Monday night, Jonas Kaufmann gives free recital
mainFrom Bavarian State Opera:
On 27 April 2020 at 8.15 pm (CEST) the 4th Monday Concert will be available free of charge as a live stream on STAATSOPER.TV. At the beginning Elsa Benoit sings an aria by Georg Friedrich Händel – in memoriam Sir Peter Jonas. Afterwards, the Münchner Klaviertrio, consisting of musicians of the Bayerisches Staatsorchester, will perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Quartet in E flat major K. 493. Furthermore, Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch will perform Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe. The detailed program will be available HERE on 25 March.
Haven’t we suffered enough?
Amazing no reference to the Met Opera Gala of today? If I missed it here-OK, if not isn’t that inexcusable, whatever one’s view of Gelb? Oh, Kaufmann is scheduled to be in it.
How the Met Opera Is Throwing a Gala Concert With Smartphones
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/arts/music/met-opera-at-home-gala.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage
Looks like you are right – no mention of the Met event here. It was an extraordinary four-hour-long “concert” indeed, in spite of all its logistical and technical difficulties and imperfections.
Very odd it was overlooked.
The sound, from the bits I listened to , were pretty awful. But it was a gargantuan and admirable effort.
An astonishing oversight. Luckily I read about it in Canada, where of course there is a lot of interest in all things Yannick.
Since I heard all four hours of it, I can tell you that about half was at least good which is pretty remarkable. The article in Operawire about that event is very fair and I agree with most of what it says.
What a great gift from a great artist.
Does he have a cover?
Not too close to the mix: Yes, Mr. Kaufmann has a cover for tomorrow night. A photo of the cover has just been posted on Mr. Kaufmann’s Instagram account…
Put your cynical misery aside: my parched soul can barely wait to hear Kaufmann und Deustch perform Dichterliebe on Monday night – come on, what a gift!
It was a fabulous evening and the video is still available today. Mr Kaufmann gave a particularly powerful performance. My thanks to all who made the gala possible. Music is even more inspirational in these unusual circumstances of present day life.
Video on demand on Wednesday noon (German time)
Yes, it was an inspiring concert with lashings of humanity. Everyone was amazing, especially love Gunther Groissbock and Rene Pape. Watch and weep!
The Saturday concert didn’t have cheerful music at all. The Singers – Rene Fleming and Kaufman were in good voice. Pity not pleasant music! I trust Monday will be FAR BETTER.
Nothing like a lovelorn poet to stir the spirit
Marshall is right. Not setting up a discussion page for the Saturday At-Home Gala is “inexcusable” indeed. The blind anti-Gelb fanaticism here has gone way behind the merely absurd here and turned this place into a Kool-Aid Amen corner for a bogus reality that has nothing to do with the real world. Those who still credit this site as having any legitimacy left are just delusional cultists in a sick fantasy world.
Didn`t the titke speak about the Montagskonzert fro BSO? Instead mot comment on the Met at home Gala……….
Back to the theme: https://operlive.de/montagskonzert4/, free on demand for 1 week.
This was my favourite Concert in many during lockdown……thank you so much……wonderful artists and wonderful Schumann