"A leading figure at the
Zurich Opera House, Kaufmann is arguably the finest tenor Germany has
produced in the past half-century," wrote Tim Ashley for
guardian.co.uk.
Jonas Kaufmann will be doing a CD signing on Monday 15th November 2010 at approx. 3pm in the Royal Opera House, London shop. twitter/deccaclassics
"A new recording of Humperdinck's rarely
heard Königskinder allows us to say farewell to Armin Jordan,
the Swiss conductor who recently died.
I was present at the concert in July 2005
of which this is the aural souvenir, and it is as magical just listening
at home as it was in the concert hall. It is difficult to imagine the
work on stage, particularly the first act in which the geese
participate, but there is too much wonderful music to let this opera
just fade away. Ofelia Sala's Goose Girl and Jonas Kaufmann's Prince are
touching lovers, singing in honeyed tones, the microphones allowing us
to hear some extra vibrato on her high notes that was not noticeable in
the hall, while he is clearly on his way towards the lighter Wagnerian
heroes."--Joel Kasow,
culturekiosque.com