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Will the owner of these knickers, please…

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norman lebrecht

September 13, 2015

… apply to Sony Classical, where a refund can be arranged?

Jonas Kaufmann’s Tom Jones moment is providing much amusement for the British press and sales fuel for his new recording.

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CGDA says:

September 13, 2015 at 10:28 pm

Stars, stars, stars…. You stare at them and you forget about the music.

V.Lind says:

September 13, 2015 at 11:57 pm

He obviously got that, and entered into the spirit of the thing. While still delivering a good performance.

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Jamesay says:

September 14, 2015 at 9:22 am

It was a PR set up and everyone in the press fell for it – or are you really telling me Kaufmann tours with a pair of Union Jack boxer shorts to throw back? Really ?
Sheep! Bah !

pooroperaman says:

September 14, 2015 at 3:19 pm

Nope. I know who did it, and she ain’t no journalist.

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milka says:

September 14, 2015 at 2:48 pm

He cheapens the event , but then he knows his audience which ain’t saying much

Eddie Mars says:

September 15, 2015 at 2:17 pm

Excuse me? The LNOP couldn’t be further cheapened, even if they brought Benny Hill back from the dead to sing ‘Ernie, the Fastest Milkman In The West’.

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- milka says:
  
  September 15, 2015 at 3:47 pm
  
  Benny Hill would have given LNOP much more “class ” than Kaufmann .
  
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  - Stephen says:
    
    September 16, 2015 at 10:27 am
    
    Now look here, that was Cameron the Cruel’s Desert Island favourite!
    
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