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"You might not have looked to Germany as the source of the next big opera star, but there you have it: tenor Jonas Kaufmann has reached the point where he can sing almost anything and coax beauty and even sensuousness out of it. Can big crossover albums be far off? He doesn't have quite the charisma of a Domingo, but the voice is at its breathtaking peak and seems to be well enough cared for that it could stay there a while".

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"Kaufmann gaber over en stak blandede franske operaarier, der stiller meget forskellige krav ... Men han gør det overbevisende. Kaufmann er Wagner-tenor med fuld slagstyrke, men han kan synge blidere strofer fra for eksempel Ambroise Thomas' Mignon med lyrisk værdighed ... Dirigenten Bertrand de Billy ... får det fremragende orkester fra Kaufmanns bayerske fødeby, München, til at skinne, og når han og Kaufmann sammen når til et heftigt uddrag fra Berlioz' Trojanerne, er man solgt".

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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. 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".

"Jonas Kaufmanns Attraktivität in Erscheinung und Stimme ist unbestritten ... Er ist ein glaubwürdiger Ritter der heiligen Gesangskunst, kultiviert und kraftvoll - und das Bayerische Staatsorchester mit Bertrand de Billy eine mitfühlende feine Gesellschaft".