My blogging sabbatical away from politics continues, but here’s some operatic tragedy for the weekly opera fix, with Bryn & Jonas,
Related: ‘Tosca’ Pauses When a Diva Misses Her Cue on Vienna Stage
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My blogging sabbatical away from politics continues, but here’s some operatic tragedy for the weekly opera fix, with Bryn & Jonas,
Related: ‘Tosca’ Pauses When a Diva Misses Her Cue on Vienna Stage
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Interview in English with French subtitles,
Lohengrin, La Scala, 2012. Daniel Barenboim conducting:
Act 1,
Act 2,
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First, prime Jonas, Wiener Opernball 2017,
and with full timpani, Dein ist mein ganzes Herz,
Plus three “Making of” videos,
Dolce Vita,
L’Opéra
You Mean the World to Me
Dear friends, it is such a pleasure to tell you that my new album L’Opéra is now available worldwide! Get it here: https://t.co/Z9jclwMLL1 pic.twitter.com/kZUOcbqZqq
— Jonas Kaufmann (@tenorkaufmann) September 15, 2017
All three available at a great price, (great review of the latest here),
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La Fanciulla del West,
Nina Stemme – Minnie
Tomasz Konieczny – Sheriff Jack Rance
Jonas Kaufmann – Dick Johnson (Ramerrez)
Norbert Ernst – Nick
Paolo Rumetz – Ashby
Boaz Daniel – Sonora
Michael Roider – Trin
Hans Peter Kammerer – Sid
Tae-Joong Yang – Bello
Peter Jelosits – Harry
Carlos Osuna – Joe
Clemens Unterreiner – Happy
Il Hong – Larkens
Jongmin Park – Billy Jackrabbit
Juliette Mars – Wowkle
Alessio Arduini – Jake Wallace
Alessio Arduini – José Castro
Wolfram Igor Derntl – Postillion
Wienes Staatsoper Orchester
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
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My closing was delayed and I’m still in transit, but here’s Jonas,
From the YouTube description,
In memory of the great Richard Wagner and mindful of their own Wagner tradition, the Staatskapelle Dresden staged this glittering gala concert in the Semperoper on the eve of Richard Wagner’s bicentenary. They were directed by their principal conductor Christian Thielemann, indisputably one of the great Wagner conductors of our time, and he was joined by the hottest young heroic tenor of recent years, Jonas Kaufmann. The programme features the overtures to the Wagner operas written and premiered in Dresden – 1842 Rienzi, 1843 The Flying Dutchman and 1845 Tannhäuser – as well as great tenor scenes from Rienzi, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin. Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann was celebrated with bravos and tumultuous applause – as were the musicians and Thielemann