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Kulturkompasset, 7/22/15 |
by Henning Høholt |
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Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, Nationaltheater, München, 20. Juli 2015 |
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Jonas Kaufmann and Die schöne Müllerin in Munich
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MUNICH/GERMANY: One of the big highlight in the Festival programme this
summer was Franz Schubert’ s Die schõne Müllerin to Wilhelm Mullers text.
Bayerisches Statsoper was completely filled up, and even on top og the
orchestre pit was placed five roads extra. For a world famouse opera singer
as Jonas Kaufmann, to go in to the romance repertoire is quite a change from
his usual wide operarepertoire.
The romance technic is different and
very difficult, and as the singer dont have any help from any others than
his pianist and the text, it is a tuff jobb to form a demanding piece as the
one today, as it is all depending on the singers hability to get the text to
be alive.
Jonas Kaufmann managed that very well, he used all his
vocal ressourses, from the very intime, nearly private pianissimo to his
“Heldentenor” voice, but without that making it to “put on to show”. I
feeled that this came directly from the emotions in the text, transformef
through his heart and his emotions.
HELMUT DEUTSCH
First class
supported by Helmut Deutsch who had the great job to make all the themes,
starts, tempi either fast or rubato, and endings surround the atmosphaere in
the romantic, and dramatic history, virtuosely presented at the piano. A
master piece in it self.
During all these 20 songs, of course, there
were some impressing high lights, in fact these started with Die Neugierrige
followed by Ungedulgt, then i got the feeling that now Kaufmann was feeling
that he has reached his audience. After that the one detailed number after
the other followed, i noticed to my pleasure that during the time mr
Kaufmann gave some times more exiting tempi to some songs, and opposite gave
him self more time in other parts, which made that the text came alive.
Allways with splendid diction, so i never had to follow the text in the
program.
If i have been the producer, i would have underlined the
many feelings with changing a bit in the colours, shades and strongnes of
the light background.
4 encores inclusive Louise und Die Forelle.
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