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The Independent, 7 September 2013 |
Andy Gill |
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The Best of Jonas Kaufmann |
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now acknowledged as a modern master of Wagnerian interpretation, Jonas
Kaufmann first made his reputation playing a range of French and German
operatic heroes for conductors such as Abbado, Pappano and Gardiner.
This compilation follows his progress from Verdi and Puccini to Strauss and
Wagner, and the full range of his characterisation is well represented: in
“Vesti la giubba”, he’s a distraught Pagliacci staring into the mirror of
his soul; in “Che gelida manina”, the tenderest of spirited seducers. But
perhaps the most impressive example of his ability to inhabit a role is in
“Io l’ho perduta!”, where his beautiful fading “Ahime!” in the closing line
conveys all the wretched despair of Don Carlo’s betrayal.
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