Jonas Kaufmann: The no-holds-barred interview
mainI had an interview with Jonas Kaufmann on Sunday.
‘Hi, it’s Jonas.’
When the great tenor rings from Vienna, I ask if there are any topics he wants me to avoid, such are his minders’ anxieties. ‘Ask anything,’ laughs Jonas. ‘I’m not shy.’
So I did.
You will have to wait for the rest, which will appear in the Spectator on Thursday.
Lots of stuff he has never talked about before.
I very much look forward to reading this Norman, I enjoy your reading your books and blog – should be an interesting interview!
Thanks
You win- I shall break the habit of a lifetime and buy The Spectator
You might find you like it.
I’m sure I’ll enjoy this week’s edition very much
That was a real cliffhanger.
But that’s nothing compared with what I experienced yesterday: I went to a concert in London, only to find-out – actually, I was warned by the usher – that a large bit of …..
Sally
When you wrote ‘you’ll have to wait for the rest’ I assumed he’d cancelled
Ho, ho, ho- that old chestnut
You tease, you!
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/i-was-really-really-scared-jonas-kaufmann-opens-up-about-his-metoo-moment/
Sorry- that was meant for Janet
Thank you Jane. Best wishes Janet x
As I am disabled and don’t get to pop to the shops will this article be posted online please?,
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/02/i-was-really-really-scared-jonas-kaufmann-opens-up-about-his-metoo-moment/ hope this helps, Janet x
Buy the Spectator
It is certainly conservative, but one of the last outposts of good journalism in England
There used to be so many….Time and Tide, the Listener, New Statesman…and so on
But the Spectator is still there and full of good stuff. To be sure, you won’t agree with all of it, but it’s not worth reading anything which merely reflects your own views
Mr Lebrecht is one of many who illuminate