The Express On Sunday

Bizét: Carmen, Royal Opera House, London, December 2006

This tale of passion doesn't quite click

Auszug:

... wasn't much magnetism about her Carmen. German tenor Jonas Kaufmann by contrast is a compelling Don Jose. From being a conscientious corporal throwing a guilty glance at the provocative cigarette girl from behind a newspaper he develops into a wild haired outlaw torn between his moral duty and his desire for Carmen. The passion and anguish with which he sang his Act Two aria deserved the prolonged applause. Certainly the most convincing and best sung Don Jose I have seen. D'Arcangelo's Escamillo ...