Hes a charismatic person, performer. His way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. And that makes him really very special. But the pressures of staying at the top are immense. The highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. To get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. Are the sacrifices worth it . The moment it all falls into. Place and you are at a position that youve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a payback that everything, all the worki that youve done before, seems to be minimal. Jonas kaufmann unveiled. 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 supernatural talent, but now i can go one step furthe
he s a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures of staying at the top are immense. the highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. to get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. are the sacrifices worth it? the moment it all falls into. place and you are at a position that you ve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a payback that everything, all the worki that you ve done before, seems to be minimal. jonas kaufmann unveiled. let me take you to the opera. singing jonas kaufmann is an opera legend. he s already assured of his place in history as one of the greatest ever tenors. applause like millions of others, i m a huge fan ofjonas kaufmann and i try to see him perform whenever i can. i am in awe of his almost supernatural talent, but now i can go o
at least eight people have died. the south korean president has called an emergerncy meeting now on bbc news, take me to the opera. i ve been an opera fan for decades and i want to share my passion with you, so i m on a mission to find out how opera is making itself fit for the future. i ve come to munich to meet one of my all time opera heroes, the german tenor jonas kaufmann, who s widely viewed as the world s leading opera singer. he s a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures of staying at the top are immense. the highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. to get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. are the sacrifices worth it? the moment it all falls into. place and you are at a position that you ve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a pa
he s a charismatic person, performer. his way of communicating, his intelligence that one hears whenever he is singing, isjust unique. and that makes him really very special. but the pressures of staying at the top are immense. the highs and lows of life as an operatic celebrity from one of the people who knows him best. to get to the top is not so difficult, but to stay there, this is really a hard one. are the sacrifices worth it? the moment it all falls into. place and you are at a position that you ve hardly ever dreamt| of is so much of a payback that everything, all the worki that you ve done before, seems to be minimal. jonas kaufmann unveiled. let me take you to the opera. singing jonas kaufmann is an opera legend. he s already assured of his place in history as one of the greatest ever tenors. applause like millions of others, i m a huge fan ofjonas kaufmann and i try to see him perform whenever i can. i am in awe of his almost supernatural talent, but now i can go o
into monday, and there is some rain but again it s then the far north west of scotland, that is where all the rain has been over the past month or so and ahead of that dry, nothing more than fair weather cloud, sunshine to come, light ones as well in the sunshine, it continues to heat up so we are looking at temperatures rising close to 30 degrees across the south east of england on monday afternoon. hello, this is bbc news. i m shaun ley, and these are the headlines. air raid sirens sound injerusalem for the first time since the start of last year s full scale conflict between israel and palestinian militants in the gaza strip. the two conservative party leadership contenders vying the next prime minister outline how they plan to help people cope with the rising cost of living, but former prime minister gordon brown says much more action is needed. nearly 170,000 tonnes of grain and sunflower oil leave on a second convoy of ships out of ukaine after russia s blockade caused