#anna maria kaufmann

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Hi Anea! I've always wondered what the Star Princess makeup looks like? I've seen Patti Cohenour's dark blue eyeshadow and it looks interesting. Thank you!!!

I would say that the makeup here is whatever the Christine actress wears in the rest of the show, as it really isn't any time to adjust the makeup after Masquerade.

That said, the earlier Christines wore heavier makeup than what's seen on most Christines today. They "pancaked" their face more, with heavier and paler foundation, and they wore more eye makeup. It started out with very blue eyeshadow - a true child of the 1980s - as seen on Sarah Brightmana and Claire Moore in West End, in many of the early Japanese Christines, the early Hamburg Christines etc. Here's Sarah Brightman:

And Claire Moore:

Anna Maria Kaufmann in Hamburg:

Kyoko Suzuki in Japan:

(not sure if this is indeed Kyoko Suzuki, but it does at least show the quite blue eye-makeup with the Star Princess costume):

In the original Broadway production they did instead do heavier "smoky eye" makeup. This was also implanted into the West End production, as well as the Australian. It means Claire Moore went from the very blue eyeshadow above and to this:

Ditto for Sarah Brightman on Broadway:

And thus also Patti Cohenour:

She also kept a dark makeup for her Canadian run, but I would say it was a tad lighter than her Broadway run. More light areas on the eyelid, in sync with the other Canadian Christines.

Which again would translate into the Star Princess look. Not that I have a supergood photo of her makeup there, but this cropped blurry fullshow still gives an indication:

I hope that answered your question... If not you did at least get a look of the rare and amazing VERY BLUE EYESHADOW of the 1980s...!

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28 febbraio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2023: Yvonne Constant, attrice, cantante e ballerina francese. Dopo gli esordi come ballerina classica, Yvonne Constant orientò la sua carriera verso il cinema, in cui debuttò nel 1953, e la commedia musicale. La carriera di Constant si è estesa al cinema e alla televisione. Nel 1958 fece il suo debutto a Broadway nella rivista La Plume de Ma Tante.  (n. 1930) 2023: Adriana Ambesi, nota anche con…

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Anna Maria Kaufmann and Peter Hoffman at the launch of the original Hamburg production of The Phantom of the Opera

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Opera on YouTube, Part 2

Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 1973 (Knut Skram, Ileana Cotrubas, Kiri Te Kanawa, Benjamin Luxon; conducted by John Pritchard; English subtitles)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle studio film, 1976 (Hermann Prey, Mirella Freni, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; conducted by Karl Böhm; English subtitles) – Acts I and II, Acts III and IV

Tokyo National Theatre, 1980 (Hermann Prey, Lucia Popp, Gundula Janowitz, Bernd Weikl; conducted by Karl Böhm; Japanese subtitles)

Théâtre du Châtelet, 1993 (Bryn Terfel, Alison Hagley, Hillevi Martinpelto, Rodney Gilfry; conducted by John Eliot Gardiner; Italian subtitles)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera, 1994 (Gerald Finley, Alison Hagley, Renée Fleming, Andreas Schmidt; conducted by Bernard Haitink; English subtitles)

Zürich Opera House, 1996 (Carlos Chaussón, Isabel Rey, Eva Mei, Rodney Gilfry; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; English subtitles)

Berlin State Opera, 2005 (Lauri Vasar, Anna Prohaska, Dorothea Röschmann, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo; conducted by Gustavo Dudamel; French subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 2006 (Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Dorothea Röschmann, Bo Skovhus; conducted by Nikolas Harnoncourt; English subtitles) – Acts I and II, Acts III and IV

Teatro all Scala, 2006 (Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Diana Damrau, Marcella Orasatti Talamanca, Pietro Spagnoli; conducted by Gérard Korsten; English and Italian subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 2015 (Adam Plachetka, Martina Janková, Anett Fritsch, Luca Pisaroni; conducted by Dan Ettinger; no subtitles)

Tosca

Carmine Gallone studio film, 1956 (Franca Duval dubbed by Maria Caniglia, Franco Corelli, Afro Poli dubbed by Giangiacomo Guelfi; conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis; no subtitles)

Gianfranco de Bosio film, 1976 (Raina Kabaivanska, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes; conducted by Bruno Bartoletti; English subtitles)

Metropolitan Opera, 1978 (Shirley Verrett, Luciano Pavarotti, Cornell MacNeil; conducted by James Conlon; no subtitles)

Arena di Verona, 1984 (Eva Marton, Jaume Aragall, Ingvar Wixell; conducted by Daniel Oren; no subtitles)

Teatro Real de Madrid, 2004 (Daniela Dessí, Fabio Armiliato, Ruggero Raimondi; conducted by Maurizio Benini; English subtitles)

Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2011 (Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel; conducted by Antonio Pappano; English subtitles)

Finnish National Opera, 2018 (Ausrinė Stundytė, Andrea Carè, Tuomas Pursio; conducted by Patrick Fournillier; English subtitles)

Teatro alla Scala 2019 (Anna Netrebko, Francesco Meli, Luca Salsi; conducted by Riccardo Chailly; Hungarian subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 2019 (Sondra Radvanovsky, Piotr Beczala, Thomas Hampson; conducted by Marco Armiliato; English subtitles)

Ópera de las Palmas, 2024 (Erika Grimaldi, Piotr Beczala, George Gagnidze; conducted by Ramón Tebar; no subtitles)

Don Giovanni

Salzburg Festival, 1954 (Cesare Siepi, Otto Edelmann, Elisabeth Grümmer, Lisa della Casa; conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler; English subtitles)

Giacomo Vaccari studio film, 1960 (Mario Petri, Sesto Bruscantini, Teresa Stich-Randall, Leyla Gencer; conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli; no subtitles)

Salzburg Festival, 1987 (Samuel Ramey, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Julia Varady; conducted by Herbert von Karajan; no subtitles)

Teatro alla Scala, 1987 (Thomas Allen, Claudio Desderi, Edita Gruberova, Ann Murray; conducted by Riccardo Muti; English subtitles)

Peter Sellars studio film, 1990 (Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry, Dominique Labelle, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson; conducted by Craig Smith; English subtitles)

Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, 1997 (Simon Keenlyside, Bryn Terfel, Carmela Remigio, Anna Caterina Antonacci; conducted by Claudio Abbado; no subtitles) – Act I, Act II

Zürich Opera, 2000 (Rodney Gilfry, László Polgár, Isabel Rey, Cecilia Bartoli; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt; English subtitles)

Festival Aix-en-Provence, 2002 (Peter Mattei, Gilles Cachemaille, Alexandra Deshorties, Mirielle Delunsch; conducted by Daniel Harding; no subtitles)

Teatro Real de Madrid, 2006 (Carlos Álvarez, Lorenzo Regazzo, Maria Bayo, Sonia Ganassi; conducted by Victor Pablo Pérez; English subtitles)

Festival Aix-en-Provence, 2017 (Philippe Sly, Nahuel de Pierro, Eleonora Burratto, Isabel Leonard; conducted by Jérémie Rohrer; English subtitles)

Madama Butterfly

Mario Lanfranchi studio film, 1956 (Anna Moffo, Renato Cioni; conducted by Oliviero de Fabritiis; no subtitles)

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle studio film, 1974 (Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo; conducted by Herbert von Karajan; English subtitles)

New York City Opera, 1982 (Judith Haddon, Jerry Hadley; conducted by Christopher Keene; English subtitles)

Frédéric Mitterand film, 1995 (Ying Huang, Richard Troxell; conducted by James Conlon; English subtitles)

Arena di Verona, 2004 (Fiorenza Cedolins, Marcello Giordani; conducted by Daniel Oren; Spanish subtitles)

Sferisterio Opera Festival, 2009 (Raffaela Angeletti, Massimiliano Pisapia; conducted by Daniele Callegari; no subtitles)

Vienna State Opera, 2017 (Maria José Siri, Murat Karahan; conducted by Jonathan Darlington; no subtitles)

Wichita Grand Opera, 2017 (Yunnie Park, Kirk Dougherty; conducted by Martin Mazik; English subtitles)

Teatro San Carlo, 2019 (Evgenia Muraveva, Saimir Pirgu; conducted by Gabriele Ferro; no subtitles)

Rennes Opera House, 2022 (Karah Son, Angelo Villari; conducted by Rudolf Piehlmayer; French subtitles)

[ethanfreemanappreciation]

In 2011 Ethan briefly returned to the world of Phantom with a series of concerts to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the original Gaston Leroux novel.

Using the music of known Phantom adaptations of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Kopit and Yeston and Ken Hill as well as operatic pieces, the story of Erik and Christine was told by Ethan and Anna Maria Kaufmann (amongst other Christine actresses later in the run.)

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JONAS KAUFMANN

PUCCINI: LOVE AFFAIRS

Tras el fenomenal éxito de su primer álbum de Puccini, nominado a los Grammy en 2015, "Nessun Dorma", Jonas Kaufmann presenta ahora un nuevo álbum de momentos estelares de Puccini con motivo del 2024 aniversario del compositor. Ha seleccionado para la nueva grabación seis grandes dúos y escenas con seis destacadas sopranos.  Legendarias escenas de amor, Love Affairs cargados de emoción.

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"Lo que realmente me atraía era grabar estos dúos tan diferentes con distintas compañeras", dice Kaufmann. "Con casi todas ellas he vivido momentos inolvidables sobre el escenario".

Manon Lescaut está cantada por Anna Netrebko, con quien ha actuado muchas veces a lo largo de su carrera. Este año, el público los ha escuchado juntos en dos producciones de La Gioconda de Ponchielli. Tosca la canta Sonya Yoncheva, que recientemente formó pareja con él en el Arena di Verona. El papel de Butterfly lo canta Maria Agresta, que estará de gira con Kaufmann el próximo mes de octubre con motivo del centenario de Puccini e interpretará parte del repertorio de este álbum. Tras su asombroso éxito en la nueva producción vienesa de Turandot en diciembre de 2023, Asmik Grigorian y Jonas Kaufmann encarnan ahora a los trágicos amantes en Il Tabarro. Y como en las representaciones de la ópera en la Ópera Estatal de Baviera, en Múnich, Malin Byström vuelve a ser aquí su compañera en La Fanciulla del West. El álbum también cuenta con un debut, el de Jonas Kaufmann y Pretty Yende, a los que se escucha juntos por primera vez, en el famoso dúo de amor de La Bohème.

Asher Fisch, director de orquesta del álbum, es un colaborador habitual de Kaufmann: "Nos conocemos desde hace muchos años. Este es también nuestro segundo álbum, después de Dolce Vita, que grabamos en Palermo en 2016. Esta vez fuimos a Bolonia, y a la brillante orquesta del Teatro Comunale, con la que di un concierto hace unos años".

El nuevo álbum también incluye dos de los éxitos tenoriles de Puccini que no aparecieron en el primer álbum de 2015: "Che gelida manina" de La Bohème y "E lucevan le stelle" de Tosca que se estrena hoy y que ya está disponible para escuchar aquí.

Para Jonas Kaufmann, la música de Puccini es y sigue siendo un fenómeno único: "Los botones que pulsa con su música siguen funcionando, cien años después de su muerte, y lo hacen en una sociedad moderna completamente hastiada de una avalancha interminable de malas noticias y experiencias. Se ha escrito mucho sobre Puccini, pero, en mi opinión, nadie ha sido capaz de explicar cómo consiguió evocar emociones tan increíblemente poderosas con apenas unas notas. Eso es un misterio que probablemente ninguna IA del mundo pueda comprender". 

PUCCINI: LOVE AFFAIRS SALDRÁ A LA VENTA EL 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE EN FORMATO CD DE LUJO EDICIÓN LIMITADA Y ESTÁNDAR Y EN TODAS LAS PLATAFORMAS DIGITALES.

RESÉRVALO YA

Tracklist:

Giacomo Puccini 1858–1924

     La bohème (Act I, Rodolfo & Mimì)

        Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica

1      “O soave fanciulla”                                                                                                                

        with Pretty Yende

        Manon Lescaut (Act II, Manon & Des Grieux)

        Libretto: Domenico Oliva, Giulio Ricordi, Luigi Illica & Marco Praga

2      “Tu, tu, amore? Tu?”                                                                                                             

        with Anna Netrebko

     Tosca (Act I, Tosca & Cavaradossi)

        Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica

3      “Mario!” – “Son qui!”                                                                                                            

4      “Ah, quegli occhi!” – “Qual occhio al mondo”                                                                      

        with Sonya Yoncheva

        La fanciulla del West (Act I, Minnie, Johnson, Nick)

        Libretto: Guelfo Civinini & Carlo Zangarini

5      “Mister Johnson, siete rimasto indietro”                                                                              

6      “Quello che tacete”                                                                                                               

        with Malin Byström

        Il tabarro (Giorgetta & Luigi)

        Libretto: Giuseppe Adami

7      “O Luigi! Luigi! … Dimmi: perché gli hai chiesto”                                                                  

        with Asmik Grigorian

        Madama Butterfly (Act I, Pinkerton & Butterfly)

        Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica

8      “Viene la sera”                                                                                                                       

9      “Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia”                                                                                        

10    “Vogliatemi bene”                                                                                                                 

        with Maria Agresta

     La bohème (Act I, Rodolfo)

11    “Che gelida manina!”                                                                                                            

     Tosca (Act III, Cavaradossi)

12    “E lucevan le stelle”                                                                                                              

      Jonas Kaufmann tenor

      Pretty Yende · Anna Netrebko · Sonya Yoncheva
                                

      Malin Byström · Asmik Grigorian · Maria Agresta sopranos

      Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

      Asher Fisch ditector 

[shiniestcrow]

Watching performances of Peter Hofmann as the phantom of the opera makes me sad I never got to see him live

I mean, listen to this:

[alisoncooper]

my parents bought me a signed photo of peter hofmann and anna maria kaufmann for christmas which is VERY COOL

[love-little-lotte]

“Think of me waking, silent and resigned.”

[infinitelytheheartexpands]

Are there certain opera singers you totally associate with certain roles (because they really embodied the character)?

a non-exhaustive list, and only including filmed performances I’ve seen:

well now Karita Mattila as Salome, let’s start with that.

Jonas Kaufmann as Werther

Joyce DiDonato as Agrippina, Maria Stuarda, Rosina, Isolier, and Cendrillon

Lisette Oropesa as Manon Lescaut (the Massenet one), Marguérite de Valois, and Konstanze

Simon Keenlyside as Hamlet and Valentin

Marlis Petersen as Ophélie, Lulu, and Marietta/Marie’s Ghost

Renée Fleming as Thaïs, Rodelinda, and Tatyana

Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Onegin

Peter Mattei as both Figaro and Count Almaviva (depends on what part of the Figaro Cinematic Universe you’re in)

Isabel Leonard as Cherubino

Susanne Mentzer, also as Cherubino

Adèle Charvet as Ascanio

Léa Desandre as Urbain

Stephanie Blythe as Ulrica Arvidsson, Mistress Quickly, and Isabella

Julia Bullock as Anne Truelove

Kate Aldrich as Léonor (La favorite) and Fidès

John Osborn as Jean de Leyde

Ferruccio Furlanetto as Filippo II

Sondra Radvanovsky as Elisabetta I of England

Elīna Garanča as Carmen

Roberto Alagna as Don José and Faust

Marina Rebeka as Mathilde de Habsburg

Juan Diego Flórez as Ory and Tonio

Anna Caterina Antonacci as Cassandre

Stéphanie d’Oustrac, also as Cassandre and as Lazuli

Natalie Dessay as Marie (the one from La fille du régiment)

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Hi there! I have a request that might be tricky so feel free to ignore this ask. So I'm extremely fascinated by these certain types of vintage Christine's wedding dress bodices that were used in 1990s atleast in Hamburg and Japan and more recently in Brazil. The bodice was made of "stripy" fabric and the basque/belt was quite wide. I wondered could you make a photoset of those bodices? Thank you!

YES! These bodices are absolutely masterpieces. They are so dramatic, so hourglass shaped, so period looking. So... Bjørnson. I love them to pieces and pretty much screamed of joy when they decided to use them for the principals in the Sao Paulo revival.

Their origin is in very early West End days, as well as the first European productions in Stockholm, Vienna, Scheveningen, Hamburg, Basel etc. As the Japanese production replicated West End at the time, they could also be seen there, and is more or less made in that style today. Here's some:

Ryoko Nomura, Tokyo 1988:

Anna Maria Kaufmann, Hamburg c. 1990:

Elisabeth Berg, Stockholm c. 1990:

Jill Washington, West End c. 1994:

Kyoko Suzuki, Tokyo c. 1992:

Eriko Murata (?), Hiroshima 1992:

Ute Baum, Basel 1995:

Colby Thomas, Hamburg 1998 (which is a bit different in fabric and in basque than the others, but the latest incarnation of the style in Germany before they started doing the current look):

Emma Frost, Copenhagen 2009:

Giulia Nadruz, Sao Paulo 2019:

Raquel Paulin, Sao Paulo 2019:

A detail shot of an old German or Dutch bodices used in Brazil:

And a detail shot of an old Swedish bodice used in Denmark:

Aaaaaaaah, bliss!!!!!!

[perfettamentechic]

28 febbraio … ricordiamo …

28 febbraio … ricordiamo … #semprevivineiricordi #nomidaricordare #personaggiimportanti #perfettamentechic

2017: Christine Kaufmann, Christine Maria Kaufmann, è stata un’attrice tedesca. Nel 1963, all’età di diciotto anni, sposò l’attore Tony Curtis. Ha pubblicato alcuni libri con consigli per la bellezza ed il benessere, oltre a due autobiografie. (n.1945) 2017: Leone Di Lernia, è stato un conduttore radiofonico, cantautore del genere trash-demenziale italiano. (n. 1938) 2016: George Kennedy, George…

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

A belated happy birthday to original Hamburg Christine Anna Maria Kaufmann!!

[mariacallous]

Metropolitan Opera Nightly Streams for this week

Hi, here's this week's opera update. (I hope it's not too long.)

First, though, the weekend's streams might work a little while yet.

If you missed it, I HIGHLY recommend checking out of Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, a charming romantic comedy with a catchy, upbeat score (streamed Saturday night). Directed by Bartlett Sher, featuring Matthew Polenzani, Anna Netrebko, and Mariusz Kwiecien, 2012. (I prefer the newer version with Pretty Yende, who is subtler than Anna Netrebko, but this cast is fun too). https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357015681 [or] https://metoperafree.brightcove-services.com/?videoId=6240743388001

Sunday night's stream of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde is a moody, atmospheric modern production (seems vaguely 20th century?) and very long (about 4 hrs 20 min), but has a strong cast and iconic music. It's tragic and slow-paced, but kind of mesmerizing. (Nina Stemme and Stuart Skelton, 2016) https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357018729 [or] https://metoperafree.brightcove-services.com/?videoId=6240750335001

This week the Met Opera is featuring "Page to Stage" - operas adapted from literature. More information about the listings here: https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/week-56/

Tonight until 6:30 pm Tuesday, April 6 - Gounod's Faust (2011), starring Marina Poplavskaya, Jonas Kaufmann, and Rene Pape; set in the first half of the 20th century, with Faust as a nuclear scientist. https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357015018 [or] https://metoperafree.brightcove-services.com/?videoId=6245234841001

Tuesday night, 4/6 - Verdi's Rigoletto (1981) featuring Christiane Eda-Pierre, Isola Jones, Luciano Pavarotti, Louis Quilico, and Ara Berberian

Wednesday night, 4/7 - Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (2017), Starring Anna Netrebko, Elena Maximova, Alexey Dolgov, Peter Mattei, and Štefan Kocán

Thursday night, 4/8 - Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini (1984), Starring Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, and Cornell MacNeil; this is the same Art Nouveau-inspired production that was shown a few weeks ago with a more recent cast (Eva-Maria Westbroek, Marcello Giordani, Mark Delavan, 2013). If you missed that one and/or you're a fan of Dante's Inferno, check this one out, although it's not in high definition.

Friday night, 4/9 - Shostakovich's The Nose (2013), Starring Andrey Popov, Alexander Lewis, and Paulo Szot. I haven't seen this one, but it's about a man who wakes up one day and finds that his nose is missing... sounds wild. 

Saturday night, 4/10 - Gounod's Romeo et Juliette (2007), starring Anna Netrebko, Roberto Alagna, Nathan Gunn, and Robert Lloyd. This production has lovely Renaissance-inspired sets and costumes, except the two leads have more modern-looking costumes (Juliet looks great, Romeo looks a bit silly sometimes). 

Sunday night, 4/11 - Verdi's Luisa Miller (2018), Starring Sonya Yoncheva, Olesya Petrova, Piotr Beczała, Plácido Domingo, Alexander Vinogradov, and Dmitry Belosselskiy

[ethanfreemanappreciation]

Ethan, Anna Maria Kaufmann and producer(?) during the Evita Bremen launch

[sonyclasica]

JONAS KAUFMANN

PUCCINI: LOVE AFFAIRS

Tras el fenomenal éxito de su primer álbum de Puccini, Jonas Kaufmann presenta ahora un nuevo álbum de momentos estelares de Puccini con motivo del 2024 aniversario del compositor. Disponible el 13 de septiembre.

Resérvalo AQUÍ

Kaufmann ha seleccionado para la nueva grabación seis grandes dúos y escenas con seis destacadas sopranos: legendarias escenas de amor, Love Affairs cargados de emoción.

"Lo que realmente me atraía era grabar estos dúos tan diferentes con distintas compañeras", dice Kaufmann. "Con casi todas ellas he vivido momentos inolvidables sobre el escenario".

Manon Lescaut está cantada por Anna Netrebko, con quien ha actuado muchas veces a lo largo de su carrera. Este año, el público los ha escuchado juntos en dos producciones de La Gioconda de Ponchielli. Tosca la canta Sonya Yoncheva, que recientemente formó pareja con él en el Arena di Verona. El papel de Butterfly lo canta Maria Agresta, que estará de gira con Kaufmann el próximo mes de octubre con motivo del centenario de Puccini e interpretará parte del repertorio de este álbum. Tras su asombroso éxito en la nueva producción vienesa de Turandot en diciembre de 2023, Asmik Grigorian y Jonas Kaufmann encarnan ahora a los trágicos amantes en Il Tabarro. Y como en las representaciones de la ópera en la Ópera Estatal de Baviera, en Múnich, Malin Byström vuelve a ser aquí su compañera en La Fanciulla del West. El álbum también cuenta con un debut, el de Jonas Kaufmann y Pretty Yende, a los que se escucha juntos por primera vez, en el famoso dúo de amor de La Bohème. 

Asher Fisch, director de orquesta del álbum, es un colaborador habitual de Kaufmann: "Nos conocemos desde hace muchos años. Este es también nuestro segundo álbum, después de Dolce Vita, que grabamos en Palermo en 2016. Esta vez fuimos a Bolonia, y a la brillante orquesta del Teatro Comunale, con la que di un concierto hace unos años".

El nuevo álbum también incluye dos de los éxitos tenoriles de Puccini que no aparecieron en el primer álbum de 2015: "Che gelida manina" de La Bohème y "E lucevan le stelle" de Tosca. 

Para Jonas Kaufmann, la música de Puccini es y sigue siendo un fenómeno único: "Los botones que pulsa con su música siguen funcionando, cien años después de su muerte, y lo hacen en una sociedad moderna completamente hastiada de una avalancha interminable de malas noticias y experiencias. Se ha escrito mucho sobre Puccini, pero, en mi opinión, nadie ha sido capaz de explicar cómo consiguió evocar emociones tan increíblemente poderosas con apenas unas notas. Eso es un misterio que probablemente ninguna IA del mundo pueda comprender". 

PUCCINI: LOVE AFFAIRS SALDRÁ A LA VENTA EL 13 DE SEPTIEMBRE EN FORMATO CD DE LUJO EDICIÓN LIMITADA Y ESTÁNDAR Y EN TODAS LAS PLATAFORMAS DIGITALES.

RESÉRVALO YA

Tracklist: 

Giacomo Puccini 1858–1924

     LA BOHÈME (Act I, Rodolfo & Mimì)

        Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica

1      “O soave fanciulla”                                                                                                                

        with Pretty Yende

        MANON LESCAUT (Act II, Manon & Des Grieux)

        Libretto: Domenico Oliva, Giulio Ricordi, Luigi Illica & Marco Praga

2      “Tu, tu, amore? Tu?”                                                                                                             

        with Anna Netrebko

     TOSCA (Act I, Tosca & Cavaradossi)

        Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica

3      “Mario!” – “Son qui!”                                                                                                            

4      “Ah, quegli occhi!” – “Qual occhio al mondo”                                                                      

        with Sonya Yoncheva

        LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST (Act I, Minnie, Johnson, Nick)

        Libretto: Guelfo Civinini & Carlo Zangarini

5      “Mister Johnson, siete rimasto indietro”                                                                              

6      “Quello che tacete”                                                                                                               

        with Malin Byström

        IL TABARRO (Giorgetta & Luigi)

        Libretto: Giuseppe Adami

7      “O Luigi! Luigi! … Dimmi: perché gli hai chiesto”                                                                  

        con Asmik Grigorian

        MADAMA BUTTERFLY (Act I, Pinkerton & Butterfly)

        Libretto: Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica

8      “Viene la sera”                                                                                                                       

9      “Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia”                                                                                        

10    “Vogliatemi bene”                                                                                                                 

        con Maria Agresta

     LA BOHÈME (Act I, Rodolfo)

11    “Che gelida manina!”                                                                                                            

     TOSCA (Act III, Cavaradossi)

12    “E lucevan le stelle”                                                                                                              

      Jonas Kaufmann tenor

      Pretty Yende · Anna Netrebko · Sonya Yoncheva
                                

      Malin Byström · Asmik Grigorian · Maria Agresta sopranos

      Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

      Asher Fisch director