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Lovely interview; you are so gifted Jonas, not only with your extraordinary voice and personality but your perfect command of many languages. Thank you Maestro Pappano for letting us know some more of the extraordinary work involved in order to perform such wonderful presentations

This is an artistic power-couple of epic proportions! Simply stunning to hear such intelligence and passion from both conductor and singer and then to witness such operatic genius from JK. There is finding oneself in the tennis-era of a once-in-a-lifetime Federer...and then being in the opera-era of a once-in-an-epoch Kaufmann - such sheer joy and privilege.

So very wonderful to hear Antonio & Jonas describe these operas and experiences in such beautiful detail. It brought me a very special and important dimension of appreciation to experience their amazing expertise. So rare!

A true pleasure to hear a superb tenor discuss his roles with such intelligence, passion, and eloquence.

Stimulating and enjoyable interview. I love Jonas Kaufmann, his talent, his wonderful voice, his sympathy and his extraordinary ability to speak different languages so well. Thank you maestro Pappano.

Hearing and looking at these two fantastic musicians and friends is wonderful! Long live for Jonas and sir Tony!!! thank you ROH for sharing!

Please keep these coming! I love hearing Maestro Pappano

Капец, какой приятный человек в общении. Такая высота и такая простота! Красавчик!!!

Wonderful conversation of two of my favorite musicians. i love color of Jonas' voice and artistic technique to express emotions. Bravi, Antonio Pappano and Jonas Kaufmann !!!

I love listening to these two greats of music. It is always so interesting to hear what they have to say. Jonas is my favourite tenor and I admire Tony Pappano very much. He’s a great maestro! Thank you for posting.

Ich habe dieses Interview wahrlich genossen. Danke schön Lieber Jonas.

Marvelous Duet between you both ~! Jonas is my go to ! HIs Voice and Artistry. SUBLIME ! Thank you for this gift of an interview.

Csodálatos tenor. és remek kedves intelligens ember! Köszönöm hogy van nekünk.🌹👍

This was wonderful, thank you so much! And the bambino in the background in the beginning made it so real. Thank you Maestri - you are my heroes!

My goodness how I enjoyed this interview. Jonas and indeed Tony love for their music and help us to understand the feelings that the opera is trying g to convey to us. What talented, clever musicians they are. Thank you so much for giving us this interview during this dreadful time for us all. Keep safe x

Thanks! Congratulations , wonderful!!..🎼👏👏👏🌹🌹💫

Merci ROH...! pour cette entrevue intéressante entre 2 grands de l'opéra. Jonas Kaufmann mon ténor préféré et le Maestro Antonio Pappano. Longue vie à vous 2, afin de nous charmer encore longtemps. Canada (Québec, Montréal)

Thank you so much for this amazing conversation.

Maravilloso Otello , Londres 2017 su más bella interpretación vocal y escenicamente ..👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💖🌹🌹🌹

Wonderful conversation, thank you for sharing!

What a wonderful interview. Thank you so very much

Enlightening interchange between 2 artists - love it

Thank you for sharing, ROH, sir Tony Pappano, Jonas Kaufmann 👍💐💖

Fascinating interview with great insights from 2 master performers 😍. I have no issue with any promo for the new Otello!

Thank you for this wonderful interview and music - a well needed reminder of great nights out at Covent Garden.

Exciting and wondrous duo

So wonderful to hear both this 2 geniuses to talk about their love for music and to give us an understanding of what they do so beautifully.thank you so much. 5:00

Art and its Beauty, can dominate any Regime and any Dogma!!..The great Artists and their Eternal Life!.. ART! 🎼👏👏👏🌹🌹🌹

Merci, quel privilège de vous écouter tous les deux. Entrevue tellement interessant

DOS GRANDES!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Great! God bless you! ❤️❤️

Pappano is great, but I'm so grateful to live in a time when such a great artist as Kaufmann is in his prime. I have tickets to see him in October in New York, in the staging of Schwanengesang, but I don't expect those concerts to happen, so seeing this interview is a bit of compensation.

Thanks for doing this. Much appreciated.

A wondrous duo

Thank you, that was really interesting.

Yes, indeed I agree that French is a beautiful language to sing it! Of course Jonas sings French lyrics with masterful skill. A truly disciplined performer.

Both top capacities💚👏

Какой молодец Кауфман что разговаривает свободно на нескольких языках и еще так великолепно поет. Дай бог ему здоровья чтобы мы могли долго наслаждаться его пением!

amazing interview from both sides.and mr pappano has absolutely right if you have amazing high notes its ok to holde them longer like corelli

This is such a fantastic interview. It was Jonas Kaufmann singing "Donna Non Vidi Mai" which turned me into a devoted fan. Discovering his performance of the other roles was exhilerating. His Andrea Chenier is glorious - I am so looking forward to seeing him perform this again in London 2024. His Don Carlo is gorgeous, his Otello is magnificent. I was recommended by a wonderful opera director to research other versions of Othello - just for fun and interest. Jon Vickers is really great, Domingo is emotional but Jonas? Jonas is the greatest of all. His Esultate is, wow! He's got all the drama, vocal dexterity, strength and emotions of all the other voices contained in his single, wonderful, voice. I'd never seen The Force of Destiny before, but I was blown away by this version. I've since looked at other performances but I this the best version I've ever seen, and is so very moving. And, my God, his Florestan is so brilliant. Had me in tears. Bravo Jonas and Bravo Antonio Pappano

Thanks

Jonas’ voice is just transcendental what more can one want in a tenor (except maybe Siegfried)

Wonderful 🖤

I agree with Kauffman that French is a more attractive language to sing than German or English. I would add that, in my opinion, Italian & Spanish are even more attractive.

Pappano sounds like a tenor, too!

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When was it recorded?

Great interview, but Jonas please don't bump the camera.

❤❤❤

Genius ❤

Két kedvencem !

Love being schooled ♥️👍🙏

How about Turandot? Jonas would make a perfect Calaf.

One of my Friends is critic to Jonas"r", that he can't avoid avoiding like Raus!. But I easily pardon him, He's got an interpretation that brings teras to my eyes

Surprised to hear Kaufmann doesn't have that typical German accent when speaking English.

Maestro Pappano’s speaking voice sounds very much like Quentin Tarantino’s hahaha

Pappano thinking that nasal vowels add a nice resonance to the sound is the best example possible of why he's completely clueless about singing, and is the human embodiment of everything wrong with opera conductors today.

avec la traduction c'est mieux Jonas ! bisous !

Francesco DEMURO è il meglio di tutti i tenori

The voice sounds like it is caught in the throat ! Pressed larynx which makes the sound strangled ! Every time I hear him at the Met ,I feel the sound does not come out into the Opera House . He sings with great feeling but the vocal production is all wrong !! I think he already knows what I am talking about ! AMG

Жаль что нет субтитров на русском!

I know Kaufmann is a very good singer, but sometimes, the tell us why you are so wonderful interviewing style is a bit much.

Doesn't anybody hear the horrible high B at 00:45? Is this normal now? No standards at all?

Поет " широко " ,тупо...Такой голос далеко не полетит ...!

Poor promo for their newest album which is an overall disappointment, to be polite... To have a succesful release you need to have a complete strong cast (not focus only on one singer, Otello) and then sadly Herr Kaufmann does not have the vocal strength nor the colors for Otello (as he was never a Radames in Aida...). This is sadly what happens also to other singers, performing unsuitable repertoire and then struggling to sing again. Out of Mr Kaufmann’s 10-14 year career as a star (very little in comparison to other fellow singers), he has already had an overall 2 year break or more, so it is really a pitty that this is what is considered today’s best... Wondering also how is this video supported by Rolex? It’s a recorded conversation with footage from his past performances after all, so what’s the support?