Excerpts from reviews

Don Carlo

Mail on Sunday

... much of the singing is magnificent. Jonas Kaufmann in the title role is outstanding; his full blooded, baritonal middle range and headily Italianate top suit Verdi perfectly. His Elizabeth , Marina Poplavskaya, is more in tune, and stays the course better than last time, but is still over-promoted. Simon Keenlyside is superb as the selfsacrificing Boy's-Own-paper hero Posa; Ferruccio Furlanetto magnificently ... ... If proof is needed that Jonas Kaufmann is the finest and most musical of today's young tenors, buy his new CD of German arias

Sunday Telegraph

Don Carlo ... has been replaced. In his stead, Jonas Kaufmann sings with dark-toned eloquence, though he occasionally lapses into acting that suggests he has been watching too many Friends episodes.