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Of the biggest names in opera and a personal favourite, german tenorjonas kaufmann, who always relishes the opportunity to work with tony. its. ..lovely to see you. welcome. and to see you, thank you. way, way, way, way, way... werther, by the french composer massenet, is a tragic love story based on a novel by the german author goethe. jonas kaufmann is performing the title role alongside russian mezzo soprano

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Hes conducted around 700 performances over two decades at the royal opera house as its music director. and he believes opera does not deserve its reputation of being an elitist artform. i think theres this disconnect and i get really offended by the people who say were elitist. the fact of the matter is that its harder to get into a football game in london than it is to get into the opera house. opera house can and must be many things. it shouldnt cater just to one audience, and it shouldnt be f...

Getting around to the idea of being a conductor. ijust kind of... i did it a little bit at the beginning, and then it became more and more. and then i did it and then all of a sudden i was being rehired. miracle of miracles. thats the key, to be rehired. and ijust fell into it. and then it was bigger than me. and i went along with it. sir antonio pappano made his debut as an opera conductor in 1987 with puccinis la boheme at the state opera house in norway, where three years later, he became mus...

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On one chapter of his career, he will continue to enthral and inspire audiences. and he perhaps best demonstrates how opera is not an elitist artform. it is about excellence and the virtues of hard work and dedication. hello. thanks for tuning in to our weather forecast for the next ten days. and i can tell you straight away that theres absolutely no let—up to the kind of weather weve been having for weeks now. so, once again, early august is going to be changeable, on the cool side, with rain...

And then it was bigger than me and i went along with it. sir antonio pappano made his debut as an opera conductor in 1987 with puccinis la boheme at the state opera house in norway, where, three years later, he became music director. when i conducted my first opera, when i walked into the rehearsal room... ..i just exploded. all the experience of having played those pieces for my father, for other conductors, having watched rehearsals with myriad singers singing these parts, singing these parts,...

Coming up, we see how antonio pappano thinks hes conducted around 700 performances over two decades at the royal opera house in london as its music director. he believes opera does not deserve the reputation of being an elitist artform. i think theres this disconnect and i get really offended by the people who say were elitist. the fact of the matter is that its harder to get into a football game in london than it is to get into the opera house. opera house can and must be many things. it should...

He sings scales you know, that kind of... ..that kind of haunting me to this day. i learned with my father how to talk to singers, which is a great advantage for me today. i mean, youve seen me rehearse and i talk to the singers not only about singing in time and in tune, but i tell them about the acting, too, and how to time that with the words and how to... you know, thats something that ive nurtured sort of unbeknownst to even myself over many, many years, because thats what i think a conduct...