Name: L'Opéra
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Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls.... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 15th Sep 2017
Catalogue No: 88985390762
Label: Sony
Length: 73 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

15th September 2017
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2017
International Opera Awards

2018

Nominated - Solo Recital

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Excerpt, Gounod: Roméo et Juliette

Work length6:10

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"L'amour... Ah! Lève-toi, soleil!"

Track length6:10

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Excerpt, Massenet: Werther

Work length3:45

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Traduire... Ah! bien souvent...Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps?"

Track length3:45

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Excerpt, Thomas, Ambroise: Mignon

Work length4:16

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Elle ne croyait pas, dans sa candeur naïve"

Track length4:16

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Excerpt, Bizet: Carmen

Work length4:20

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Je le veux, Carmen... La fleur que tu m'avais jetée"

Track length4:20

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Excerpt, Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles

Work length8:14

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Ludovic Tézier (baritone), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"C'est toi, toi qu'enfin je revois!... Au fond du temple saint"

Track length8:14

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Excerpt, Lalo: Le roi d'Ys

Work length3:06

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Puisqu'on ne peut fléchir... Vainement, ma bien-aimée"

Track length3:06

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Excerpt, Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Work length3:17

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Ô Dieu, de quelle ivresse"

Track length3:17

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Excerpt, Meyerbeer: L'Africaine

Work length3:25

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Pays merveilleux!... Ô paradis"

Track length3:25

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Excerpt, Massenet: Manon

Work length4:56

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Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Enfin, Manon, nous voilà seuls ensemble!... En fermant les yeux, je vois là-bas"

Track length4:56

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Excerpt, Massenet: Manon

Work length7:58

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Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Toi! Vous!... N'est-ce plus ma main que cette main presse?"

Track length7:58

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Excerpt, Massenet: Le Cid

Work length5:06

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Ah! tout est bien fini!... Ô souverain, ô juge, ô père"

Track length5:06

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Excerpt, Halévy: La Juive

Work length6:24

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Rachel, quand du Seigneur"

Track length6:24

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Excerpt, Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24

Work length5:51

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Merci, doux crépuscule!"

Track length5:51

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Excerpt, Berlioz: Les Troyens

Work length7:10

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Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Bertrand de Billy

"Inutiles regrets! Je dois quitter Carthage!"

Track length7:10

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Recording of the Week, Jonas Kaufmann sings French operatic arias

15th September 2017

Katherine enjoys the star tenor's collection of French gems, with the Bayerisches Staatsorchester and Bertrand de Billy.

Jonas Kaufmann pays homage to a magnificent era of opera that defined musical splendor and elegance, in his new album of 19th-century French opera arias and duets. His selection of music for tenor spans this momentous period, starting with “Rachel, quand du Seigneur” from Halévy’s La Juive (1835), through two of Bizet’s greatest works, “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” from Carmen (1875) and “Au fond du temple saint” from Les Pêcheurs de perles (1863), by way of Gounod’s “Ah! lève-toi, soleil!” from Roméo et Juliette (1867) and ending with the latest aria “Pourquoi me réveiller” from Massenet’s masterpiece Werther (1892). Plus many more along the way. “The French operatic repertory is very close to my heart,” says Kaufmann. “This fascinating music reflects a unique period in European culture. I didn’t want to choose only highlights for this album but also works and roles that have been key experiences for me. Wilhelm Meister in Mignon, for example, was my first major French role – I sang it in Toulouse in 2001. Carmen and Werther helped to open doors for me. The fact that I sang my first Werther at the Paris Opéra of all places, as a German surrounded by a French ensemble, was undoubtedly rather risky, but I had some excellent guides to help me: répétiteurs, colleagues, conductors and, not least, the recordings of the legendary French tenor Georges Thill.”

Reviews

Christmas 2017

Kaufmann is a consummate artist who rethinks everything that he sings…You can almost forgive the hooded, crooner-like tone that [he] favours when his characters are interrogating their souls. At last comes the best. Two magnificent numbers from Berlioz…You can happily exchange a slightly uncertain opening phrase in the aria from Les Troyens for the muscular hero caught between love and duty who emerges a moment later.

October 2017

Some of the finest singing on the disc comes in the duets. Kaufmann is joined by the classy French baritone Ludovic Tézier for the duet from The Pearl Fishers, their voices blending like coffee and cream, while Sonya Yoncheva is a delicious temptress in an excerpt from Massenet’s Manon.

15th September 2017

To my mind, the finest recording he’s made in a decade...it’s the tantalising glimpses of roles which may never feature in Kaufmann’s stage repertoire that are the real plums of this album for me: Berlioz’s Énee, Meyerbeer’s Vasco de Gama and Rodrigue from Massenet’s Le Cid bear testimony to a voice that’s ageing quite spectacularly.

1st October 2017

Favourites such as the Flower Song from Carmen, Roméo’s Ah! Lève-toi, soleil (Gounod) and Faust’s Merci, doux crépuscule (Berlioz) are sung with dark, thrilling tone, and he is responsive to dynamics. There’s a hint of strain in Massenet’s Manon duet with Yoncheva, but he floats airy head voice in the Pearl Fishers duet with Tézier.

8th September 2017

There should be no carping at his finely judged phrasing, his psychological acuity and, when he hits a sweet spot, sheer seductive swagger. His and Tézier’s searing delivery of the famous duet from Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers is as good as any you will hear on record...As the repertoire gets heavier, so the album builds to a terrific climax.

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