum ist sehr selten.
Thank you very much for posting. At last a visually credible Florestan, not a big fat bloke to make me laugh when I hear he is starving to death!! I have ordered the dvd of Fidelio after seeing and hearing this. Beautiful voice, beautiful man, great acting. Thank you again for helping me to choose which dvd to buy.
I have nevere heard such a Florestan since the great Jon Vickers!. By the way their voices are quite similar:heroic, powerfull, beaultifull! Bravissimo!
La caracterizacion del FLORESTAN es tan conmovedora como esplendido su canto.Su siempre vehemente entrega al personaje lo convierte en un artista Unlco que transporta al oyente hacia un mundo fascinante. Gracias JONAS KAUFMANN por este triste y bello Florestan.
Ich denke, diejenigen, die Kaufmann nicht mögen, sind an ein Timbre gewöhnt, das er nicht bietet. Vergleiche sind müßig, vor allem mit Sängern, die schon lange der Vergangenheit angehören. Dieses ewige "Ja, aber der und der" sollte aufhören. Kaufmann macht seine Sache hervorragend, gestaltet, versteht, worum es geht. Vorbildlich.
He's definitely not a baritone. There is a video here of him singing Un'aura amorosa when he was young. At least he had a more typical tenor voice at that time. I think he is a wonderful singer. He can instill a lot of manliness into a role. Whatever his singing technique he is using it seems to suit him. He is just very strong, and that allows him to support his dark voice in a high tessitura and not hurting his voice.
Indudablemente su voz es perfecta para el Florestan de Fidelio. La música de Beethoven es justamente la apropiada para esta clase de timbre fuerte enérgico y muy dramático. Bravo por Jonas!!!!
Some are really crazy. Poor bodiloto Jonas is with Wickers one of the best Florestan. Control of voice, colour, dolor, and hope in his voice. Whoa My God.
oh come on... He is a magnificent artist. Vickers Florestan is different but he had done the role for years! Kaufmann is not just another tenor, listen to the recordings of Manon in chicago 2008. He does le reve des grieux more musically and beautifully than I have ever heard...
Ja , das ist wirklich ausserordentlich:Beethoven, Harnoncourt und Jonas Kaufmann. diese Interpretation ist auch viel besser , als die aktuelle in Salzburg.
Jonas Kaufmann, l'homme qu'il faut pour chanter Florestan, dans l'opéra qu'il faut, avec Beethoven... qu'il faut à notre époque ... Pièce unique . Merci à Leonorafl pour le post . Goooooooot ....
He had very good teachers Hotter, King... This is a great tenor no problems and if we start looking the way he sings, all tenores even Damingo , Pavarotti and.... com They al have something. Jonas is great and good looking thanks. thanks.
@GERMANYFrankie Melchior was different kind of voice.He was a heldentenor, all he sang was Wagner (he sang it better than anybody).Kaufmann is a lyric tenor, and sings repertoire as diverse as Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Gounod, and Wagner.Very few tenors today with as good technique as Kaufmann today.Beczala, Calleja, Vargas, Alagna, Antonenko all excelent singers.None of them have the combination of musical sensitivity, dramatic flair, virility, and stage presence as Kaufmann.
Nice amber-colored dark voice, similar to Richard Tauber, but without Tauber's mannerisms which is nice. He seems to be a good actor as well. His new CD is quite good, especially in the French repertoire.
@GERMANYFrankie please post your rendition of this aria! I would love to hear this aria "much better" than Kaufmann sang it here! I eagerly await your recording!
Très bel emploi vocal. Étrange mise en scène: "Ketten" les chaînes sont remplacées par un cordon... À moitie visible, son corps me rappele une pièce de Samuel Beckett! Beau manteau si propre après des mois encarcéré! Cf le prisionnier dans les film "Bronson" ;p
He is wonderful in every way. His timbre and interpretation is similar to Vickers. Seeing some of these opera singers with long hair makes me a little sad that I cut mine.
Thanks for your answer. I heard Heppner after receiving it in youtube - but regrettable I don't like the pressure in his voice - his singing seems rather strained. Jonas Kaufmann may have sometimes some constriction in his throat but in his height he seems never to have difficulties. Also the interpretation of Heppner cannot not be compared with Kaufmann - his play is very good, too. But this is only my point of view.
Perhaps you are hearing Herr Kaufmann through "nice amber-colored" glasses". To other ears, however, there might be little to remind of Tauber in the Kaufmann voice. Both are tenors and both are unique.
@mariorussi2010 If he's a baritone then Pavarotti was a coloratura soprano! The only baritone that could sing a high C was Leonard Warren who I had the privilige to sing with many times.
Heartbreakingly gorgeous. Oh Beethoven! And Kaufmann....! Is this from the Zurich production which is on DVD??? Because after this, I desperately want to see this redeemed in "O namenlose Freude!" :)
Jonas Kaufmann was amazing then and he's amazing still, in 2024. I've never heard a better Floristan. I don't think I ever will.
Habe NIE einen besseren Florestan Sänger-Darsteller gehört und gesehen! Bravi Jonas!!!
I think we need to let Jonas Kaufmann worry about what is good for him and his voice. If you listen to his interviews you understand why he does what he does. When I first heard him sing this on CD it hit me like a ton of bricks. It was so heart breaking for me that I could not listen to it again for some time and would have to leave the room when this aria was next in line on the CD. Herr Kaufmann is an artist par excellence first and foremost in my humble opinion.
Looks like he‘s singing Tristan with Harteros in 2021. Couldn‘t be doing everything wrong!
So begabt natürlich auch mit viel Fleiß sowie ein wunderbarer Fröhlicher Mensch mit Respekt da möchte ich nur für Sie und Ihrer Familie Gesundheit wünschen
Makes me cry whenever I listen! ❤
Who knows a better Florestan of our times? In expression and voice really deeply moving. Stunning!
Still true in 2024 - this performance is so moving and beautifully interpreted.
I think Kaufmann is awesome here in this aria. I am very impressed with this singer over all. I have found his Italian and French roles very good and his voice to be full rich and powerful. Hearing him sing in German however is a revelation. He may not be Melchior but he's damn good. His appearances in the Ring were so EXCITING!
In my humble opinion, he is the best of the best!
I think he's great. Lovely warm Voice, great interpretation of his roles, perfect acting. If you don't like him, way do you listen? Leave that to those who enjoy it.
This is something amazing!
Bravo, Bravissimo!!! His voice, his interpretation, and his act. The one who cannot appreciate this For whom I feel so sorry. He is among the greatest of all time, or the greatest ever.
Bravo Jonas !!! Qui pourrait interpréter ce rôle mieux que lui ? Personne !! Il est vraiment le plus grand ténor actuel ! Il me bouleverse !!!
Magnifica interpretación ,Jonas Kaufmann extraordinario..
Une incarnation définitive. Un sommet dans l'histoire des grands chanteurs de ce rôle ingrat.
Pour rire: ce rôle lui va même si bien, qu'il n'a pas besoin de changer d'aspect: toujours mal rasé, toujours mal coiffé, c'est un Florestan dans l'âme!
Certainement la meilleure de notre époque. Avant lui, il y a eu John Vickers qui demeure inoubliable.
interprétation magistrale qu'elle émotion merci MR KAUFMANN pour ces intants de pur bonheur
Magistral interpretación. ""Jonas Kaufmann"" siempre genial
Il faut accepter les imperfections (ou les fatigues en l'occurrence) de ce musicien d'exception; c'est une signature, une intelligence... Magnifique!
Happy birthday Jonas!🎂🥂🎶🎵❤️❤️❤️
I have a new found respect for this opera after seeing this. It's wonderful!
Desde que le descubri en DVD en cine Lamento no haberlo hecho antes y tambien asistir a su recital del Winteraiser en El Liceo no tan solo siento una gran admiracion por esta hermosa romantica y sensual manera de cantar y su timbre de voz sino por toda su persona ADORO a este hombre Gracias por existir y hacernos tan felices
Siento lo mismo. LO malo es que apenas viene a España y viajar a verlo no es para todos los bolsillos.
Magnifique et touchant merci Jonas.
Has descrito mi sentir, con bellas palabras. Gracias.
Jonas Kaufmann ist der beste deutsche Tenor. Seine Stimme ist sehr variabel und angenehm. Ein Glück, dass wir ihn haben!!!!
And you are still lucky - ten years later!
So unglaublich wahrhaftig - das IST Florestan, nicht ein "Schauspieler" - es gibt keinen Besseren, auch nach 20 Jahren nicht !!! Die Stimme dringt bis in die Seele... auch wenn die 'Farbe', das Timbre, sich (natuerlich!) veraendert haben. Die Emotion, die Waerme sind gleich geblieben...❤
i dig italian tenors -- heard them all for fifty years -- but i am not gong to dispute with anyone who says that this fantastic young man is the best tenor in the world -- end of story!!!!!
one of the finest tenors alive today! what a voice!
Jonas Kaufmann's interpretation of this aria is beautiful-heartbreaking no matter how many times you listen to it
Jonas is the bet of the bests. He has many colors. His interpretation is perfect regardless of what he sings
Jonas Kaufmann ist ein großer Sänger und ein wunderbarer Darsteller.
so schön!
Fantasztikus szineszi teljesitmeny!
BRAVO, Jonas!!!!!
Jonas Kaufmann is probably the best tenor of the world today :)
Agree !
Magnifico...Kaufman...Supremo!!!!
Just outstanding! In my opinion, the greatest tenor in all times!
Wonderful!!! he's the best Tenor of the world, it's a dramatic voice!! Kaufmann rulezz!!
Zo mooi gezongen en geacteerd,dit wordt je nooit beu.
Jonas Kaufman interpreta magistralmente un Aria de Fidelio.
Francisco Ferrer Galiana
Extraordinary great rendition! One of the best I have heard. This is a master interpretation in every aspect, vocally, musically and characterization. Jonas Kaufmann demonstrates here that high quality standards for opera singers are possible even nowadays. Thanks for posting it.
Csodálatos
Dies ist eine außerordentliche Darstellung der Szene, sowohl stimmlich als auch dramatisch-schauspielerisch. Ein überzeugender und sehr beeindruckender Florestan!
Un ténor qui me fait passer toujours une grande émotion quelque soit le rôle qu'il chante !
Ihre Kommentare sind einfach ätzend! Traurig, wenn man sich nicht mehr unvoreingenommen über eine wunderbare Stimme und Darbietung freuen kann!
Jonas Kaufmann est habité par son personnage, sa voix est parfaitement adaptée à la souffrance de Fidelio et à la musique de l’immense Beethoven.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Listen to his Cd of Strauss Lieder. impressionnant. His pianisimo in some as Nacht and some others Lieder, oh! l love this singer.
His florestan is so dram and his expression so great, he makes me cry..First line tenor.
The internet does not do him justice- his live performances are hair-raising. Bravo!
In seiner Höchstform...unglaublich!
Seelenfänger.
ART!
Боже, как ты бываешь щедр! Йонас- талант, голос, внешность! Все сложилось. Восхитительно!
oh ! que oui une voix exeptionelle
thank goodness someone knows what he's talking about! I am not particularly fond of Jonas's VOICE but ... I cannot stop listen to him for the ease of sound and how he manages everything!
magistral, bravo maestro Kaufmann
Endlich ein deutcher Welttenor. Er ist großaartig, in jeder Hinsicht. I'M German and heard him for the first time in this very difficult aria.He is great in every kind of singing and acting. I'm proud. I'm also a very great fan of J.D.Florez(tenore di grazia) and I think, this 2 tenors are the best in the world at the moment.
Me sorprendió Jonas Kaufmann en Berlin, espectacular voz y presentación final, alli tambien canto con Anna Netrebko
LA référence du Chant pour longtemps: J. Kaufman. M aitrise absolue de sa voix au timbre unique et envoûtant, technique éblouissante, acteur tragique, libre dans le corps dese rôles, un astre bouleversant.
Gut, dass es enen so intelligenten, niveauvollen Sänger gibt. Seine Variationsbreite ist unglaublich. Von Mozart bis Wagner. Verdi und Puccini nicht vergessen. Er möge unendliche Jahre gesund und aktiv bleiben. So ein Geschenk für das Publikum ist sehr selten.
Thank you very much for posting. At last a visually credible Florestan, not a big fat bloke to make me laugh when I hear he is starving to death!! I have ordered the dvd of Fidelio after seeing and hearing this. Beautiful voice, beautiful man, great acting. Thank you again for helping me to choose which dvd to buy.
Люблю каждый образ созданный Йонасом Великолепным ... Они убедительны , восхитительны и экспрессивны !!!❤️❤️❤️
Bravo Jonas que gran voz Es hun gran adtor Maestro
I have nevere heard such a Florestan since the great Jon Vickers!. By the way their voices are quite similar:heroic, powerfull, beaultifull! Bravissimo!
bravissimo!! bravissimo!! e bravissimo!!!
La caracterizacion del FLORESTAN es tan conmovedora como esplendido su canto.Su siempre vehemente entrega al personaje lo convierte en un artista Unlco que transporta al oyente hacia un mundo fascinante. Gracias JONAS KAUFMANN por este triste y bello Florestan.
EXQUSITO
Потрясающеڰۣ✿Браво...Браво:)
Jonas Kaufmann is maybe the best in his period
El mejor Florestan,s aria que he he escuchado!!!
Ich denke, diejenigen, die Kaufmann nicht mögen, sind an ein Timbre gewöhnt, das er nicht bietet. Vergleiche sind müßig, vor allem mit Sängern, die schon lange der Vergangenheit angehören. Dieses ewige "Ja, aber der und der" sollte aufhören. Kaufmann macht seine Sache hervorragend, gestaltet, versteht, worum es geht. Vorbildlich.
J
He's definitely not a baritone. There is a video here of him singing Un'aura amorosa when he was young. At least he had a more typical tenor voice at that time. I think he is a wonderful singer. He can instill a lot of manliness into a role. Whatever his singing technique he is using it seems to suit him. He is just very strong, and that allows him to support his dark voice in a high tessitura and not hurting his voice.
STUPENDO!!!!!!!!!
O DIO
MARAVILLOSO
Indudablemente su voz es perfecta para el Florestan de Fidelio. La música de Beethoven es justamente la apropiada para esta clase de timbre fuerte enérgico y muy dramático. Bravo por Jonas!!!!
Best Florestan!
All of it Jonas Kaufmann has, beauty, acting and of cousre singing. Incomparable. All from the heart.And this all thanks to Ludwig van Beethoven.
He is the best ❣️ 🌹 ❣️
Some are really crazy. Poor bodiloto
Jonas is with Wickers one of the best Florestan. Control of voice, colour, dolor, and hope in his voice.
Whoa My God.
oh come on... He is a magnificent artist. Vickers Florestan is different but he had done the role for years! Kaufmann is not just another tenor, listen to the recordings of Manon in chicago 2008. He does le reve des grieux more musically and beautifully than I have ever heard...
Enfin... Cela faisait longtemps que je vous attendais...
And this is the best of the best today. Sigh.....
Yes, yes, yes!!!
Wynne Chan well some like tight vocal production and singing in the back of the oral cavity/throat.
his the best
Brabo guapisimo
Bravo!!!
Ja , das ist wirklich ausserordentlich:Beethoven, Harnoncourt und Jonas Kaufmann.
diese Interpretation ist auch viel besser , als die aktuelle in Salzburg.
Susanne Bentzien kkkki
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Jonas Kaufmann, l'homme qu'il faut pour chanter Florestan, dans l'opéra qu'il faut, avec Beethoven... qu'il faut à notre époque ... Pièce unique .
Merci à Leonorafl pour le post .
Goooooooot ....
He had very good teachers Hotter, King... This is a great tenor no problems and if we start looking the way he sings, all tenores even Damingo , Pavarotti and.... com They al have something. Jonas is great and good looking thanks. thanks.
@GERMANYFrankie Melchior was different kind of voice.He was a heldentenor, all he sang was Wagner (he sang it better than anybody).Kaufmann is a lyric tenor, and sings repertoire as diverse as Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Gounod, and Wagner.Very few tenors today with as good technique as Kaufmann today.Beczala, Calleja, Vargas, Alagna, Antonenko all excelent singers.None of them have the combination of musical sensitivity, dramatic flair, virility, and stage presence as Kaufmann.
Ach Gott ist der schoen und singen kann er auch.
bravo ! Jonas !
richtig erkannt.wenigstens einer hier!
Nice amber-colored dark voice, similar to Richard Tauber, but without Tauber's mannerisms which is nice. He seems to be a good actor as well. His new CD is quite good, especially in the French repertoire.
"Wahrheit wagt ich kühn zu sagen, und die Ketten sind mein Lohn." Hoffen wir mal, dass er daraus lernt :-D
Er ist jetzt der Groööööößte !!!!
Alles andere ist nur Neid !!!
@GERMANYFrankie please post your rendition of this aria! I would love to hear this aria "much better" than Kaufmann sang it here! I eagerly await your recording!
Ottimo !
Luigi Zacco Giovanelli
davvero ?...
Très bel emploi vocal.
Étrange mise en scène: "Ketten" les chaînes sont remplacées par un cordon...
À moitie visible, son corps me rappele une pièce de Samuel Beckett!
Beau manteau si propre après des mois encarcéré! Cf le prisionnier dans les film "Bronson" ;p
He is wonderful in every way. His timbre and interpretation is similar to Vickers. Seeing some of these opera singers with long hair makes me a little sad that I cut mine.
Good!
Because nobody has yet offered him to sing it. It's on his wish list.
Thanks for your answer. I heard Heppner after receiving it in youtube - but regrettable I don't like the pressure in his voice - his singing seems rather strained. Jonas Kaufmann may have sometimes some constriction in his throat but in his height he seems never to have difficulties. Also the interpretation of Heppner cannot not be compared with Kaufmann - his play is very good, too. But this is only my point of view.
Perhaps you are hearing Herr Kaufmann through "nice amber-colored" glasses". To other ears, however, there might be little to remind of Tauber in the Kaufmann voice. Both are tenors and both are unique.
Zijn stem ontroert me telkens opnieuw!!
OOoo. I think he sounds like Vickers too. Cool.
je suis dáccord avec Jutta Joines.
Fantástico jk joven y sensible,
Hay, pilar paco, JK, joven, y, bueno, aquí, en estos lares, es, el Jonas, y el alemán, siendo yo peor, que, el alemán, usted, es patético!!!
@mariorussi2010 If he's a baritone then Pavarotti was a coloratura soprano! The only baritone that could sing a high C was Leonard Warren who I had the privilige to sing with many times.
Heartbreakingly gorgeous. Oh Beethoven! And Kaufmann....! Is this from the Zurich production which is on DVD??? Because after this, I desperately want to see this redeemed in "O namenlose Freude!" :)