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So regular audiences may at times be disappointed when their favourite singers cancel, but how does one attract such passion for opera amongst younger people? i know that young people love modern things, but they would never go to the opera to find modernity. they would go to the opera to find fantasy, to find the past, to dream away from a difficult life that they are in. so keep the opera traditional... keep it... ..don�*t try to reinvent it in a modern way, and you feel that that will maint...

And theatre and everything. so i luckily was in a good position to actually see all the great artists that passed through munich and the various houses here. and, of course, that does something with you. and classical music was on either radio or from tape or lps all day long, so i really sucked it up like a sponge. so classical music was your normal, but when did you fall in love with opera? well, i was there for the very first time — actually, in this house down there — for a performance o...

The future of opera? i am worried, because i... of course, everyone wants to do something new. music means it is something that not only entertains us, but itjust resonates somewhere within us. and it can only resonate if it has a certain beauty. and the more you go away from these rules and recipes that, for several centuries did work well, the more complicated this music becomes. he sings jonas kaufmann is extremely important, actually, for opera today and opera tomorrow. somehow, he makes it ...

From the world of opera at a summer school run by the georg solti academy. applause the academy was set up in 2004 by the family of the late hungarian conductor georg solti. during a long and distinguished career, he was music director of several opera houses, including the bavarian state opera in munich, germany, where, decades later, the young kaufmann would get his performing break. solti believed passionately in encouraging and mentoring exceptional young opera singers from all over the worl...

So he makes it that opera is not something about the past. there is no nostalgia of the past. i mean, somehow, he communicates nostalgia of the future. so, jonas, what are your plans for the future? or have you done everything you want to do? well, pretty much, yes. the list is getting shorter and shorter. its more of the same, but more of the same is actually already quite a variety because, i mean, fortunately, the repertoire has been growing so big that, whatever i take on, even if ive done i...

Alongside angela gheorghiu at the met. but that was obviously a key moment where the international market, if you would call it, noticed that theres this guy... laughs: ..that theyjust cant avoid any more for the future. but how did he start out? well, jonas kaufmann was born in 1969, when germany was divided. his parents fled east germany in the 1950s. his father was an insurance broker, his mother a teacher, and he grew up with his older sister. we meet at the bavarian state opera house, where...

Let me take you to the opera. singing jonas kaufmann is an opera legend. hes already assured of his place in history as one of the greatest ever tenors. applause like millions of others, im a huge fan ofjonas kaufmann and i try to see him perform whenever i can. i am in awe of his almost

How does he deal with having to cancel performances when people have bought tickets and they want to see him? oh, yes, this is really a hard thing if he has to cancel because of illness. and on the social media, there are many, many voices of people, very disappointed. every cancellation is always a problem, and its something that you dont want to do easily. i totally understand the frustration. what i dont understand is, if i buy a ticket for bayern munchen or chelsea and my favourite player is...

Here in munich. and i think, also in general, the visitors of this opera - house fall in love also to this born in munich singer, - jonas kaufmann. serge dorny, general manager of the bavarian state opera, explains kaufmann�*s appeal. well, the house, whenever he comes, is packed. i mean, these are... this is one of the first performances to be sold out, up to the point that even the orchestra pit... when he does a recital, we have to lift the orchestra pit and put seats. i mean, recently, in ...

Flooded with offers. i became what people call a star with these performances alongside angela gheorghiu at the met. but that was obviously a key moment where the international market, if you would call it, noticed that theres this guy... laughs: ..that they just cant avoid any more for the future. but how did he start out? well, jonas kaufmann was born in 1969, when germany was divided. his parents fled east germany in the 19505. his father was an insurance broker, his mother a teacher, and he ...