Jonas Kaufmann
The DVD "You are the world to me" - “Live Performance from Berlin" has been released to accompany the release of the new CD of the same title. Jonas dedicates an evening to the glorious melodies made famous by the great tenorsBerlin's legendary golden age.
It is a live performance from Berlin's majestic radio studios in Nalepa Street.
This DVD release also includes the TV documentary entitled "Berlin 1930". Here Kaufmann follows in the footsteps of the great singers and composers who define this unforgettable epoch's own personal exploration of old Berlin, together with a series of private interviews, provides a fascinating picture of the social and political currents which are reflected in this music and in the lives of the musicians of the time.
10 things you didn’t know about the tenor everyone’s talking about:
Jonas Kaufmann
1. He studied mathematics at university (but found it very boring!)
2. He has a penchant for gummi bears and shortbread
3. He once lost his voice on stage (which prompted a career turnaround, taking him from a lighter, lyric tenor voice to a heavier, spinto or dramatic tenor voice)
4. He recently recorded several songs that Wagner actually intended for the female voice
5. He doesn’t want to go on singing forever
6. He is booked up to five years ahead
7. He avoided singing the famous ‘Nessun Dorma’ aria from Turandot for many years: first because he only wanted to sing it perfectly, and then because everyone else was doing it!
8. He has three children
9. He started piano lessons at eight years old
10. His grandfather loved Wagner, and used to play his music on the piano while singing all the parts (including the female ones!)
The DVD "You are the world to me" - “Live Performance from Berlin" has been released to accompany the release of the new CD of the same title. Jonas dedicates an evening to the glorious melodies made famous by the great tenorsBerlin's legendary golden age.
It is a live performance from Berlin's majestic radio studios in Nalepa Street.
This DVD release also includes the TV documentary entitled "Berlin 1930". Here Kaufmann follows in the footsteps of the great singers and composers who define this unforgettable epoch's own personal exploration of old Berlin, together with a series of private interviews, provides a fascinating picture of the social and political currents which are reflected in this music and in the lives of the musicians of the time.
10 things you didn’t know about the tenor everyone’s talking about:
Jonas Kaufmann
1. He studied mathematics at university (but found it very boring!)
2. He has a penchant for gummi bears and shortbread
3. He once lost his voice on stage (which prompted a career turnaround, taking him from a lighter, lyric tenor voice to a heavier, spinto or dramatic tenor voice)
4. He recently recorded several songs that Wagner actually intended for the female voice
5. He doesn’t want to go on singing forever
6. He is booked up to five years ahead
7. He avoided singing the famous ‘Nessun Dorma’ aria from Turandot for many years: first because he only wanted to sing it perfectly, and then because everyone else was doing it!
8. He has three children
9. He started piano lessons at eight years old
10. His grandfather loved Wagner, and used to play his music on the piano while singing all the parts (including the female ones!)
